It’s dinner time for your dog. You put the bowl down and before you stand up again, your dog is done. Done! In a matter of seconds! Don’t you wish you could stretch your dog’s dinner time a little? Wouldn’t it be nice if it took your dog 15 – 20 minutes to actually eat […]
Teach Your Dog to Eat from a Kong – Video
Want to know what I can’t live without? Kongs. Kongs, a staple in our house, help teach puppies to love their crate, keep our dogs occupied when we have visitors, give them something to do when I need to get work done (like write this, for instance), provide an alternative to a feeding bowl, and […]
The Organized Dog Trainer: How to Efficiently Store and Freeze Stuffed Kongs
It’s a new year, we’re smack in the middle of Train Your Dog Month (TYDM), and food stuffed toys are one of my most valuable dog training tools. I stuff and freeze about 40 food stuffed toys, like Kongs, every week. I’m frequently asked how and where I keep 40 Kongs, so I made this […]
How to Stuff a Kong (or MANY Kongs!)
When you’re stuffing Kongs for 4 dogs, it’s helpful to pre-stuff a bunch, freeze ’em, then you’ve got them ready to go whenever you need them. I use the Kongs to buy me some time if I’m working on a project — occupied dogs are good dogs. Also, every dog in my house gets a […]
Baby Steps
There are lots of ways a pup can get his food. He can work for it. He can eat it out of a food stuffed toy. He can find it scattered about the patio. One thing this little guy won't be doing is eating food out of a bowl. That's way too easy. Teddy needs […]