#IDEA 91. Play a bark, a doorbell or any other sound that your dog might feel a little iffy about on the TV or your phone, on a very low volume that won’t cause more than a head tilt. As your dog reacts minimally, encourage them to either play a game and/or search for a yummy treat you’ve hidden. That will start to form a new feeling and association with the sounds you play.

#IDEA 94. Dust off the ol’ Easter plastic eggs, especially if you have different sizes you can nest inside one another, hiding small treats in between each egg. What’s great about the plastic easter eggs is they open easily enough, with minimal pressure.

#IDEA 97. Purchase a bottle of pet-friendly bubbles and see how your dog reacts! If they don’t seem to care for them a lot, just blow a few at a close distance and give your dog a treat simply for looking at them. The more interest they show, the more you continue rewarding them until they start wanting to engage with the bubbles more and more.

#IDEA 92. Try any of the ideas on this list in an environment only a little bit more distracting than your dog’s home.

#IDEA 95. Invite a dog friend over, to help your dog with any of these enrichment games. Just be mindful, if there’s a risk of resource guarding (common among dogs), in which case you’ll want to guide and set each dog up with their own game at the same time.

#IDEA 98. Whether it’s with a kiddie pool and ball pit balls for indoors, or an actual sand pit outside in your backyard, setting either of these up makes for plenty of digging opportunities, anytime you choose to hide something in them, and can also help prevent digging in other parts of your home.

#IDEA 93. Hide your dog’s food puzzle or snuffle mat under a few layers of fabric or your laundry, but place only one smelly piece of treat inside them and time your dog to see how long it takes them to get to their reward.

#IDEA 96. Trust your dog with your house plants? Plants have their own odour, making it for a perfect scent-obstacle course if you hide some of your dog’s treats on the floor, in between the different pots if you line them up.

#IDEA 99. Want to play detective? Place a few of your pants that are about to go into the laundry for a wash in the living room folded neatly and a few feet apart from one another. Inside one pair, place a few treats, in between the folds and inside the pockets before inviting your dog into the room to see how quickly they can detect which pant smells like their treat the most.