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

Mon Apr 28 16:29:32 UTC 2014

 OK. i will look for them.

On Apr 28, 2014, at 7:33 AM, minh ha wrote:

> 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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