Canine Enrichment
DIY Brain Games & Challenges
Enrichment is essential for all animals. It consists of additions to a dog's environment and lifestyle that the dog will voluntarily interact with, resulting in improved physical and psychological health. For dogs, it's things like licking, chewing, digging, barking, and sniffing.
Providing them with enrichment helps to ensure they don't find their own. It usually results in a less-than-desirable behavior; think digging up your flower bed or chewing shoes.
Enrichment allows your pup to use their brain, lessen problem behaviors that arise from boredom, and improve their quality of life. This lesson covers the basics of enrichment and provides you with six easy-to-do enrichment projects with things you already have around the house.
Start saving up those toilet paper and paper towel rolls now! You'll also use old towels or clothes, plastic cups or yogurt-type containers, muffin tins, etc.
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Introduction to Enrichment
Enrichment is often talked about and promoted as a fantastic experience for puppies and older dogs alike, but what exactly IS it?
Enrichment is often talked about and promoted as a fantastic experience for puppies and older dogs alike, but what exactly IS it?
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Enrichment Challenge: DIY
Enrichment doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. Your puppy will have a great time foraging their food in homemade enrichment puzzles.
Enrichment doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. Your puppy will have a great time foraging their food in homemade enrichment puzzles.
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Enrichment Challenge: Find It
This enrichment challenge is called ‘find it.’ With your puppy out of sight, take their food allowance and hide it around the room for them to find.
This enrichment challenge is called ‘find it.’ With your puppy out of sight, take their food allowance and hide it around the room for them to find.
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This enrichment project is called the trash bag challenge.
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Enrichment Challenge: Cups
This enrichment challenge involves plastic cups, which is excellent for getting puppies to use their nose and problem-solving skills.
This enrichment challenge involves plastic cups, which is excellent for getting puppies to use their nose and problem-solving skills.
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Enrichment Challenge: Cardboard Boxes
This enrichment challenge is a firm favorite with a lot of pups. You only need a cardboard box and some of your puppy’s food or treats.
This enrichment challenge is a firm favorite with a lot of pups. You only need a cardboard box and some of your puppy’s food or treats.
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Enrichment Challenge: Something Frozen
This enrichment challenge is called Something Frozen! It’s a great way to get your puppy working a little harder, learning to problem solve, and soothing teething pain
This enrichment challenge is called Something Frozen! It’s a great way to get your puppy working a little harder, learning to problem solve, and soothing teething pain
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Enrichment Challenge: Muffin Tin
This is a great confidence builder for puppies and can be made simpler or more complex, depending on your puppy’s skill level.
This is a great confidence builder for puppies and can be made simpler or more complex, depending on your puppy’s skill level.
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Enrichment Challenge: The Burrito
This is a great confidence builder for puppies and can be made simpler or more complex, depending on your puppy’s skill level.
This is a great confidence builder for puppies and can be made simpler or more complex, depending on your puppy’s skill level.
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