[nagdu] Question about keeping my sheppard busy... and a newreteen.

[minh ha]

There are a variety of food puzzles out there that you can get on
amazon and other websites. A couple that I bought for my dog is the
Kong Wobbler and the Petsafe Busy Buddy Magic Mushroom. She absolutely
loves the mushroom, which looks exactly like it sounds. You unscrew
the cap at the end of the stem, put kibble in there and then adjust
the difficulty level with the mushroom head. This toy is one of the
harder ones because the holes are located underneath the mushroom head
so the dog has to really work at rolling the mushroom around to get
the kibble to fall out; it took my dog two hours to get all the food
out the last time I let her play with it.

The Kong Wobbler is another good option, but you really have to be
careful about buying the right size for your dog because if it's a
larger size, then it's too heavy for them to play with. The Wobbler
looks like a regular shaped Kong but it's made out of plastic with one
large hole on the side. The base is filled with some material to help
it stand up, and the dog use their paw to bat the kong around and make
it roll to dispense the food. I bought Viva the large Wobbler, but it
was too heavy for her to bat around--she's about 50 pounds. I gave it
to my boyfriend's dog instead and he's absolutely obsessed with it;
he's a bigger boy at 75 pounds. The only down side to the Wobbler is
that you can't adjust the difficulty level because there's only one
hole, but it's still challenging nevertheless.

Minh

On 4/28/14, Andrew J. LaPointe <alapointe89 at comcast.net> wrote:
> yes, where do you get the puzzle?  Andy and Shubert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhonda cruz
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 9:32 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Question about keeping my sheppard busy... and a
> newreteen.
>
> hello shannon, thanks. ware do you get the food puzzles from? she loves long
>
> walks, and all that.
>
> On Apr 27, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Shanna Stichler wrote:
>
>> I have a GSD that is higher drive, so she needs to be kept occupied even
>> after working. She loves playing fetch and any kind of interactive toy. I
>>
>> just got food puzzles for her, and she enjoys those if I use high-value
>> food. Kibble won't work for her because it's not exciting enough, so I cut
>>
>> up pieces of string cheese and freeze them to put in toys. She only gets
>> the food puzzles once a week at most, so it doesn't really seem like
>> people food to her.
>>
>> Shanna and Diamond
>>
>> On 4/27/2014 2:22 PM, rhonda cruz wrote:
>>>  Hey. i will take her on long walks, and also get her nila bones too.
>>>
>>>  i will also pplay tug. too.
>>>
>>>  she also loves playing with balls too.
>>>
>>> On Apr 27, 2014, at 11:16 AM, Raven Tolliver wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Taking Mya on long walks will help her get a lot of energy out. It
>>>> might also help you get more familiar with your new surroundings at
>>>> the same time.
>>>> Also, interactive play will help. Does she like to play tug, keep
>>>> away, anything like that?
>>>> If she is a chewer, you could get her nylabones or Antlerz to
>>>> preoccupy her as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4/27/14, rhonda cruz <rhondaprincess at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> hello everyone. i'm notceing that mya. is becomeing bord.
>>>>> what should i do to keep her busy.
>>>>> we are in a new city.
>>>>> and such. i'm planning to join classes, and all of that vary soon.
>>>>> what kind of toys. do you think would be good for a 6 year old
>>>>> sheppard.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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