Enrichment Deck - Brain Games for Dogs
Enrichment Deck - Brain Games for Dogs
The Enrichment Deck is designed to make everyday enrichment easy!
It's the ultimate bonding experience for you and your dog - grow calmness, confidence and connection!
➟ Simplify mental stimulation
➟ Create a calming routine
➟ Enrich your dog's day
✨ 52 activity cards - Pick a card and follow the step-by-step instructions to play, bond and learn more about your dog!
🐕 5 key categories: Calm, Focus, Puzzle, Play & Bond. Shuffle the deck to keep playtime fresh, fun and engaging. Or, select from a category to work on a specific area.
😌 The quick, easy and stress-free format means you can provide your dog with mental stimulation - without taxing your brain! Perfect for busy dog owners looking for a simple and convenient way to enrich their dog's day.
🌟 Approved by RSPCA behaviourists and recommended by numerous welfare organisations and dog trainers.
It’s our hugely popular solution and go-to resource for dog owners looking to enhance their dog's mental stimulation, provide daily enrichment and create a deeper bond.
Enjoy a more relaxed life with your dog, all within a few minutes a day.
- As supported by the RSPCA
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FAQ
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What's inside the box?
You get a deck of 52 Activity Cards.
The front of each card is decorative and features different illustrated dogs.
The reverse of each card provides instructions for the games and activities.
There are 5 colour-coded Key Categories: Calm, Focus, Play, Puzzle & Bond
Plus, a Guide Booklet for additional tips and progressive activity levels.
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What type of activities does this include?
✔ Scent games – become part of your dog’s #1 activity!
✔ Enrichment activities – includes easy DIY puzzle feeding activities & provides an appropriate outlet for expressing natural, stress-relieving behaviours.
✔ Brain games – boosts your dog’s confidence and motivation levels.
✔ Bonding exercises – strengthens your relationship through working together.
✔ Stealth training – reinforces positive behaviours such as toy sharing, recall, proximity and responsiveness while your dog just thinks you’re the most fun person ever.
Our approach is always positive reinforcement!➟
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How do I integrate this into my life?
Ideal for:
- Daily mental stimulation & enrichment.
- Adverse weather conditions (heatwaves, storms etc).
- Restricted exercise & recovery from injury.
- Becoming more interesting to your dog (especially in stimulating environments).
- Helping your dog to settle in new situations.
- Occupying or redirecting energy into a productive outlet.
- Creating a decompression routine with calming activities.
- Developing a relationship with a new dog.
- Getting the whole family involved with your dog (always supervise children).
- For people or dogs with limited mobility.
- Engaging puppies without overexercising them.
- Fosterers, rescue centre workers and other dog-professionals; boarders, groomers, walkers etc.
Especially good for dogs who are:
High-energy working breeds | Older or limited mobility | Puppies | In need of a confidence boost | Settling into new home
Why enrichment?
Enrichment is what your dog actually wants to do. Enrichment activities give your dog an outlet for expressing natural behaviours.
In other words, simply ‘be more dog’!
This is crucial for their overall wellbeing.
Enrichment is a foundation for animal welfare and can help resolve a number of ‘undesirable’ behaviours which often stem from boredom and frustration.
So instead of trying to ‘fix’ chewing, digging, excess energy etc, we can do simple activities with our dog to provide safe and appropriate opportunities to fulfil these behavioural needs.
The main purpose of the deck is to be a resource to learn more about our dogs and help us give them what they need.
When a dog has plenty of enrichment in their life, they are calmer, more balanced and fulfilled and less ‘desperate’ to find their kicks elsewhere!
The benefits of brain games for dogs
Positive experiences boost your dog's emotional wellbeing.
Activities create opportunities for your dog to problem-solve & make their own decisions.
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#1 Calmness
Providing mental stimulation & cognitive problem-solving helps to balance out excess physical energy and satisfy even the most active minds.
By consistently fulfilling our dog's needs, we instil a sense of calmness and contentment.
Excitable breeds (such as spaniels) and those with a high prey drive (still looking at you spaniels) may benefit from reducing arousal levels - the 'Calm' category is particularly useful for switching the cycle of choas to a cycle of calm!
You can implement the 'Calm' category cards as a decompression routine, such as post-walk, or to help create calm time in stimulating environments.
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#2 Confidence
Confidence is huge for behaviour.
Dogs find games engaging; they love to play and are individuals in their own right. Therefore, they learn best through fun, positive experiences.
Playing, solving puzzles, having fun and 'winning' can be hugely rewarding and beneficial to a dog’s self-esteem.
Why not channel your dog's energy into activities they can thrive on, such as scent games!
Activities in the 'Puzzle', 'Play' & 'Focus' categories can be helpful for boosting your dog's confidence.
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#3 Connection
While enrichment can mean self-occupying activities, we can't forget that what our dog's crave is our attention.
Games give you fun ways to interact with your dog and are the perfect way spend quality time together.
Playing games will also help you to learn about what motivates your individual dog so that you can get on the same page.
Activities in the 'Bond' category help to build trust and physical handling, while games in the 'Play' category make you a source of fun and can enhance your relationship, improving your training results.
As supported by the RSPCA and used by multiple dog welfare organisations.
