4. Got chores to do? The next time you're doing the laundry and placing it from one room to another, get a hands-free-leash, clip your dog to it/you, and place around your home a number of empty Amazon boxes or minor obstacles that your dog will need to jump over to be able to walk on with you while you do your laundry. 9. With the front door or backyard door open (or slightly open, depending on comfort level), hang out with your dog on leash, as you wait for him to share eye contact with you before rewarding them with their kibble or treats, to reward them for ignored any distractions coming from outside. 32. At night, or in the darkest room in your home, hide a few treats or kibble around, turn off the lights and invite your dog in for some fun snuffling in the dark! Without any visual distractions, you will get to hear all of your dog's snuffling efforts to find each piece. 55. Gather a few cardboard boxes and create a simple maze or fort for your dog. Cut out entrances and exits in different spots, and make the pathways narrow enough that your dog has to squeeze through. You can place treats or toys inside to encourage exploration. This maze will stimulate your dog's mind and keep them entertained as they navigate through it. 67. Search your home for a handful of plastic capsules, plastic easter eggs or tennis balls where you can hide a couple of your dog's favourite treats. You can either hide them around your home (while your dog is in another room) for your dog to search, or bring them with you on a walk and toss along the capsules as you go, for some extra snuffling. 68. On a coffee table or a tabletop tall enough for your dog to see but not access, line up a number of party cups and hide a treat or two. Reward your dog for sitting by the one they think has the treat, before revealing it. 70. While your dog is in a different area of your home, hide treats underneath sofa cushions or between cushions and the sofa, and other furniture. Your dog will need to use their nose and paws to find the treats after you cue them to go “find it!”. 71. Place a small treat-dispensing toy on a table or shelf that’s slightly elevated. Your dog will have to figure out how to reach and manipulate the toy to get the treats. The difficulty and intensity of this game will be based on the small distance by which you make it harder for your dog to reach. You can place objects nearby for your dog to have to step on. 72. While your dog is not in the room, hide their favourite toy inside a blanket, place it in a random box/container or a random spot in your home, before encouraging your dog to find it and reward them with treats when they succeed. Use a cue like “Where is your squeaky toy” each time to create the association to this game. 73. Using cardboard, cushions, chairs and any objects you have in your home, create an obstacle course for your dog to have to navigate, in order to get to a toy, food or prize that they’re motivated by. 76. Out of a few empty toilet paper rolls, fill one with smelly treats and leave the others empty. Place them around the room and encourage your dog to use their nose to find the one that has the treat. Each time you do this (with more rolls the better) count how many points your dog loses by checking out empty rolls, instead of going only for the scented one.. 87. Before putting your dirty laundry in for a wash, create a pile on your bed, or inside a cardboard box (having the size be relative to your dog’s size) and hide in it a few of your dog’s kibble or treats, for them to have to snuffle through your clothes and your scent, to get to their reward. 88. Put containers or boxes inside a few different reusable bags and step out with them, before hiding a smelly treat inside one of the containers and walking back inside. After walking in, time your dog to see how long it takes them to figure out which bag brought a treat in. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

2. Got a snuffle mat handy? Is your dog a pro snuffler? Take things to the next level by using a dog-calming mask the next time you'd like for your dog to snuffle! This way your dog will get to use their talented nose, more than ever. (Make sure to properly socialize them to it first, very slowly.) 3. Has your dog figured out his food puzzle by now? Wrap their food puzzle in a large or thick blanket (thoroughly), sprinkle a few treats here and there within the wrapped blanket and let them figure out how to get to the puzzle inside! Helping them will help increase your bond with your dog. 17. Have a large enough treat dispenser ball with a dog that's too skilled at getting all the treats out? Stuff it with brown tissue paper to make it more challenging for each piece to come out. Make sure that you start with only small amounts of paper so that it's not too difficult and ensure your dog feels eager to do it. 56. Find an old fleece blanket or towel and cut it into strips about 1-2 inches wide. Take a rubber sink mat with holes and start tying the strips through the holes until the entire mat is covered. You can then sprinkle kibble or small treats between the fleece strips, creating a homemade snuffle mat. This encourages your dog to use their nose to find the hidden food, providing mental stimulation. If your dog tends to be rough with it, encourage gentle sniffing and foraging by rewarding calm behaviour. 85. Place scented items and treats inside a tunnel made for dogs, cats or children to play with. Your dog will explore the tunnel using their nose and paws to find the hidden goodies and feel more confident going through it. 89. Take 3 or more of the same treat dispenser toys or tennis balls with holes in them with you on your next walk, to an open field or quiet area where you will place one treat inside one of the toys or balls, for your dog to find. 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.

