11/06/2025
Sniffing!
Are you giving your dog(s) plenty of sniff time on their walks? Sniffing is huge part of our dogs enrichment and you'll find lots of dogs spend most of their walks sniffing every fence/corner, lamp-pole etc. It is a key way for them to get information about the world and other dogs.
A great game to encourage sniffing, tiring them out and helping their food last longer is "find-it". For those dogs on a dry food, you can take a handful (or their full portion) and throw it into your garden or onto a snuffle mat for them to work through. You'll be surprised how long it takes them to search the area and find all their food. I start off with a small amount of food, as it takes practice for them to be able to search out food over the more casual sniffing they will do on their walks. If you cue "find it" when you throw the food out you have then put them sniffing on cue, which can be great when you need to help them calm down on a walk.