(For KONG recipe ideas and more information about how to
use food puzzle toys, please see our article, How to Stuff a KONG Toy.)
You can also
use a food puzzle toy such as a Kong, that will hold a set - up item but not allow it to be quickly consumed.
Not exact matches
Some cats «nose»
food puzzles while others
use their paws to manipulate the
toy.
Good way to
use their love of
food is to
use dog
puzzles and
toys so that they have something fun and time consuming to do before they get their favorite treats.
Consider enriching your dog's environment by providing
food puzzle toys which can be
used to feed your dog so they «hunt» for their
food and burn off mental and physical energy.
Welcome to
Food Puzzles for Cats, a one stop resource for information about feeding your cat
using foraging
toys!
Interactive
toys,
food puzzles (particularly for overweight cats), even supervised access to the outdoors through the
use of «catios» or leash walking can help keep senior cats entertained as well as helping to burn excess calories and keep muscles and joints healthy.
Puppy Please Dog Training is a strong advocate for the
use of
food toys and
puzzles such as the Kong brand of
toys.
Other programs
use unusual and challenging
food items that provide mental stimulation, such as frozen mixtures of natural
foods, feeder
puzzles, or
food stuffed into interactive
toys.
If unable to go outside, you can engage your pet in a fun and interesting indoor game
using a durable chew
toy or a
food puzzle.
Use puzzle toys or feed him his
foods using a Kong or other dog treat
toy.
Use your pet's
food to fill treat dispensing
toys and
puzzles made for dogs and cats, or make your own
food toys.
Towards the latter part of this section, we will explore some of the ways in which you can teach your pooch to
use a
puzzle toy including the things that you will have to consider when picking the right
food puzzle and
toy for your pet dog.
If this is your dog's first time with an interactive
food puzzle toy, or the
toy is much different than what your dog is
used to, then they may need a little assistance at first.
I too
use grain free canned and I still
use a little grain free kibble as treats and for
food puzzle toys.