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Enrichment Game: 101 Things to do with a Box Part Two
Enrichment Game: Towel Roll-up
Ever just want to throw a whole burrito to your dog and just have them leave you alone for a bit? Me too. Here is the enrichment equivalent (and we can save the burritos for ourselves).
Enrichment Game: Muffin Tin Challenge
Got a muffin tin? Got a dog? Play along! This game is gaining popularity with bored dogs online right now, for good reason! It’s easy and we can make it as challenging as we’d like. Stay tuned for further ways to up the challenge!
Enrichment Game: 101 Things to do with a Box
Today our enrichment game involves some training! All you need is your dog, a box (bigger is better for this game, but cut down those sides to make it less tall), and some treats.
I explain what to do if your dog acts like the box is lava, but remember that ANY interaction with the box deserves reward at first. So feed those dogs for looking at or stepping toward that box, even from 10 feet away!
We’ll be continuing this game, so check back for further instruction!
Enrichment Game: Stuffed Box
We all need a laugh this weekend. We’ve played a rummage game and a tube search so far; now let’s enlist those shipping boxes we all have on hand.
Feel free to rename this game – the more outlandish, the better! Stuffed box was the best I could come up with. But the game deserves better!
Warning for any paper eating pup: this game may be more appropriately played with food stuffable toys placed into a shipping box. Fill kongs and other food stuffed toys into a box and let your dog go to town!
Enrichment Game: Tubes in a bowl
Whoa, now it’s raining on top of all of this? Here is another enrichment game to keep you and your dog entertained.
Reward your dog for giving you time to get work done by playing a great lunch time game. Today it’s tubes in a bowl, use any type of bowl for this, but flat bottom dog bowls work perfectly.
Send photos and videos! Continue to use caution when doing these activities with dogs that guard high value items. Let me know if you want to make the activity more challenging, we can do that too!
Enrichment Game: Trash Rummage
In these changing times, I have a question for you. Are you and your dog bored?
Let’s play some enrichment games!
Enrichment is anything we can modify about an animal’s environment to allow them to express normal behaviors and challenge them in new ways. For our dogs, we can easily do that with items we already have at home.
Some of these will seem easy, but work them at your dog’s level. Too easy? Ask how to make it harder in the comments!
Use caution when doing these activities with dog’s that guard high value items and separate dogs while doing these activities.
Our first game is a trash rummage!
Why work with us?
Our certified trainers will come to you and work in the comfort of your home to make sure your dog has the right foundations to take into more distracting and stimulating environments. Then we can move those foundations and behaviors out into the real world where you need them most.
What we can help with
- Basic obedience for any stage of life;
- Acclimation work with newly rescued dogs;
- Going back to the basics with dogs that may not have the right answer out in the real world.
Our Happy Clients
People who meet Evie today are shocked to hear that we struggled with her as a pup. She is the kindest and most loving dog and we always say “Oh that is because of Aubrey!” We really don’t know what would have happened if we didn’t have Aubrey every step of the way. She has been so instrumental that we continue to use Aubrey’s services because we are all a work in progress.
– Christina
Our rescue recommended Aubrey after we were having some issues with our adult adopted bonded pair and specifically our pit mix and his exploring mouth and our lab mix and her anxiety. We have purchased two packages of 6 and will continue with training plans making our pups the best in the neighborhood! We’ve seen such a positive difference in both of our dogs and consider ourselves lucky to have Aubrey on our team!
– Kari