What is 15 minutes of mental stimulation for dogs?
Eden Moore
2025-06-29 23:12:07
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For example, 15 minutes of mental training is equivalent to about an hour of walking. There are many ways to mentally stimulate your dog, but the best are certainly training and food-finding activities. You can do obedience sessions with your canine friend or you can teach them some sillier tricks, like putting their toys away on command or bringing you their leash for a walk. You can also think up odour detection and agility games. Interactive toys, such as the Kong brand toys, and dispensing balls, like those made by Orbee-Tuff, Tricky Treat Ball or Kong Wobbler, can also mentally stimulate your dog.
You can also use empty food containers to create surprises for your dog, or put scrap paper, toilet paper rolls and dog toys in a box and hide some dog treats or kibbles in with them. Another idea is to scatter your dog’s food in a muffin tin and cover each hole with a ball, so your dog will have to get the balls out of the muffin holes to get their food.
You can also place half of your dog’s daily kibble in a mixing bowl, add 1 to 4 tablespoons of canned food, a little hot water, stir until the mixture is thick, and place it in a Kong-type toy, or freeze the toy for an hour and a half before giving it to your dog to up the challenge.
Twila Ledner
2025-06-20 02:57:48
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I try and do at least 15-20 minute of training a day and 15-20 minutes of playing.
How much exercise and mental stimulation do you give your dogs?
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