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Posted on February 8, 2010
Before I get to yet another thing you can spend your money I’ll tell you what cheap solution kept Mac busy for the longest time.
I don’t throw out any of my empty juice bottle (the sturdier plastic kind). Instead I keep them to fill them with all sorts of treats. And whenever I have to leave Mac alone, I will put those out around the house for him to entertain himself, trying to get out all of the treats. Now officially I am probably supposed to tell you to supervise your dog while he is playing with things like plastic bottles. And I have the first few times. I learned that he usually won’t chew them up until they have been laying around for a few days. So I feel safe letting him play with them while I’m not gone and while they’re still new.
Anyway, so although I’m still giving him bottles with treats he really has figured it all out by now and I had to look around for new things to keep him challenged. And I have came across a toy (that I have not tried, yet) that will soon replace one or two of the plastic bottles. They are made by the company Canine Genius, and what loving dog owner does not believe that their pooch is one of those, right? Well, I definitely fall into that category and will get Mac several Canine Genius toys. Two of their toys are interactive treat dispenser (did i just make that up?). They are a little bit more challenging than the usual Kong, since they have little prongs at their openings which makes it harder for the dog to retrieve their treats. I think I’ll start with Mike (picture below), before I move on to Leo. Leo seems super intriguing to me, because you cans stick several of those into each other and make it infinitely more challenging. I will take bets how long this will keep Mac busy until I have to think of a new toy!
And I’m all about rubber toys lately, by the way. I think I have finally passed the stage of replacing stuffed toys that have been ripped apart after a day or even just a few hours. How will the stuffed toy industry survive without me, I wonder?
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