Regular dog training sessions are a great way to work your puppy's mind, but you can also
try dog puzzles and other interactive games.
Not exact matches
If number two was too simple for your
dog,
try IQ games and
puzzles to further stimulate Fido's mind.
Try to stuff several Kongs and leave them around the house to offer hours of entertainment or invest in other interactive games for
dogs such as Nina Ottoson
puzzles and Buster Cubes.
I find that it's difficult for many owners to find good
puzzle toys for their puppies, so I
try to make some specific suggestions when I can... my
dogs have enjoyed being «testers» over the years for just about everything on the market
Many
dogs are
puzzle solvers, and
trying to get those snacks out is entertaining for them — and their human spectators.
Try giving your
dog some interactive
puzzle toys or work with him to learn a
dog sport.
Puzzle toys are a big hit because they allow you to hide a treat inside, giving your
dog some mental stimulation while he
tries to find the food.
Food dispensing toys like Kongs, activity balls and
puzzle games can be stuffed with favourite treats, providing your
dog with great mental stimulation as he
tries to work out how to get the food.
You can play some mind games at home (you can hide treats around the room and let him search, you can buy some
dog puzzles, you can play tug at home, learn new tricks... Also, when you're playing fetch, you can
try to make it more intense.
Great review, my
dog loves these interactive
puzzle games, we have several and enjoy
trying new ones.
If your
dog barks all day because he is bored,
try leaving him with
puzzles or games that take a while to figure out in order to get to the treat.
Once you've progressed to the point where you're
trying to get your
dog to spend progressively longer periods of time in their crate, you'll want to start replacing (or supplementing) their training treats with longer - lasting treats and food
puzzles.
If solving infuriating slide
puzzles and frantically tapping numbers in the hopes of enthusiastically shouting out a
dog's name sounds like the best use of your Sunday morning, give it a
try I guess.
Puzzle toys hide treats, which is not only fun for your
dog, but it's also interactive and strengths her cognitive abilities as she
tries to figure out how to get the food.
If we
try to fix
dogs at play but the actual
puzzle is train in the mountains, our efforts are going to be entirely ineffective.