• 30Jan

    I was lucky enough to be able to test a dog IQ game- I chose the Dog Brick, and I took it home.

    Wow, I really can’t believe how much fun it was! Quick and Nova both loved it. Nova became obsessed. Have you ever seen a hard-core person playing bingo or any kind of gambling game? Where they’re stamping all the dots very very quickly,  intense concentration on their face? So focused you could set off an alarm and they would keep playing? Nova was just like that with this game! She absolutely loved it, and begged for more when I put it away! I laughed so hard as she snuffled and pawed at the board.  She’s really very cute!  She got the concept right away.

    Quick was a little more difficult, but he enjoyed it too! I had to make sure he found at least one treat very quickly, or he got frustrated. However, I intend to slowly work up his endurance with this toy. It’s low-key to play with- lots of fun, quite easy if you want it to be- so that’s good. I plan to slowly lower the reward rate so he has to work harder for his treats. I think that’s a good thing, because he really needs to learn that it is okay to not get the treat within a few minutes.

    I haven’t had this much fun with my dogs since Quick was introduced to his first tunnel. Nova, Quick, and I had a real blast with these toys, and I hope you try them out for your dogs- let us know if they’re as much fun for you as they were for us!

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  • 28Jan

    I wonder if it’s possible to train this – what do you think? I think one of my dogs would love to do this, LOL!

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  • 21Jan

    Not all these tricks or stunts are safe and healthy – but the overwhelming majority is just weird, awesome things dogs can do of their own accord! I would not have included some of these clips if I made the film, but as I said, there’s too much good in it to overlook!

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  • 05Jan
    • I will not play tug-of-war with Dad’s underwear when he’s on the toilet.
    • The garbage collector is NOT stealing our stuff.
    • I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I’m lying under the coffee table.
    • I will not roll my toys behind the fridge.
    • I must shake the rainwater out of my fur BEFORE entering the house.
    • I will not eat the cats’ food, before or after they eat it.
    • I will stop trying to find the few remaining pieces of clean carpet in the house when I am about to throw up.
    • I will not throw up in the car.
    • I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc.
    • “Kitty Box Crunchies” are not food.
    • I will not eat any more socks and then redeposit them in the backyard after processing.
    • The diaper pail is not a cookie jar.
    • I will not wake Mommy up by sticking my cold wet nose up her bottom end.
    • I will not chew my human’s toothbrush and not tell them.
    • I will not chew crayons or pens, especially not the red ones, or my people will think I am hemorrhaging.
    • I will not dig up the perennial beds.

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  • 19Nov

    Oh, wow, that’s some balance! I can’t skateboard, and I only have two legs!

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