mentality games

hey all. thinking about games with my staffy and want play something new. so thinking about mentality games that would be fun and useful. any ideas. we used to play the game when treat is under a cup of three and he needs to find that treat.

PUt Ramzi in a down stay or sit stay and go hide a treat in another room and make him find it. That is one that you have to build up to making it harder and harder to find. Will work for a while even after you are done.

If he is off lead, do the same as above but with a toy in woods, where he can't exactly see where it has gone

Also playing hide and seek with you is fun. Make them stay, hide and call them and see how fast they can find you. They are so pleased with themselves when they do.

i have actual puzzel games from the pet store. romeo loves them.

Romeo wrote:i have actual puzzel games from the pet store. romeo loves them.

I know the ones you mean! Moo would just eat them lol, but great and very good for those who don't!

i have to watch him carefully with them. he has this one disk like thing that when he flips it about it throws out treats. its taken quiet a knocking poor thing. when i first got it he was only 8 weeks and was horrified of it... now if he see's it he starts to shake he's so excited. He got too good at it, so to challange him i stuck paper in some of the holes.
another thing i did was got an empty 2lt soft drink bottle. put some holes in it and the put some food in there before screwing the cap on. the noise is a little loud, but he has a blast, and its cheap too!

Done the bottle thing, Moo enjoyed that one as an occasional plaything also, but would get soo frustrated with it lol

I was cutting down an old pair of tracky b's into shorts while I was decorating last week, used the cut off legs put treats inside and tied up the ends I also hide under a duvet until I get dug out

bbimson wrote:PUt Ramzi in a down stay or sit stay and go hide a treat in another room and make him find it. That is one that you have to build up to making it harder and harder to find. Will work for a while even after you are done.

bbimson wrote:Also playing hide and seek with you is fun. Make them stay, hide and call them and see how fast they can find you. They are so pleased with themselves when they do.

We use both of these and they work very well

I cannot think of any others but this book may be of interest to you:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brain-Games-For-Dogs-stimulation/dp/1842862774/ref=pd_rhf_se_shvl5

great ideas. thank you all. we do play hide and seek often. he enjoys playing it, but wanted some more. thanks a lot.