Keeping Your Dog Occupied

Keeping your dog’s mind stimulated will help you be able to leave your dog alone without fear of him getting into trouble.  Some dog breeds need more mental stimulation than others, but for the most part, they all would like something interesting to do every now and again.

Leon and I like to play a game called “find it”.  I put him in another room at a “down-stay”, while I hide treats in a different room.  Then I call him to come “find it”.  He uses his nose to find all the treats in the room.

We started out slow by first placing treat in the middle of the room so he could easily find it, then we slowly moved it to a more and more difficult place.

Try this game with your dog and you’ll see how happy they are to use all their senses!