The deck is used by numerous dog welfare organisations to provide varied enrichment to dogs within their care and support owners with their new dog.
The games help you learn what your dog finds engaging and encourages you to work with them in a way they find rewarding.
Common behavioural concerns such as lack of calmness, destruction and inappropriate greetings can often be resolved through fulfilling a dog’s enrichment needs.
What started as a passion project with my own spaniel has now given me a greater mission – to help owners understand dogs better so less end up being brought in for rehoming.
Always seek the help of a behaviourist when needed.
Let customers speak for us
from 154 reviewsThis bag is so roomy inside with plenty of room for the bits and bobs for your dog. You know, those bits that normally occupy every coat pocket!! And the pocket on the side that's designed for a roll of poo bags is genius!! This was bought with the intention of using it while we're on holiday with the pooch but it's become our every day dog walking bag. The quality is excellent too, I'm more than happy to recommend it.
We have a 21 month old Poodle cross Cockapoo and she loves her Puzzle Plait. We load it up with small training treats and she spends ages getting them all out. It keeps her engaged and she doesn’t get fed up with it like other toys that she has. It has stood up to her nibbles and scratching and is very well made. Well worth the money!
I have an 8 month old Cocker Spaniel called Ruby who is always full of energy but she absolutely loves the puzzle plait and the Cinderella snuffle toy.
I started putting a few sprats in both just to get her started but she is so quick at picking things up that I basically put any of her kibble and treats in and it occupies her for quite awhile and then she is always ready for a nap so mental stimulation is the best thing ever,definitely 5 stars from me and Ruby of course.
Was looking for toys to keep my lively Cocker Spaniel busy during his TPLO surgery recovery. He has enjoyed searching for the treats in the plait and playing with it after. Good quality and has not been destroyed yet!
Our rescue dog Elly really loves this snuffle toy. She spends ages snuffling out the treats then plays with the plait when she has eaten all the treats.
My dog really enjoys getting her meals in puzzle toys. This was quite a different style one for us, but she learned very quickly what she needed to do. Very beautifully made.
I have already been using the plait for about a year and decided to try the snuffle ball. My dog is a very nervous/anxious English Springer Spaniel from a working line. We don’t work her but I try to give her activities that engage her mind and provide outlets for her natural instincts as well as build her confidence. The snuffle ball helps relax her through sniffing and snuffling for her food (I feed half her mealtime kibble or treats), I also load it up and play search games. The difficulty level can be set by stuffing food deeper into the ball or closer to the edge, between ‘ruffles’ or inside them. My dog can’t quite work out why the ball doesn’t bounce when she drops it on the floor, although it’s one way to get the treats out. The snuffle ball keeps her entertained for a good while. Thank you Chloe for another brilliant product. Lottie has a new favourite toy.
Dog loves it .. use to hide kibble in.. keeps him entertained. Then once he has finished he engages in the tug play game .. had it over a week and he hasn’t ripped it to pieces… yet !
Thank you for the speedy service and quality of the item.
The Enhancement Deck is a really lovely idea and should provide our 12 yr old dog with all sorts of stimulation and fun. Definitely recommended.
These are great. The pack of cards are fantastic and as a Dog Trainer I find that using the Ambassador cards to promote the benefits of them to my clients really useful. I include them in my welcome packs.
Beautiful socks - very soft and comfy. Looks great too.
Amazing bag - small and neat (and love the way it converts to a backpack) but holds loads of stuff. That’s due to it being nice and deep. Lots of additional pockets which ate very useful.
Nice smelling soap which lathers well at bath time
I bought this for my dog to have some of her kibble in from her meals. I slip the treats under the folds of the plait and she sniffs them out and then scoffs them. It’s really good quality and what I like about it is the plait isn’t too tight, just right for the dog to retrieve the treat from the folds and not bite the material in frustration.
The cards are well written and produced. They come in a sturdy box accompanied by an explanation booklet. They are thoughtfully packed and dispatched.
Chloe presents her products in a friendly, approachable manner and this transfers into the explanations on the cards and in the booklet. Most activities are usable with any breed but Chloe always recommends that fun is the top priority and when the fun stops, so does the activity. It was interesting to read that such small inputs of time and effort can produce massive results within you and your furry friends! Activities are easy to do so it’s a win, win situation for me.
I also bought the slow feeder plait and so far, so good! Chloe’s good advice to always monitor your dog when using the plait was so important. It took a few attempts before my GSD realised she didn’t have to chew the plait to release the food!🤦♀️An added extra is that it seems to be cleaning her front teeth now!🤷♀️
The only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that it’s early days yet.
The Enhancement Deck is a really lovely idea and should provide our 12 yr old dog with all sorts of stimulation and fun. Definitely recommended.
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This is my sixth time buying this deck. I always end up, lending them out to clients and friends, who end up keeping them. These cards make it super easy to come up with enrichment ideas for any dog, and I have used them for other species as well. I love using the categories to align with the type of day my dog is having. The instructions are easy to follow, and the art of the cards is absolutely beautiful. I cannot recommend this enough to any dog owner, looking for a way of easily including enrichment into their daily routine.
Nice quality cards. Great idea to engage with your dog.