Friday Enrichment Roundup

Lots of good enrichment reading today!  Check these out and make your dog's (or other pet's) day:

If you haven't heard of it, check out the Snuffle Garden Project - devoted to helping dogs sniff and and relax.
The Snuffle Garden Project

As your dog ages, their needs change, but they still need interaction and enrichment.  Here are some great tips from Lisa at Through a Dog's Ear:
6 Ways to Comfort Your Senior Dog

Some insight into cats and how their needs are different from dogs:
How to Cure a Cat's Anxiety

Lucky enough to have a backyard to share with your pooch?  You can make it a paradise for both of you!
The Perfect Dog Friendly Backyard

Does enrichment lead to optimism? A piece on enrichment for hamsters from Discover Magazine:
Hamsters are Happier with Toys

A fun video showing how to make and use a DIY food puzzle toy (or two!)
Make or Build the Best Game for Dogs

(Facebook link) A cute enrichment infographic from Poppy and Pals:
6 Quick Enrichment Games

Thanks all for this week, have an enriching day!

Friday (well, Satuday) Enrichment Roundup

Slight delay, but I've still got some fun things to share this week! 

There is still plenty of discussion and debate over what constitutes a good life for intelligent wild animals in captivity, but this elephant swimming pool in Japan is a good example of enrichment that caters to animals' natural behaviour.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjKVEZk-fN8

An interesting and sad article on depression in horses.  Many horses suffer from very poor welfare due to the fact that they cannot participate in very important natural behaviours, such as lots of movement, constant foraging, and companionship and contact with other horses.  

http://www.horse-canada.com/magazine_articles/out-of-the-darkness/

Senior dogs often require special enrichment because their physical and mental capabilities may be in decline.  Here's a nice article from Lisa of Through a Dog's Ear:

6 Ways to Comfort Your Senior Dog

From Modern Dog Magazine: tailoring enrichment to your dog's breed and natural behaviours.  Because I am personally not a fan of using other animals in recreational activities for pet dogs, it's always good to learn about alternative ways to allow your dog to express what they love to do:

http://moderndogmagazine.com/articles/best-exercise-your-dog-s-breed/79660

Quite a few of my links this week are direct Facebook links, so I do apologize to those of you who don't have Facebook: 

Here is a video of some cats enjoying ice balls.  Who knew??  Some of you might have dogs or other pets who would enjoy this too:

https://www.facebook.com/bvanimals/videos/705645816202058/?fref=nf

Yaletown Dog Training in Vancouver is doing a series on Enrichment for Dogs with some fun illustrations:

Sniffy Walks

Work to Eat Toys

From Canine Transformations Learning Center's Facebook page: a dog enjoying tunneling enrichment!

https://www.facebook.com/cTLC3/photos/a.10150646952903879.414721.306431798878/10153474767038879/?type=1&theater