1. Order a little dog bell for this exercise. Place the bell in front of your dog and feed them a treat if they sniff the bell. Next, feed them a treat if they touch it, and then another treat if they touch the bell and it makes a sound. From this point on, wait for your dog to paw the bell! Put it away when not in use. 6. Got a pair of old socks? If they have holes even better! Fold a pair of socks into a ball, but as you fold them, place your dog's pieces of kibble inside and present it to him to let the snuffling begin! If you have more than two old socks, you can create more snuffle balls or add even more layers. 7. Got a few travel bags handy? Grab two socks and put a bit of perfume on both, and place one inside one of the bags if/when your dog sniffs for the hidden sock in one of the bags, provide them with a reward as you feel that he is starting to match the scent. This can be a neat party trick! 8. Got a large cardboard box to spare? Using a pen or pencil, poke multiple small holes through the cardboard so that you can tightly place pieces of your dog's kibble in each hole. That way your dog will need to either push, lick/chew or paw his way to getting each piece from the cardboard. 11. Got a large cardboard box (or small, depending on your dog's size)? Place inside of it a bunch of clean old towels and rags or old clothing before you hide within those your dog's treats and kibble meal for him to have to snuffle and search through it all to be able to find each piece of food! 14. Place a number of wide boxes, baskets, or bins across the room and provide your dog with different of his favourite toys. One at a time, the moment he chooses to carry that toy anywhere near any of the boxes, provide him with a rare treat. This will start to teach him to put toys away! 15. Got a few egg carton boxes in the recycling bin? Place inside of them a couple of your dog's treats, wrapped in thick paper or towels for your dog to first figure out how to open the cardboard box and then snuffle each piece you put inside. If your dog doesn't eat paper or cardboard you can let them tear it at the end. 16. Got a few empty toilet paper rolls in your recycling bin? Grab a few and in only one of them place inside of it some of your dog's smelly treats, before folding the end of each roll and hiding them each in different boxes or towels for your dog to have to identify which one has the treat and snuffle it. 18. Got a few clean and empty water bottles available? Place a few of your dog's more wet-like kibble or treats inside it without the lid and watch your dog try a few different ways to get each piece out. Try different bottle sizes and/or adding brown tissue paper inside to alternate difficulties. 19. Have a two-step stool? Place a couple of your dog's favourite treats near and around it, and slowly on top of it. Once your dog is comfortable jumping on it, you can begin doing this with something soft underneath the stool like a cushion, so that it becomes a little wobbly to practice balancing on it. 20. Place two cardboard boxes of the same height 2-3 feet apart. Make sure the boxes are taller than your dog. Place a third box on top of them, creating a roof. Now encourage your dog to go through and underneath the boxes like a tunnel. With time you can cut the boxes smaller to encourage crawling. 22. Poke a hole on two opposing sides (near the rim) of a handful of disposable plastic cups. Run a cotton twine through them, between two chairs, so that they're hanging loosely, a bit closer to the floor but high enough that your dog needs to paw the cups to flip them for the treats to fall. 23. Put aside different flavour empty yogurt containers and place them within empty toilet paper rolls a few feet apart. Roll up the sides so the container doesn't fall out. Take one of the flavours from the containers and present it to your dog so he can get a whiff of the scent, and match it to the correct one. 25. Hide a few treats or kibble inside of your yoga mat and roll it back up so that your dog has to open it to get to the treats. Place it in between furniture for extra difficulty. Alternatively, you can roll up a towel to do the same. You can also roll up your yoga mat and wrap it inside a large towel for some extra snuffling. 27. Got more cardboard than you know what to do with? If you have a small dog in your home, you can create a small or large version of a cardboard maze/labyrinth for your dog to have a blast finding his way out. This is of course a great opportunity to hide several treats throughout the maze. 28. Have friends over? Place three cardboard boxes on the floor (throw in old towels). Each further away from the next. Attribute a number value to each box and take turns tossing a treat/kibble, aiming for any of the boxes, and accumulating as many points as possible. Your dog's job will be to snuffle. 