🌿 Enrichment Essentials
Simple ways to meet your dog’s needs—so they can feel good and thrive
Enrichment isn’t just about keeping your dog busy. It’s about creating daily opportunities for them to think, sniff, move, explore, and learn—in ways that build confidence, reduce stress, and improve behaviour.
Inside, you’ll find ideas and resources that go beyond obedience and basic commands. These activities are designed to meet your dog where they’re at, help them feel more regulated, and make training easier by meeting their real needs.
Explore the categories below to get started.
🌟 Why Enrichment Matters
Enrichment isn’t extra — it’s essential. Dogs aren’t built just to “behave” or do as they’re told. They’re wired to sniff, chew, dig, forage, explore, and connect. When we meet those needs in simple, intentional ways, we see calmer dogs, fewer problem behaviours, and a stronger relationship.
📖 Start Here: The Enrichment Essentials Guide
This free guide walks you through the 5 types of enrichment and gives you simple, real-life examples to try today.
Sniff walks, foraging boxes, and calming outdoor experiences to support emotional balance.
Using food-based enrichment to engage your dog’s brain, calm their nervous system, and meet natural foraging needs.
DIY games, food puzzles, and confidence-building activities that engage your dog’s brain.
Thoughtful changes to your home environment that support comfort, reduce stress, and promote zen.
Physical enrichment that helps dogs release energy in healthy, natural ways.
Targeted ideas for helping anxious, fearful, reactive, or frustrated dogs.
🎬 Puzzle & Play Videos
DIY games, food puzzles, and confidence-building activities that engage your dog’s brain.
🧠 Brain Games
🥩 Towel Tornado
This quick DIY game turns a simple towel into a fun puzzle your dog can sniff, unroll, and shred through to find treats. It’s great for confidence, problem-solving, and slowing down eager eaters—with zero setup time and no fancy gear needed.
🧩 Snuffle Mats 101: How & Why to Use Them
Snuffle mats tap into your dog’s natural sniffing and foraging instincts. In this video, I’ll walk you through how to use a snuffle mat effectively, what to put in it, and how to adjust difficulty based on your dog’s experience level.
🐾 Using a Cone for Nose Targeting
Teach your dog to pop their nose into a cone—fun, fast, and fantastic for focus, confidence, and coordination.
🥊 Pushing Over a Cone
Teach your dog to knock over a cone with their nose—fun, fast, and great for confidence, and trainer skills.
Healthy Movement
Movement is more than just burning energy—it’s about helping your dog feel good in their body. Our Movement Matters hub is packed with safe, practical ways to keep your dog active, build strength, protect joints, and match activities to their age and needs.
Explore the topics below to find warm-ups, low-impact exercises, fun movement games, and tips for spotting when your dog needs rest—so every step they take supports their long-term health and happiness.
🎬 Food for Thought Videos
Food-based enrichment that builds focus and calm.
🍖 Using a Toppl for Food Enrichment
Using a Toppl for Food Enrichment Toppls are one of my go-to tools for food-based enrichment—and in this video, I’ll show you how to stuff them in ways that keep your dog engaged, encourage licking and problem-solving, and support emotional regulation.
🍽️ 3 Favourite Food Toys for Enrichment
Whether you’ve got a curious puppy or a seasoned sniffer, these toys can help meet your dog’s food-motivated needs in fun, creative ways. are one of my go-to tools for food-based enrichment.
Turning an everyday errand into enrichment — let your dog explore the scents from your grocery bags when you get home. It’s an effortless way to satisfy curiosity, add novelty to their day, and turn a simple routine into a shared moment.
📂 Food for Thought Downloads
From simple dinner hacks, to more complex food-based enrichment for dogs of all ages and stages.
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You are what you eat. This guide helps explain how nutrition affects behaviour.
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Diet & Behaviour: Supporting Your Dog’s Emotional Health
How your dog’s diet and early life experience might be influencing their behaviour—and what we can do to help.
🥣 Homemade Rewards Recipe Book
This downloadable recipe book is packed with simple, dog-safe treat ideas you can make at home. Whether you're looking for high-value training rewards, limited-ingredient options, or just something fun and healthy to share, you’ll find easy recipes that work for a variety of dogs and diets.
🪴 Smart Spaces
Smart Spaces are all about creating safe, comfortable spots where your dog can truly relax. Whether it’s a cozy bed, a quiet room, or a shaded spot outside, these spaces protect your dog’s downtime, lower stress, and support their overall well-being.
Why sleep matters just as much as play. Learn how your dog’s natural sleep cycles and rhythms work, why rest is a core need, and how to protect their downtime to keep them calmer, happier, and more resilient.
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