Tibbe has several kind of Kong toys and toys that hold treats and the Ethical Pet Seek-A-Treat Shuffle Bone Dog Puzzle. I also hide pieces of kibble around the den, hall and kitchen while he waits on the couch and then let him get down and seek them all out. I also place 3 or 4 lightweight plastic cups upside down on the floor and place a treat under one of them, and he hits them over until he find his treat. He just delights in playing the Cup Treat game. He loves it when he gets his treat and I clap and praise him for being so smart. At first it's easy because he can fairly easily sniff out the treat but in time after they have all had a treat under them more than once or twice and smell of treats, it gets harder and harder for him. He gets so excited while I'm re-stacking them he can hardly stand it.
Some times I feed him his entire meals in a series of his toys and his Bone Puzzle. It can take him 30 minutes to get all his kibble out after batting them all over and he just loves to eat this way.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |