Her dog is watching her the whole time throughout this video wondering, "Hey, when do I get one of those treats?" Thanks for all the good suggestions!

@rafaeluryayev7174

Жыл бұрын

The face at the end is priceless...

@loridisney3782

Жыл бұрын

Lol 😂 yes

Dog is taking notes the whole time😊

I am ready for all these great ideas, just need a dog now 😣

@isabelavalos6635

2 жыл бұрын

Haha!

@SennyL

10 ай бұрын

Don't get one,I'm warning you😂

@Sorr0w_LW

8 ай бұрын

@@SennyLwhy not lol

@SennyL

8 ай бұрын

@@Sorr0w_LW Well,they are great but if your dog is crazy like mine and will almost break your hand,then definitely don't buy🥲 My dog abuses me pretty much,but I still love it

1.For more advance sniffers, put random boxes in a room some tipped, some upside down, some on the sofa. Asked your dog to sit and wait in a different room. Put a Kong with a few treats in it somewhere in there, and let your dog search for it. Repeat. 2. Put one treat under a solo cup while your dog is watching. Have few other solo cup upside down, mix them around and have your dog guess under which one it is. Repeat.

A dog flipping the whole muffin tin is akin to the person flipping the monopoly board and declaring they won

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha oh my gosh I love this 🤣

I recommend removing the plastic rings from the bottles because the dogs zero in on those and chew them off. They are too easily ingested. I also actually make the boxes increasingly more complicated for brainiac pups by sealing them shut and layering/nesting several boxes of increasingly large sizes inside each other.

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is a great point! Any extra small pieces like that are good things to remove ahead of time for safety. This is also a great example of how to take a simple activity and make it more of an advanced nosework game. :)

This video just saved my puppy whole winter 😂🥶

Great video. Thank you for all the ideas!

Be careful with plastic bottles too. My dog will shred and eat the bottle of left unsupervised. Once she’s pierced the bottle, I take it away from her. Also, be forewarned that this activity is very loud haha I think my dog solves everything by chewing everything apart. I haven’t tried the muffin tin one. My dog likes “hide n treat” which lasts 1-5 minutes for her to find treats in a room.

Thank you!!! I have a new rescue Texas Heeler and she is very shy so we work with her everyday, all day, to get her to trust us. The on day 3 she needed stimulation and I found YOU!! I literally feed her dinner kibble with the paper plate. She LOVES it!!

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Oh yay! Congratulations on the new little lady! I'm so happy to have you here, I hope you find some other useful tips for working her brain! Training is wonderful for building trust with a dog, keep at it!

Thank you for the ideas. My 7 lb three year old pom is grieving the loss of the 15 year old Sheltie that was her playmate. These ideas will help her very much

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry for your loss Jennine. I do hope it helps!

One thing I do to both work on the stay/wait command as well as brain enrichment is have my dog stay in the hallway looking into the living room. I then go around placing tiny treats all over-bottom shelf of the coffee table or next to the legs, on the couch arms/backs/under throw pillows, on top of books on lower book shelves, etc. Some are in the open, some are a bit hidden (under throw pillows or the corner of carpet, sometimes I’ll put towels/blankets like you said and nestle some in there), and then release him from the stay while telling him to “go hunt”. It’s another variation, sort of like an Easter egg hunt for dogs, totally free (except for the treats which of course all those owned by animals have already 😄), and is fun for both puppy and parent.

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I have a video talking about exactly this - love a good hide and seek game :)

@makailablumhagen7780

Жыл бұрын

I just started trying to do this today!! I definitely need to save both videos. There’s soooo much for dogs you can do thank goodness for KZread

@slickrolls3708

5 ай бұрын

She lost me when she said don’t put staples in the paper

Such a smart doggie! He's watching you do it deep he had a good idea how the treats come out

Loved this video!

A possibility If you want to cut holes in the jug, I’d use a drill hole bit, then sand it down. I haven’t haven’t tried it this way, but I’d imagine it’s a good way to prevent jagged edges

Great ideas, thank you!

My pup loved the cups and the muffin tin. He just passed out lol thanks

Since I adopted my Maggie (Beagle/Catahoula Leopard Mix) 4 years ago she has never had any interest in toys. She will chew on a bone here and there but never played with any of the toys we've bought her over the years. I just tried your muffin tin activity with her and it was the first time in 4 years I was able to get her to engage with any type of toy or ball. It was also hilarious to watch as she kept hitting me with her paw every few tries (basically asking me to get the treats for her lol). Thanks for the entertaining ideas!

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

This is great! Thanks for sharing!

Another great video. As a added safety precaution I also remove the little plastic rings around the bottle.

Tp rolls are great too! Thanks Sarah!

I have highly reactive dog and we were instructed to do those brain puzzle before going on a walk to kind of worn her, but the toys from shop are so expensive sometimes. So thank you for this!

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! I’m glad it worked well for you!

I also use paper towel holders, put in treats, fold up ends, pup loves it.

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, this is a great one!

Sooooo many ideas!! I can’t wait to try them all!

Like the idea of towels for snuffle mat as you could buy different coloured towed & even see them up to represent snuffle mats. I like the cones idea. I would like games for my dog that don't just involve treats instead just homemade toys for dogs

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely DM me on Facebook or Instagram with what ideas you come up with! This is a great idea for a future video. Homemade toys.

These are wonderful ideas for low cost games for dogs. Thanks

Tried the treats rolled up in kitchen towel and used large BJs pretzel plastic container filled with couplenof treats...German shepherd puppy loved both games!. Kept him busy for a long time. Great tips! Thank you!

@sarahcertified

2 ай бұрын

Fantastic, I love it! Thanks for sharing!

Your dog looks a lot like mine! Blonde border collie!

@sarahcertified

Ай бұрын

Love it!

One thing I reccomend that I tried with my yorkie is getting a plastic bottle, filling it up with their treats and make sure it's open. Make them try to ROLL it so they can get the treats out!

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Yes! This is a great one for sure!

@Sincerelyari.

Жыл бұрын

@@sarahcertified :) do you have any brain games for small dogs like size of a yorkie or polmerianin? Some games are kinda too hard for them

@Sincerelyari.

Жыл бұрын

@@sarahcertified I dont know if it has to do somethi g because their small or because it's too hard

@yettiemcpherson3875

Жыл бұрын

I did this for a cat of mine years ago with his food to help him get exercise to lose weight and it helped he lost some weight and maintained the loss.

Great Video! Thank you! Going to try some of these!

Thank you! Please keep making these. They're super helpful.

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

I plan on it! Thank you for watching.

These tips are great for the winter too, my babies hate the 🥶 lol

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

YES! These all make fantastic indoor winter activities!

Your information is amazing! You have saved me and my Australian Shepherd's Sanity

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to hear this!

This is soooo helpful. Thank you!

Thank you so much for these ideas! I have 5 dogs. No matter how much I play with them, they r e always bored! About to go try some now! Thanks!!❤

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, best of luck!

Thank you for these great ideas!! My senior dog's going to be very glad :-)

Great recommendations! I like that you used items we're likely to already have at home.

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope you find some that work well for you!

Thank you for these briliant diy. I'm getting a dog next month. Can't wait to make these puzzles for him ❤️

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! I wish you the best!

New to your channel and you have already given us a TON of ideas to keep our 12 week old Border Collie busy! Thank you! 😊 Also, Kudos on the sweet Sublime shirts. (90s kid 🤷‍♂️) lol

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, and congrats on the new pup! Happy to have you here and would love to see updates if you reach out via Facebook or Instagram DM's :) Lol also a 90s kid!

Lol omg, your dog is so cute!

This is awesome!! Thank you so much

this is amazing!! we broke and i’ve been trying to buy those puzzle toys slowly but this is sooo much better and realistic. thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@sarahcertified

11 ай бұрын

Your welcome! I'm glad it is helpful!

You are awesome, thank you for showing this. Love you fur baby, he looks pretty content and very loved.

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Look at that pup! Ohh I know that one ! Treats!!

These are great ideas, thanks!

You're extremely creative! Love these activities & I'll be using them with my GSD & pom :)

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Rosalind! Excited to have you here on my channel :)

This is a FANTASTIC video. Thank you no much for the ideas!

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lizzy!!

The only thing I dislike about this video, is that I can only click LIKE once.

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Haha this is the best comment! Thank you for this!

Excellent, excellent suggestions! Thank you very much for sharing these tips. I've been feeling so terrible about how bored our dogs are because I haven't been able to maintain our daily walks due the the excessive heat. All these suggestions are perfect! Cant wait to get started!

@sarahcertified

8 ай бұрын

Sweet! I hope you find some that are helpful!

My gsd will just bump the muffin tray upside down with her foot hahaha

What a bunch of great ideas! Just got our 9 week old puppy and I'm going to try most of these with her. Thank you so much!

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Congrats on the new pup! I hope you find some that work well for her!

Great ideas! Just got a Goldendoodle puppy and we are going into a Northern Wisconsin winter, so thank you for all these great suggestions!

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the new pup! I hope some of these things help to get you through winter there!

These are great ideas for my dogs, especially our new puppy 😁

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I hope you find some that work well for you!

I love these! Thank you. :)

Great inexpensive ideas!!

excellent - thank you !

I have two border collies also nine and seven months. I like to use their digging and noses. By taking one of their comforters we groom on balling it up with a favorite toy twisted in the mess. They know find it command and names of toys. They have to dig and manipulate and sniff it out. Works great physically and mentally all in one

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

That sounds like an awesome game!!

@kellerayra7363

Жыл бұрын

@@sarahcertified fun for all hilarious to watch

Thanks for the help👍🏻

I'm going to try the ice cube idea and I thought I would use chicken broth. Great ideas thank you!

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

Wow!!! Loved all the ideas!

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great game, thanks

Great ideas! Thank you so much...first time dog owner here...and I have spent SO MUCH MONEY on stuff that only lasts a few minutes. Two mini goldendoodles...I have most of these items in my house...actually saved papertowel rolls...had no idea what to do with them...now I do. :-)

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Yay! Good luck, I hope some of these work out for your dogs!

Thanks Sarah for the great puzzle ideas. I was about to buy a puzzle toy for my puppy but I wasn't happy with the prices and also I can never be sure for how long the toy will be interesting for her. I will try your puzzles starting from tomorrow. Thanks for sharing, much appreciated.

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

I hope you found some that worked well for you!

Thanks for the wonderful ideas!!

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

!!! Tape around the sharp plastic holes cut in the milk jug in case they stick their nose or tongue in it- gotta keep ‘em safe!!!!! (klmsCrazy4Dogs 🐾💜)

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

This is a great idea!!

My czech wolfdog food junkie will eat the fricking muffin tin - treats, balls n all let alone the paper plates, plastic bottles etc lol! great video - ty! xx

Solo cups work too!

phenomenal ideas.

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This is extremely helpful, we have recently graduated our 11 month old Frenchie to being home for an 8 hour work day 5 days of the month (so routine is impossible). He has a sitter who visits for an hour and plays/ cuddles until he's tuckered out but I want to keep him entertained with new and interesting activities. I have a couple interactive toys and he loves those,, but I want to mix up for my baby. He's so smart he cracks the codes too fast haha. Excellent ideas! I can use them differently many times, thank you for getting me thinking outside the box!

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Ah, yes! These things will be so helpful for switching things up with him! I love how you are trying your best to stay on top of things with mental stimulation, well done!

Excellent, thank you!

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

great ideas

THANK YOU!!!!!

AWESOME video!!!!!!!!!!!!!

awesome thank you

Thanks!

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Great video!

Awesome ideas! I can't wait to try them on my German Shepherd. He needs a lot of mental stimulation.

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Hope you find some ones he likes!

@loki6253

3 жыл бұрын

I've got a chiweenie that needs this

@barbbandurski3679

3 жыл бұрын

I have GSDs too that really enjoy the box game.

Just found you.. oh you are wonderful.. thanku for all these ideas. Love them all n my 7 month puppy is going to be v happy:-)

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Congrats on the new pup! I hope you find some things in here that are helpful for you. Happy to have you here on my channel :)

I’ve tried some of these in the past. The problem is that my Labrador likes to work smarter, not harder, so he just grabs whatever container he knows the treats are in and flips it over. If he can flip it and have it fall with enough force on the floor, he can outsmart any puzzle toy very fast, even if he knows how to complete said toy the correct way.

@sarahcertified

Ай бұрын

Great! Time to increase the difficulty and keep them on a rotation. I'd also look at mixing other enrichment games in to keep things interesting for him :)

@Nocomment552

Ай бұрын

@@sarahcertified Oh! Thank you for replying! I will definitely try that!

I made some for my dog she loves it!

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Yay! That's awesome!

omg you have the most beautiful dog

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Overall it’s a good video I think

Love your video n can't wait to try it. It's very important that people don't use cheap Walmart treats. Too many can make your doggie sick.

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Hope it works out for you!

These are great ideas for simple, low cost and effective puzzles. Thanks!

@sarahcertified

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thomas! Definitely some great options for right now

When do you play the brain games? For example some of them are good for when you are not home and others are better when supervised incase they start to chew stuff and choke or swollow paper etc.

@sarahcertified

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the DIY ones I don’t leave my dog alone with because they are easy to tear apart, so those make for great mid-day activities or in the evening when my dog has some extra energy. In addition to leaving things with her while I’m gone, she does get these activities to work on while I’m home too 😊

@Joice_M

3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahcertified Thank you for the advice!!! :DD

You can also turns paper plate upside down with a treat under it

@supercoopersundayanimation7868

3 жыл бұрын

Ya but thats really simple

A year ago I adopted a labrador and he is so cute but so dumb. I couldn't even believe :D BUT I LOVE HIM. Then, I found out about this product @t and it really is good, I really recommend. Ok, my labrador is still not doing math equations but is way smarter than ever. Let me know your experiences?

I loved this video I got a Chihuahua 4 years ago she’s super cut but dumb so I’m trying to get her brain working a bit so thx so much for this!!

@sarahcertified

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Aura! I hope some of these things work out for your little girl

I am going to try some of these ideas when I have knee replacement surgery and I can't walk my dog.

@sarahcertified

Ай бұрын

Love it! Best of luck

Our 15 week old puppy chews almost everything. Hoping this will pass soon then we can start these games. But will try this great ideas anyway.

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Ya, that is a tough age! Give lots of appropriate outlets for soft chewing - puppies mouths really hurt them at that stage!

👉🏻I wonder how this would work out {I don't have a dog but I love them, they're funny}: Get a sampler carpet from a home improvement store {Carpet & Tile stores/Home improvement stores will often give you the discontinued/discarded ones for free - try asking them if they have any in warehouse} Wrinkle scrunch an old towel (like timestamp 9:00) over the carpet and sew it down to carpet in spots w twine/string/what-have-you to make a somewhat reusable snuffle mat. Once the treats are all found, dog might toss the carpet mat around/lay on it/etc. But I'm guessing because I don't have a pup.

I see to do the bottle treat with our potbelly pig and the dogs would just follow her around waiting for her to spill out treats for them. Lol

I did that thing with the paper towel roll until i got thinking that paper & cardboard is quite abrasiv and over the year it might wear down the teeth. What do you think about that?

@kellerayra7363

Жыл бұрын

All things wear down teeth at some point at time on all of us. You should see my friends eight year old ball loving dog. But it didn’t start appearing until middle age much like human enamel. It would take more than a year. or so and some items faster than others tennis balls I’ve seen do quite a but the older the dog if they were real fetchalics

great ideas thanks

These are great ideas that we will surely use. Do you have a double Merle Aussie or Border Collie? We have a double Merle Aussie and they look so much alike

@sarahcertified

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! And no, she actually is a Border Collie, Great Pyrenees mix.

Hi Sarah- my name is Mik Moeller and I work at the Arizona Humane Society and I teach a class on canine enrichment not only for shelters but for people at home and I was wondering if I could share your work from utube to my think-ific site for people to view.? If so is there a way I can embed it on the the presentation site? I love your stuff so I was hoping to share it

@sarahcertified

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Mik! Yes, you are absolutely welcome to use any of my videos that you would like! I know there is a way to do this, but I am not sure off the top of my head. Happy to continue chatting with you through Facebook or Instagram on this topic as well.

Wow

Staples lol 😝

The one dog is looking at her like you are crazy

Hey love the video and I really appreciate it, I have a border collie puppy and she needs a TON of mental stimulation. I just wanted to mention to you that amazon boxes are sprayed with chemical rodent deterant and have seriously damaged animals tongues and mouths and stomachs. I just really wanted to spread that message and if you read this could you please broadcast this message through your channel? Thanks! : )

Both dog and owner are lovely..... Then out of nowhere Sarah casually pulls out a lock knife. Loveliness now slightly tarnished 😂😂😂😂

@derrith1877

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what is wrong with a person having/carrying/using a pocket knife? People have been carrying knives ever since we invented them back in the Stone Age.