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 144 reviewsThe 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.
Popped into the Horse and Farrier in Dacre, Cumbria, for a well earned pub lunch. Sadie our 4 year old Whippet has never been one for settling on hard floors (who can blame her) so we tried out her new settle mat (size large) for the first time which she absolutely loved. Took to it straight away and relaxed in front of the fire while we ate a delicious lunch. It folds easily and can be carried anywhere thanks to the handy carry loop and stores away nicely in the car boot until needed. Fantastic product, but most importantly, Sadie loved it!
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.
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.
Nice quality cards. Great idea to engage with your dog.
Perfect for when you’re tired of scouring the internet for ideas. Also great at getting the whole family on the same page with training!
Perfect for when you’re tired of scouring the internet for ideas. Also great at getting the whole family on the same page with training!
Dog loves the Odin ball. I only wish I’d bought 2!
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.
Perfect for when you’re tired of scouring the internet for ideas. Also great at getting the whole family on the same page with training!