31. Got an old sweater laying around? Wrap it around a small enough cardboard box and tie it so that the box can't easily be taken out of the sweater. Place small treats or kibble inside the box and in between the sweat and box for your dog to snuffle around. 34. You will need a few different-sized cardboard boxes for this one. Think your dog is a pro at sit? Place a few cardboard boxes around the room, one smaller than the next (although never smaller than your dog's behind) and ask your dog to hop inside it and sit inside the largest box, before doing the same with the next smaller box, and so on. 36. Stack a few light cardboard boxes and hide treats in between them. Your dog has to figure out how to retrieve them and move the boxes around. 37. Fill multiple cleaned plastic jars with different scents and let your dog identify them by sniffing one particular scent you hold in your hand, and matching it. 38. Braid and tie multiple old t-shirts or jeans together into sturdy chew toys where you can hide pieces of your dog's treats or kibble. 39. Use a clean muffin tin and place in it multiple tennis balls or plastic cups on top of your dog's kibble to create a puzzle/slow feeder. 40. Cut multiple small holes in a tennis ball and place treats inside. You can also place inside it a squeaker for extra engagement. 41. Fill a shoe box with shredded paper or shredded fabric and hide your dog's favourite treats inside. 42. Get a 2 x 1-foot long cardboard piece (the sturdier the better) and cut thin holes, big enough to squeeze through a few of your dog's tug-and-pull rope toys, for your dog to have to pull out of while you hold the cardboard up. 43. If you have a backyard, fill a big enough plastic container (depending on your dog's size) with sand for your dog to dig their toys out of. An indoor version would involve shredded paper or cloth. 44. Get a long enough PVC pipe and drill a few holes into it for your dog to have to move around as each piece falls out. 45. Fold a few towels on the floor, and hide treats inside one of them. Guide your dog with a leash towards them and once he realizes which one has the treats, ask for a sit and reward with an even better treat from your hand. 46. Mash up multiple paper bags (on their own or together into a big blob) and place treats inside of them for your dog to snuffle through. 49. Hang a treat-filled container from a string and let your dog break it open like a piñata. 50. Cut 2 holes on opposite sides of a tennis ball and stuff it with your dog's kibble, before passing a thing rope toy or braided cloth for your dog to have to pull. Tie additional knots for extra difficulty. 51. Grab a cardboard box or plastic bin and throw as many of your dog's toys and balls in there and throw in some snacks and their kibble! 52. Take a brown paper bag and place inside it some of your dog's favourite treats (small pieces) and/or their kibble. Fold it as much as possible before giving it to your dog for him to snuffle or shred the bag to get to each piece! 54. Take an old t-shirt or towel and cut it into three long strips. Tie the strips together at one end with a knot, then braid the strips tightly and tie another knot at the other end. This creates a durable, homemade tug-of-war toy. You can also hide small treats within the braid to add an extra layer of challenge. If your dog starts to chew on the toy too much, encourage them to focus on pulling instead by rewarding them for engaging in a tugging motion rather than chewing. 57. Take a tennis ball and make a small slit on one side using a utility knife. Ensure the slit is big enough to insert treats but small enough that the treats don't fall out too easily. Fill the ball with small treats or kibble. The challenge for the dog is to figure out how to manipulate the ball to get the treats to come out. If your dog becomes frustrated, you can encourage them by partially squeezing the ball to release a treat and show them how it works. 58. Take a muffin tin and place small treats or kibble in some of the cups. Cover each cup with a tennis ball or other small toy. Your dog will have to figure out how to remove the balls or toys to access the treats underneath. This game encourages problem-solving and can be adjusted in difficulty by using different types of covers or placing the tin in different locations. 59. Take an old towel and lay it flat. Sprinkle some kibble or small treats along the towel, then roll it up tightly, making sure to tuck in the ends to keep the treats from falling out too easily. You can also tie the rolled-up towel in a knot for an extra challenge. Your dog will need to figure out how to unroll or untie the towel to get to the treats, providing both mental stimulation and a fun reward. 