Puzzle and interactive games for dogs provide mental stimulation.
It challenges and entertains your dog’s mind.
What is a Puzzle/Interactive Games?
Puzzle/Interactive games are containers typically made of rubber, plastic or wood. It holds treats/food inside but don’t provide a dog an easy access to it. They usually have holes/compartments/chambers and a dog must work by pawing, rolling, shaking, nibbling or licking the toy to get the treat/food.
Puzzle/interactive games for dogs are similar games/toys used by many toddlers and preschoolers. Instead of objects, treats/food are used to keep the dog’s attention on the game/toy. Sugar recently received a Treat Puzzle Game by Toys R Us Pets, which can be purchased at PetSmart.
For Sugar, the treat puzzle game is a good alternative for her chew treat toy (since she had a tongue surgery, Sugar is not recommended to have a chew toy, i.e. classic KONG).
2 Benefits of Dog Treat Puzzle Game
The Treat Puzzle Game definitely provides Mental Stimulation. Sugar was interested and intrigued while finding the treat. However, she figured it out in seconds. By varying and adjusting the spinning resistance of the toy, it made the chambers rotate, Sugar took a longer time to find the treat. The treat puzzle game also encourages Natural Foraging Behaviors. Sugar loves treats and will work for it. The toy surely encouraged Sugar to look for the treat. I made it difficult by placing a small ( Zuke’s Mini Naturals) treat. Also, Sugar’s large snout seems to be a disadvantage getting the treat out of the chamber.
The Treat Puzzle Game by Toys R US Pets is made of Durable Plastic Construction. It is a very hard plastic. It was easy to clean and wash off Sugar’s slobbers. The nonslip feet did not keep the toy in place. It was very disappointing. It did not work on both wood or carpeted surfaces. I also tried to place it on a yoga mat, still moved. In a way it is a good thing, Sugar was moving while the toy stimulating her mind.
Treat Puzzle Game by Sugar can be viewed also on Golden Woofs You Tube channel
Overall, dog treat puzzle games (for some dogs) require time, patience and problemsolving. These skills are PAWsome for any dog to learn. Many experts say, it is a great natural solution for dog boredom. From my research, it is interesting to find out that many experts say that 15 minutes of mental stimulation for a dog is like going on a 1 hour walk.
Do you own a dog treat puzzle game?
On Monday (1/27), you’ll find out why treat/feeding toys are good for senior dogs.
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We own several but I haven’t found one that lasts longer than a minute or so.
That looks great. BD loves the one he has, Mity didn’t get it and prefers the ball he can push which treats fall out of!
We love to have on of those someday , we like this interesting toy very much
We do love the puzzles but we wonder sometimes if they underestimate how smart we dogs are because once we figure them out – usually in a few minutes – they just become too easy 🙂 Of coarse we don’t let on because they are full of treats after all
Slimdoggy Jack loves these kinds of games. However, he often uses brawn over brain and will simply knock it around until it flips and the treats pour out!
We love treat games! The knob on ours though broke when we went to tighten it. 🙁 We’ll have to go get another. Its good for a cold day.
We have that same one but a different color. Toby also figured it out in only a few seconds. Perhaps because his snout is smaller than Sugar’s, he puts his nose in one hole, then uses that to push around the circle, eating as he goes. He loves seeing it come out because he knows it will contain multiple treats. But he gets nowhere near 15 minutes of fun from it!
Yes we have a treat puzzle game. 🙂 I agree that mental stimulation is as demanding, if not more for dogs. 🙂
My Sister Gracie has a treat puzzle game and she loves it too!
Sugar your peeps are very good at finding alternative fun things for you!
We knew you were going to have tongue surgery but we must have missed when it was.
I’m so glad it went well.
Hugs madi your bfff
Great video, Sugar! I have one too, but I removed the flaps :o)
That looks like great fun!!!! Awesome product! I bet my pack would love one of those!!
((husky hugz frum da pack))
“love is being owned by a husky”
We were thinking about getting this puzzle the other day, but we already have one very similar from Kyjen. So we opted to get the Kong Wobbler and Kong Satellite instead so we have a variety of puzzles to play with.
That is one way cool puzzle game! Do you ever make your own dog puzzle?
I live puzzle games
Lily
Sugar, you are so gentle and polite with that game. Mom bought one of those same games for Bailie. Bailie just rips into it and after a few minutes she picks it up, flips it over and shakes it to get any remaining treats out of it. Let’s say that she doesn’t play very “ladylike”. It is a fun game, though.
