Winter's fierce snows have taken over to the point of absurdity and my limited time for my precious walks have been taken over by incessant shoveling. Here's how I deal with the cabin fever that starts to hit when I'm exhausted from my labor and the dogs are just cold watching me wondering why we're staying by home base!
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Terrific!
I watched the whole thing. Delightful, and the 90 minutes after shots are proof it worked!
Rosana Hart
www.training-dogs.com
I'm with you!
Frozen Kongs are awesome! I have 3 corgis and they get frozen kongs almost every day. I use a variety of stuffings - baby carrots with Kong Paste, Easy Cheese or Peanut Butter (for my male with the high metabolism) but I have never a recipe like yours. I'm sure my dogs will love it if I experiment. Frozen Kongs provide such great mental exercise.
I also feed my dogs their kibble (not frozen) in Premier Squirrel Dudes, Twist and Treats, and other toys - dinner time takes a minimum of 40 minutes and the dogs are relaxed afterwards.
even in California...
where we're not shoveling snow, this was a great read!
Am I weird?
Because watching that actually made me hungry! :) Thanks for reminding us how great frozen kongs are!
I just tried it
I just put some of his dry food in water and let it set and packed it in there and froze it. He loved it. I had been a bit wary because with some of the treats made for kongs it's just too hard for him to get them out, and I'm not looking to frustrate my dog. I want to make sure that as he works he's rewarded.
But it seemed like he was able to get the stuff out pretty well. And he didn't exhibit signs of frustration. I like the freezing thing because as it thaws it comes out pretty easy. Although, the small is too small for my 15 pound dachshund, it didn't hold much food. I think a medium will be better.
The twist things haven't worked for me. It seems like the stuff either falls out right away or doesn't come out at all. Maybe I just can't get the hang of it.
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More thinking outside of the box
Try using either a small biscuit ball or, take some wet stuff (soup, leftover eggs, toast crumbs, macaroni and cheese, etc.) and freeze small amounts in ice cube trays. Then you can just pop one or two inside a biscuit ball or kong. Or just give the dog a frozen cube of food. Just because a toy is big doesn't mean a smaller dog can't enjoy it (and vice versa on occasion). For larger dogs, freeze a bigger "cube" inside a tupperware or just something larger than an ice cube tray. Again, be inventive and do what's going to work for your dogs in your life.
Rachel Friedman, MSW, LISW, President
A Better Pet LLC
www.abetterpet.com
rachel@abetterpet.com