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Episode #22: How to Keep Your Dog Entertained: Enrichment Days-in-the-Life from Real Pet Parents
Inspired by our free guide: 101 Easy Dog Enrichment Ideas, in this episode Haley and Ebony share their “enrichment days in the life” with their dogs!
Tune in to learn the go-to ways we fulfill our dogs and to hear about:
- How much our dogs really like to walk 🦮
- Dog TV & whether it works 📺
- Backyard feeding for dogs who love to sniff 🦴
- When & how to teach “leave it” 💧
- The stigma around muzzles & when they’re necessary 🐾
- Ebony’s key takeaways & Haley’s enrichment list for her dog 🐩
Tune in for pet tips, relatable stories, and a dose of dog lover camaraderie. Then join the Juniper Community for more!
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🔗 Links and resources
- Follow Haley’s van life on Instagram @paws.andreflect
- Follow Ebony’s nonprofit work on Instagram @atldogmomsocialclub
- Listen to our first podcast episode with Ebony
- Explore our guides for pet parents
Highlights from the episode:
- TV for dogs — Ebony 5:31 — And while we're talking about engagement, I'll be curious. If you're listening and you watch dog TV or if you put dog TV on, it's like some dogs, the screen makes them not notice it at all, and then some dogs are, like, chasing the squirrels on the TV. And I don't know what that's about. But I'd be curious. I would think dog TV, if your dog likes it, that could be a cool form of engagement if it registers with them.
- Nature's snuffle mat — Ebony and Haley 9:47 — A good one that I thought of that this is actually good for, like, when you don't have time, but I've been doing it just because the weather's nice. I've just been pouring my dog's food all throughout our backyard. Nature's snuffle mat. Yes. Exactly. Because I was gonna say she loves her snuffle mat, and I'm like, well, outside smells different every day. Like, every time it rains, it'll be brand new. Every time a raccoon runs in our backyard, so I'm like, I could just do this. You don't need 10 snuffle mats. Yeah. You just need grass.
- Context cues and verbal commands — Haley 14:46 — It properly can be confusing when in context, a, we're encouraging our dog to do something, and in context, we're saying, hey. Don't do that thing. And this is so relevant to the larger enrichment conversation because there's a bit of trial and error involved. And, like, you don't wanna micromanage your dog. Right?
- The main takeaway — Ebony 19:17 — If anyone walks away from anything from this podcast, I would hope that it's if you think you don't have time for enrichment, you're probably overthinking the enrichment. And even coming from me as someone who say, like, when I have time, it's like, it's not as complicated as you think, or it doesn't have to be as complicated as you think, but it can be world changing for them. Absolutely.
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