HI Y’all!
That looks like a really neat game!
Y’all come by now,
Hawk aka BrowDog
WE have one just like that…. ours came from Chewy.com… KYJEN makes them.. We love it… Mom tightened ours up also.
It DOES slip and slide… and is easy to flip over.. butt MOM and DAD sit on the floor with us and help us hold it in the right pawsition.
We actually have 6 different puzzles all from the same source.
They are ALL fun.. Games don’t have to last a long time to be GRRRREAT… We like playing them FAST…
Mom actually puts our dry kibble in them fur us.. It is just like PLAYING A GAME while Eating our Supper at the SAME time.
We are glad that you like YOUR puzzle as much as we like ours… Super nice on these COLD Snowy DAYS and NIGHTS when we can’t get OUT to have fun… It gets rid of a LOT of our extra energy. Just sayin.
Funny! I was actually eyeing that same puzzle game the other day. I was undecided because it looked a little too easy for Niles. She’s got a few puzzle games so we need a really difficult one. Thanks for the review! 🙂
I had no idea Toys R Us made pet products! I need to get Luna a puzzle or two. She would love it.
Mom has decided that I should have a treat toy game thanks Sugar! Sometimes we see them on Doggyloot but not now so a trip to Petsmart is in the works! Love Dolly
That sure looks like fun/torture Sugar. Have a fabulous Friday.
Best wishes Molly
awesome post, I need to get me some games like that. Love the animations
We were playing with a puzzle and having lots of fun but then Stanley went crazy like he wanted to kill me so mom put it up and we haven’t seen it since.
Your Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
We have one of those interactive toys and we love it! They’re fun to play with!
Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly
Just posted a video of Dakota playing with one of the Nina Ottosson games yesterday! I love those games too, but Dakota figures them out so fast that they aren’t a challenge to him anymore 🙁
We have one of those and the pack loves it. The gumball machine is great too but it takes longer for some of them to figure that out. But they do eventually, mostly by watching one who does know how it works.
We love treat puzzle games! Rocco is relentless! We haven’t seen this one yet. Looks like fun! Hope you see you at K9 Kamp!
Your pals,
Diane and Rocco
Oh, I must have one for Bentley! Thanks for the information.
How fun! Petal has lots of puzzle toys because we’re both in love with them. She has two plastic puzzles from Kyjen and several different types of rubber KONG puzzles. Our plastic ones don’t stay in place either even with their rubber grips, but like you said, in a way it’s a good thing. Petal figures them out fast too; dogs are so smart! I use low calorie treats so she can “solve” it several times in a row.
You’re a very smart girl, Sugar! Cute video! 🙂
Oh yes I have a treat puzzle like that, as I think you have seen. While I enjoy it very much, it was/is easy peeze for me. Of course I can do it how it was intended (lifting the flap) but I figured you could get the treat if ya pick it up and turn it upside down. MOM says that just means I am super smart. She keeps saying she is going to secure it to a 4×4 wood board. Butt as you know I rescue logs and am sure I can flip it over even if the puzzle was attached to it.
Blessings,
Goose
Maya and Pierson like puzzle toys too but they figure them out too quickly.
Hi there!! The girlz just love their puzzle toys and we have gotten a few from Amazon and one for Christmas from Chewy. It does not matter how many times they play. They ADORE their games!! Very similar to the ones that Sugar has. Also wanted to let you know that we stopped over at PetCo today to pick up some Pawz Boots for LadyBug. She is having a terrible time with these freezing temperatures. Her paws are freezing to the ground and I had to do something!! In all of the years we have lived here, we have never had a problem…until this unusually FRIGID winter. Chloe does not seem to be bothered at all!!
We don’t own one, yet. It looks like perhaps we should try it. I try to give my pups mental stimulation via training games but a puzzle would be good too. Did you see how Goose solved this one in his post a few days ago? Very funny.
Duke doesn’t have one of those but he thinks it looks very fun
Dugan’s mom told us they got one and he finds it a hoot! We might need to get some to entertain our fur kid since we are limited in activity with all the snow!
Excellent suggestion especially with all the cold hitting various parts of the country! I won’t walk if it’s too cold but breaking out the puzzle game is an excellent alternative!
Hope Sugar is feeling better and well down the recovery road!! xoxo Sugar!!