It's important to keep your pet active, not just physically but mentally. Mental exercise can be as simple as teaching him a new trick, or hiding his favorite toy to find. There are many advantages to mental exercise, just one being your pet becomes smarter. You'll gradually see him take on new challenges, and tackle old ones much quicker. It's a lot of fun watching your pet learn and you'll probably learn more about him too. On that note, following are some intriguing products designed to mentally stimulate your pet:
DOGS - Canine Genius® "Leo": This is probably the best smart-toy for dogs. Canine Genius® "Leo" is constructed of dense rubber, making it practically indestructible. It is shaped much like a bowling pin, with "X" holes on its sides, top and bottom for loading with treats, capturing your dogs attention. What makes the design ingenious is the ability to connect one to another, creating endless possibilities. Also works great as a bouncing, fetching, tugging, and challenging toy. Sure to keep your dog occupied (and thinking) for hours on end. Available in two sizes, and a variety of colors. $9.99-$15.99 each.
CATS - FroliCat®* POUNCE:™ This is a high tech toy for your cat! POUNCE™ is a circular rotating cat toy. It interests your cat through engaging his natural instinct to hunt. Around the edge of POUNCE™, is a circular track, in which an artificial mouse runs. Combine that with places for the mouse to hide, unpredictable movements, and 5 speeds - it's sure to be fun. $39.99 .
*Added note: Be sure to check out FroliCats whole line of high tech toys for your cat. They're creating some modern and unique products.
BIRDS - Foraging for food is a natural instinct that must be satisfied for pet birds to remain happy. A device to encourage foraging can eliminate boredom and associated negative behaviors. One such device I found was Mastermind™ by Creative Foraging Systems®. Mastermind™ is a hard plastic device, with moveable containers located on the outer track. Your bird must slide the containers to the top of the shape, to release the treats. Claimed to be intermediate difficulty, it will keep your bird occupied for hours, learning how to release the treats. Circle or heart shaped. $19.99-$29.99.
Pets who are stimulated mentally become smarter, and of course happier. Much of what we consider bad behavior from a pet, is really their way of battling boredom. Toys which keep them occupied will eliminate boredom, and with that the bad behaviors. Consider getting these type of toys for your pet. Hopefully next month you'll be reading this with a smarter pet by your side. Until then!
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