Lots of new owners struggle with recall and this morning I realised I do a lot of things automatically now that might be helpful insights and ideas for others. So, here’s a short film about how sniff games can really help with both recall and your dog paying attention to you outdoors – none ofContinueContinue reading “Why you should start walks with a sniffing game”
Category Archives: Mental enrichment
The duvet game
The duvet game: hide a ball inside one or two duvets and GO! 🤓 So little effort, so much fun… and a full body exercise depending on your size and enthusiasm 😂
Blanket ball snuffle game
Wrapping treats in a towel is a common enrichment idea but for many dogs that quickly becomes too easy – especially if you do a lot of enrichment games and the dogs learn strategies to solve puzzles faster! A level up could include a large blanket or bedspread – these are our sofa covers forContinueContinue reading “Blanket ball snuffle game”
How to remix Buster ActivityMat tasks
Buster ActivityMat is quite simply the best canine enrichment toy/game on the market anywhere – so many levels of difficulty give you an ability to build the games as the dog’s skills grow which gives it longevity. The initial investment is pretty high, which probably scares off many people – can it really be worthContinueContinue reading “How to remix Buster ActivityMat tasks”
A roundup of food enrichment ideas
I’ve found myself talking about food enrichment to friends a lot recently, so I thought I’d write up some of the things that I regularly do to keep our busy doggies chilled out and entertained. First up, some toys and then I’ll walk through what I do with them… We have a lot of foodContinueContinue reading “A roundup of food enrichment ideas”
DIY toys: snuffle box!
Sniff mats are way too easy for them so they needed a more 3D puzzle… SNUFFLE BOX! Ingredients: storage box, 2 small fleece blankets, scissors and one episode of The Crown to do the work. It’s been a huge hit!
Toy review: Buster ActivityMat
I’ve talked about the BusterMat before so I thought I’d make a longer video. It really is the best brain toy I’ve come across – you can increase the difficulty as your dog learns more, and it is difficult time and time again because you basically need dexterity to get the treats too, not justContinueContinue reading “Toy review: Buster ActivityMat”
Toy review: JW Hol-ee Ball & Caterpillar, Petsafe Ribinator
Dummy games
A muffin mould meal
This morning’s improvised enrichment… We do DIY raw but occasionally forget to order more before the pre-prepared boxes run out, so this is a sausage from the pet shop, just squeezed into what was within reach… a silicone muffin mould (that has never actually been used to make muffins). Works!
BusyDoggie 