60. Take a cardboard tube from a paper towel roll or toilet paper roll and cut small holes along its length. Stuff the tube with small treats or kibble, and seal the ends with paper or tape. Your dog will need to roll, shake, or manipulate the tube to get the treats to fall out through the holes. This simple toy provides mental stimulation and encourages problem-solving. Supervision is necessary to ensure your dog does not chew or ingest any part of the cardboard. 61. Cut pieces of felt into small squares or shapes, and place a few of your dog’s favourite treats or kibble inside each piece. Fold or roll the felt pieces so that the treats are hidden inside. Scatter these around the room for your dog to find. This will encourage your dog to use their nose and problem-solving skills to discover the hidden treats. 62. If you have a clean, empty plastic container with a lid, you can use it as a Kong alternative. Fill the container with a mix of your dog’s favourite treats and a bit of their kibble. Secure the lid tightly and then poke a few small holes in it to make the treats come out more slowly. Your dog will need to roll, shake, or paw at the container to get the treats out. 63. Use an old sock or a small cloth bag, fill it with a few treats or kibble, and knot the end. Hide the sock or bag inside a toy box or under a cushion. Your dog will have to find and manipulate it to get the treats out. 64. Place a few empty plastic bottles or balls inside a laundry basket along with some treats. Let your dog dig through the basket to find the treats, pushing the bottles or balls around. 65. Create a very simple piñata by filling a paper bag or a small box with treats. Hang it up and let your dog try to get the treats out by pawing or nudging it. 66. Fill a small kiddie pool or a large container with plastic balls and hide treats among them. Your dog will have to dig through the balls to find the hidden treats. 69. Go through your clean recycling items, grab a cardboard box that's big enough and toss inside it what you found that's safe and in good enough condition for your dog to snuffle and scavenge through, to find their treats. Mix in your dog's toys and towels too, for some extra fun! 74. Take several small plastic containers or cups, and stack them inside one another, in a Russian doll-like manner. Place treats or kibble between the layers. Your dog will need to figure out how to separate the containers to get to the treats. 75. Take an empty cereal box, fill it with treats or kibble, and fold the top closed. Let your dog tear through the box to get the treats out. You can add a few layers of paper or fabric inside for extra challenge. 77. Create a sensory bin using a large plastic container filled with a mix of materials like sand, shredded paper, or fabric scraps, as well as your dog’s toys, and even snuffle mats/stuffed toys. Hide treats throughout the bin and let your dog dig through to find them. 78. Don’t through that Amazon box out just yet. Put some treats in it and crumple up the box to make it a bit of a challenge. Your dog will have to figure out how to get to the treats out of it. Bonus points if they do so with minimal shredding. 79. Safely secure a clean and empty plastic bottle to a board using a screw or bolt, leaving enough space for it to spin around. Put treats or kibble inside the bottle and let your dog figure out how to get them out. 80. Place various textures (fabric, rubber mats, bubble wrap, cardboard) on the floor and hide treats underneath or within them. Your dog will smell around, explore and find the hidden rewards, potentially starting first with textures they feel the most confident with. 81. Fill a shallow container with water and float some treats on the water, on top of plastic container lids. Your dog will need to figure out how to get the treats from the water. 82. Cut holes in a cardboard box and insert small paper cups with treats in each. Seal the cups in place with tape. Your dog will need to figure out how to get to the treats through the box and cup system. 83. Place a few drops of essential oil on cotton balls, put them in small boxes, and close the lids. Your dog will use their nose to identify and choose the boxes with different scents. Alternatively, you can use smelly treats and leave some boxes odourless/empty. 84. Before throwing out an old pair of shoes, scrub them and wedge a few pieces of kibble in between the laces and inside. Put the shoes inside their show box and let your dog find their food by going through your old shoes. 86. Got an old pillowcase? Place toys and treats inside it, twist the top to seal it and let your dog figure out how to get the treats by moving and manipulating the pillowcase around. Guide them along if they only resort to shredding or trying to chew through it.

