Enrichment

Enrichment is the process of fulfilling the mental and physical stimulation needs of your dog. Enrichment should be safe, given as reinforcement, on a varied schedule, removed before it becomes boring or frustrating and specifically designed for your dogs size, abilities and breed behaviours. Enrichment can come in the form of food, sensory, behavioural, habitat, social and environmental. At Golden Perfection we have created a device that ticks all the boxes fulfulling your dogs enrichment needs on the go or at home. All items are made using high quality non toxic, non pill polar fleece, meaning they can be washed time and time again without balling, this means your dog can sniff away without worries of inhaling small fragments of material. They are personally created for your dogs strength, breed specific foraging traits, size and your colour preferences. All devices like anything with dogs are destructible and should be used under supervision. Each item is homemade and may vary slightly from the given sizes.

Enrichment has always been a huge part of my passions and my career, for years I created safe and enriching devices for dolphins, turtles, parrots and dogs. It brings me so much joy seeing a animal get hours of enjoyment out of an enrichment device that I made. I am so excited to open this up to dogs and other animals across Europe to enjoy my creations.

Seasonal Snuffles

Snuffle Balls

Snuffle Mats

Snuffle Enrichment Benefits

Snuffle devices are one of the best gifts you can give your dog and yourself as the benefits are endlist. Dogs see the world through their nose and compared to humans they are about 100,000 times better than us at picking up scents in their world. Sniffing is basically an olympic sport for dogs. All dogs have great sniffing cababilities some dogs are experts.

Snuffling

  • Increases mental stimulation

  • Increase your dogs confidence

  • Encourages slower eating habits

  • Satisfies a dogs desire to work for their food

  • Stimulates sniffing and foraging areas of a dogs brain which release happy hormones

  • Eleviates stress when used for positive associaton to a sound or stimulation your dog is unsure or reactive to

  • 10 - 15 minutes is equivalent in calories to a 60 minute walk

  • Provide adequate stimulation for post surgery, aging dogs or those on a restricted exercise

As with any other device dogs should be supervised and trained to interact with their new toy appropriately. Once complete the device should be stored to prevent destruction and avoid boredom.