Hacking the Wobble Bowl – Furtropolis

Some canines have a tough time determining our puzzles, whereas different canines determine them out too shortly! Nina Ottosson’s Tip & Tips is a collection of posts that cowl how you can make every puzzle sport tougher for canines which are fast to unravel them, and simpler for canines nonetheless getting the grasp of it.

The subsequent canine puzzle Nina goes to cowl is the Wobble Bowl. The Wobble Bowl is a Degree 1 canine puzzle that’s each a sluggish feeder and a psychological problem. It turns mealtime into an interactive sport, retains canines engaged, and helps them eat at a more healthy tempo. The Wobble Bowl is enjoyable for all canines no matter age, measurement, or breed!

How the Wobble Bowl Works

All the time begin by letting the canine watch you fill the sport with treats and meals. I like to recommend utilizing additional tasty treats the primary time the canine performs with a brand new sport.

Take away the stopper from the lid. Pour kibble or treats into the Wobble Bowl. Shut the lid with the stopper, place the sport on the ground, and let the video games start!

The clear lid makes the meals or treats seen as a way to encourage the canine to work on getting all of the items. The Wobble Bowl works nice with each dry kibble and treats.

Making the Wobble Bowl Simpler

To make it simpler, at first, you’ll be able to shake it barely to disperse the meals (and scent of the meals), and even put some meals items simply inside among the openings, in order that these simply fall out when the canine begins taking part in with the Wobble Bowl.

Play along with the canine, sit subsequent to, and assist them perceive how the sport works by exhibiting your canine how you can wobble it backwards and forwards together with his nostril or paws till the meals falls out on the perimeters.

You may also take away the lid and use it as a wobbling sluggish feeder.

Making the Wobble Bowl Extra Difficult

Take away the clear lid.

Lower out items of paper, then tape over one or a number of openings from the within, leaving a minimum of one opening uncovered. What number of taped openings depends upon how superior you need the puzzle to be.

You may also tape over one or two openings within the maze inside to make it much more difficult.

Put the lid again on and let the video games start!

Encourage Extra

You possibly can even put toys or small balls within the Wobble Bowl. It each makes the sport tougher and may encourage canines that aren’t as food-motivated as others.

Further Ideas & Tips for the Wobble Bowl

• PLACE THE GAME IN A DOG BED: In case your canine is convalescent or a tricky or a powerful paw participant, it permits a calmer play.

• FOR FAST-EATING DOGS: Use the puzzle as a sluggish feeder. Serve the canine’s meals within the sport and let the canine work for the meals.

• PUZZLE RACE: When you’ve got a number of video games, you can also make a puzzle race by inserting a number of video games in a row, and simply put a couple of treats in every sport.

• HIDE THE GAMES in numerous rooms or within the backyard. Generally I conceal them below towels and blankets. It’s a lot appreciated by canines, particularly on wet days.

• PLAY TOGETHER: Enjoying collectively together with your canine strengthens the bond and builds your relationship together with your canine.

• BOREDOM: Puzzle video games stop and cut back boredom and stop habits issues.

• OLD DOGS: The video games are nice to activate older canines which are nonetheless mentally wholesome.

Observe Coaching with Canine Puzzles

Whilst you conceal treats within the sport and/or till you place the sport on the ground, you’ll be able to apply instructions. Attempt to educate the canine to take a seat or lay down and wait so that you can say “go forward”. Canine be taught the same old instructions like wait, sit, and launch extremely quick if doing it in optimistic kinds, and deal with puzzles are very optimistic in a canine’s world. This additionally strengthens the bond together with your canine.

Cleansing the Wobble Bowl

Snap off the clear lid for straightforward cleansing with heat water and delicate cleaning soap.

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It’s enjoyable. It feeds. It’s a problem your canine wants! Nina Ottosson Deal with Puzzle Video games struggle boredom, assist cut back damaging behaviors & train your canine’s thoughts. Use the Wobble Bowl as a puzzle sport to offer enjoyable bodily and psychological stimulation. Or use the Wobble Bowl as a sluggish feeder to sluggish your canine’s consuming tempo and stop bloat and indigestion. The Wobble Bowl holds as much as 1 cup of meals…

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Enjoying by the Guidelines

Nina Ottosson canine puzzles are centered on difficult the canine’s mind. These video games should not like a daily toy, and they aren’t indestructible, which is why we additionally advise shut supervision so the canine performs the fitting approach, particularly till you understand how your canine works with the video games. Then you can also make your individual choice on the way you need your canine to make use of the video games.

Enjoying with puzzle video games is enjoyable! Canine like to work for meals & treats. Due to that, it’s essential to oversee, particularly with puppies and younger canines. Educate the canine how you can use them and never let the canine chew on the puzzle or flip it the wrong way up. As quickly as this begins occurring, you want to cease the play.

Security First!

When selecting a toy, ensure that to decide on an applicable measurement/type/degree to your canine. No toy or sport is indestructible. ALWAYS supervise your canine intently, educate your canine how the sport/toy works. Don’t go away the canine alone with a deal with sport/toy, don’t let the canine chew on the sport/toy or items. Examine frequently for injury and take away if damaged, or if components develop into separated, as critical damage could consequence. For canines solely, not a youngsters’s toy. When empty, retailer till subsequent supervised use.

I hope you should have a number of enjoyable taking part in puzzle video games together with your canine.

// Nina Ottosson