5. Got stairs in your house or your building? Depending on your dog's confidence level, you can turn the stairs into an easy mini-agility course by tossing and hiding your dog's kibble or small treats. Go a step further by using plactic containers to hide each piece to have your dog scavenge using their nose. 10. While your dog is in a different room (or tied away with a leash for a moment), hide multiple pieces of kibble and a few small treats all throughout your living room. Afterwards give your dog the "Search!" cue and watch them look for and find each piece using their amazing nose! 12. Got your dog's bed handy? Place it a few meters away from where you are and wait for your dog to step on it, touch it or simply smell it. Everytime he does, toss a treat anywhere in the room! He'll eventually learn that tasty things happen because he's choosing to give you space and be near/on his bed instead. 13. Got a dog that loves to fetch? Spread around the room different baskets or boxes filled with old linen or towels and toss your dog's ball randomly into the different baskets in order for your dog to have to use all of his senses to quickly determine where it landed! This can be a fun game for you as well. 21. Want your dog to go to his bed at the sound of the door bell? Find a doorbell sound for your dog on YouRube. Play it, then place a tasty treat in your dogs bed (show him) and wait for him to go get it. A few moments later repeat, until you do this with multiple doorbell sounds, prior to practicing with your own. 24. Using a calming mask (make sure that your dog feels comfortable wearing it), place a strong-smelling treat inside a clean plastic water bottle without a lid. Place it among other empty water bottles and guide your dog towards them so that your dog can let you know which one contains the treat. 26. Associate a special name to each of your dog's toys, so that they know which one to grab when you call their name. Start with one toy at a time, where everything you interact with it, throw it, play tug and pull with it, you are saying its name consistently, to create the association. 35. Turn your dog into a scent detection machine. Using five empty toilet paper rolls, line the inside of one of them with a little bit of peanut butter (xylitol-free), close them and ask your dog to stand in front of you. One at a time, present each roll to your dog and provide him with a treat if he seats upon smelling and sitting to the peanut butter roll. Practice this with different scents! 47. Patience/impulse control-like training game: Purposely toss treats or your dog's favourite toy underneath furniture, where your dog won't be able to reach, and wait for them to learn (without any verbal cues or commands from you) that the way to get to what they want is to wait quietly, longer and longer each time. 48. Use a 2-step ladder for your dog to have to step on and off of before you toss a treat for them to go find. 53. Find a clean, empty plastic water bottle and fill it a third of the way with kibble and a couple of treats. Secure the cap tightly, then wrap the bottle in an old sock to dampen the noise and make it more fun to chew and toss around. If your dog starts trying to chew it too much, turn it into a different game, where they either practice their recall by coming to you when called, and get other treats that way, or by learning that when they do shake it or toss it around, that you reward that instead of chewing it. 90. Toss your dog’s favourite small ball or small squeaky toy for them to fetch. As they bring it, be prepared with a solo party cup, and encourage your dog to drop their toy inside the cup! This is great practice for a game like the iFetch. 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. 92. Try any of the ideas on this list in an environment only a little bit more distracting than your dog’s home. 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.

29. Make grooming fun for your pup! Bring out your dog's brush and hold it in your hand. Anytime your pup moves a little closer towards it, toss a rare and tasty treat away from where you are so that your pup has to take space to go get it, before coming back closer and closer for the next one. 30. Make brushing your dog's teeth fun for him! Bring out your dog's toothbrush and hold it in your hand. Anytime your pup licks it (or at the very least shows some form of curiosity towards it), reward them with a tasty treat. Continue to do so each time they make more and more contact on their own. 33. Start doing some of these enrichment games inside your bathroom, and be mindful for moments where your dog shows interest towards your bathtub/shower and reward that curiosity. Ultimately you will want your dog to show more and more interest, so that you can start transitioning enrichment games over to the tub, to eventually further socialize your dog with the idea of water (very slowly).