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💡 100 Enrichment Ideas

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#IDEA 10. While your dog is in a different room (or tied away with a leash for a moment), hide multiple pieces of kibble and a few small treats all throughout your living room. Afterwards, give your dog the "Search!" cue and watch them look for and find each piece using their amazing nose!
#IDEA 13. Got a dog that loves to fetch? Spread around the room different baskets or boxes filled with old linen or towels and toss your dog's ball randomly into the different baskets in order for your dog to have to use all of his senses to quickly determine where it landed! This can be a fun game for you as well.
#IDEA 16. Got a few empty toilet paper rolls in your recycling bin? Grab a few and in only one of them place inside of it some of your dog's smelly treats, before folding the end of each roll and hiding them each in different boxes or towels for your dog to have to identify which one has the treat and snuffle it.
#IDEA 11. Got a large cardboard box (or small, depending on your dog's size)? Place inside of it a bunch of clean old towels and rags or old clothing before you hide within those your dog's treats and kibble meal for him to have to snuffle and search through it all to be able to find each piece of food!
#IDEA 14. Place a number of wide boxes, baskets, or bins across the room and provide your dog with different of his favourite toys. One at a time, the moment he chooses to carry that toy anywhere near any of the boxes, provide him with a rare treat. This will start to teach him to put toys away!
#IDEA 17. Have a large enough treat dispenser ball with a dog that's too skilled at getting all the treats out? Stuff it with brown tissue paper to make it more challenging for each piece to come out. Make sure that you start with only small amounts of paper so that it's not too difficult and ensure your dog feels eager to do it.
#IDEA 12. Got your dog's bed handy? Place it a few meters away from where you are and wait for your dog to step on it, touch it or simply smell it. Every time he does, toss a treat anywhere in the room! He'll eventually learn that tasty things happen because he's choosing to give you space and be near/on his bed instead.
#IDEA 15. Got a few egg carton boxes in the recycling bin? Place inside of them a couple of your dog's treats, wrapped in thick paper or towels for your dog to first figure out how to open the cardboard box and then snuffle each piece you put inside. If your dog doesn't eat paper or cardboard you can let them tear it at the end.
#IDEA 18. Got a few clean and empty water bottles available? Place a few of your dog's more wet-like kibble or treats inside it without the lid and watch your dog try a few different ways to get each piece out. Try different bottle sizes and/or add brown tissue paper inside to alternate difficulties.
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