Enrichment Deck - Brain Games for Dogs
Enrichment Deck - Brain Games for Dogs
A simple, stress-free way to provide mental stimulation and create a calming routine for your dog. Just pick a card to play a brain game or enrichment activity with your dog!
What's Inside?
✨ 52 activity cards: Step-by-step instructions to play, bond and learn more about your dog! These include a range of brain games for dogs plus enrichment activities to provide natural behavioural outlets.
🐕 5 key categories: Calm, Focus, Puzzle, Play & Bond. Shuffle the enrichment deck for variety or choose a category to work on a specific area.
📖 Handy Guidebook: Extra tips, challenge options and ideas to enhance your dog’s experience.
Enrichment Made Easy
- Encourages Choice & Natural Behaviours: Try the different enrichment activity ideas to give your dog a sense of agency, promoting their mental wellbeing.
- Stimulate Cognitive Abilities: Brain games are a wonderful way to boost your dog's confidence with fun, rewarding challenges that require problem-solving skills, nose work and decision-making.
- Quick, Easy & Stress-Free: 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.
- Builds Calmness, Focus & Your Bond: The Enrichment Deck is a handy tool designed to help you proactively promote relaxation, boost confidence and strengthen your relationship.
- Expert Recommended: Created in conjunction with the RSPCA companion animal science team and promoted by force-free trainers, behaviourists and welfare organisations.
Give your dog the gift of enrichment ♡
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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.
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
Dog Welfare
The Enrichment Deck is used by numerous dog welfare organisations to provide varied enrichment activities to dogs within their care and support owners with their new dog.
These carefully designed brain games for dogs help you discover what your dog finds engaging; encouraging you to work with them in a way they find rewarding.
Meeting a dog’s enrichment needs can help address common behavioural concerns such as lack of calmness, destructive tendencies and inappropriate greetings.
What started as a passion project with my own spaniel has now grown into a greater mission - to help owners understand their dogs better, thus helping reduce the number of dogs being surrendered for rehoming.
Every dog deserves the chance to thrive through enrichment activities that cater to their natural instincts and intelligence.
Always seek the help of a behaviourist when needed.
People for Animal Care Trust
Let customers speak for us
Fantastic product, thick material, very well made. I was slightly worried that my dog would be able to shake the treats out, but she really had to work to get the food out. Very pleased overall.
These are a fantastic idea, a by product from the brewing business and our old girl Ellie loves them. And they don't smell too bad either....maybe that's because I'm a beer lover too 😂. We always try to give Ellie healthy treats and these are full of good things and she definitely approves.
We bought Ellie a snuffle ball for Christmas and she loves it. We've tucked her kibble and other dog treats into the folds and she absolutely loves, err, well, snuffling for the prizes 😂. It keeps her entertained for ages and it seems to tire her out too which is great. Ellie is an older girl so we didn't risk taking her out for a walk in the receipt sub zero weather, so we gave her the snuffle ball instead, and it works a treat.
I purchased one of these Puzzle Feeder Plait toys at Christmas for my dog. She is an Australian Shepherd who needs to keep busy. This toy does just that. You can fill all the nooks and crannies with treats and let your dog have at it and it will keep them busy for quite a while. It is well made of a soft fabric and feel this was a great purchase. So good in fact I just ordered another one for my son's dog. Yes, Christmas has come and gone but this toy is a keeper so I bought it anyway.
Gave these to my son and his new dog. Bailey (the dog) loves the toy and the blueberry peanut butter was a big hit! My son hasn't tried any of the card suggestions yet but seemed to think it would help keep his young pup entertained and learning.
Sadie loves her new snuffle toy, took to it straight away and enjoyed retrieving her treats. A fantastic product, very well made and love the colour combination we chose. This is a great enrichment toy for our whippet, very pleased and would recommend.
Thank you for this fantastic snuffle toy. Great to put our dog treats in the pockets. Many many hours of fun from the time you open the package and a nice touch of a card thanking you his quality and it is well worth the price which is very reasonable I would certainly recommend these great products. Thanks again Rob.
The cards are perfect for giving fresh new ideas to help keep your dog, amused, calm or happy.
Perfect size pack to take out and about with you. Good sturdy box and great quality cards too.
Another fantastic snuffle toy from this lovely small business. Both my dogs have had so much fun with this snuffle already . It’s lovely and soft so gentle on their little faces . Would absolutely recommend.
I arrived at CalmDogGames via your outdoor YouTube channel. I was struck by the artwork and ideas behind this. I love the way these cards connect the dogs innate instincts and behaviour with the training and fun activities. My dog has sadly passed and I am impatiently awaiting the opportunity to devote time to my future dog. It will be a while yet. In the meantime I am gathering knowledge and a few bits n bobs so we can get off to a good start. I bought one of your lovely Christmas cards for someone I know with a sensitive dog, so they can research your site if they choose to, or not. I like the hints and tips emails, especially useful points about training only being possible in the ‘green’ receptive zone. It’s good to take a step back with an extra pair of eyes and additional ideas sometimes. Looking forward to more content, thank you. x
Amazing quality that lasts my dog loves sniffling for treats in this puzzle plait and I love the choice of colours would highly recommend
This 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!