This is a YouTube video titled "JUEGOS para PERROS en casa - Estimula a tu PERRO" created on April 12, 2017. The content features Adriana and her dog Gyro demonstrating and explaining various games and exercises to stimulate a dog's mind at home, focusing on scent-based activities and using common household items or purchased toys to engage dogs in fun and mentally enriching ways.
Hi, everyone. We're Adriana and Gyro from Gyro Border Collie. And today we're with animal expert to explain some games you can play at home with your dog. What can we do at home with our dog? Well, as you know, it's important to work our dog's mind. And for that we can do several exercises at home, especially regarding smell. One of them, the easiest, and which doesn't require anything more than food, is to take pieces of food and hide them in various corners of the house, not too high up, to make it easier for the dog.
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The dog shouldn't see it. That is, either leave it sitting outside the room or have someone hold the dog for a second. And as soon as you've hidden all the treats, give it the command to search and have it look for the treats. Another exercise that in this case we need to buy.
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Are the different smell boards that are sold in stores. There are many types, various levels.
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But what they basically consist of is hiding them under some planks or drawers or whatever is in the device and having the dog look for them.
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Ideally, the dog should only pick up the ones with the treat inside. But hey, the idea is for the dog to have fun and enjoy looking for food, so there's no problem. On the other hand, we also have what's called a sniffing mat.
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The exercise we normally do on the street, looking for food in the grass, throwing treats and looking for them, we can do it at home.
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They're handmade mats. I don't know if they sell them, I don't think so, but you can make them yourself. And you hide the treats in the fabrics and have the dog look for them. Another game that you can do at home, and you can use any object that you have around the house.
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In this case, I've taken several pots, plastic cups.
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Or whatever you want. It's hiding the treats underneath.
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And having the dog look for them. Search for a twist here. Twist, search. Ideally, if you have plastic cups or any small containers, make a hole in the top so that the first thing the dog does is sniff the three containers.
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And this way he doesn't just try them out, he uses his nose more. Finally, you can also use the toys you have at home. There are many toys that are sold ready made to be filled with food. But if you don't want to spend the money, we all have dog balls. You can make a hole in them.
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It's a tennis ball. And put the treats inside and that way you give it to the dog and he has to find a way to get the treats out. I hope you liked it. If you want to see more videos about skills or the canine world, don't forget to visit our gyro border Kohi Channel. See you next time.
