Jan 11, 2024
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[*] "if you are finished, bring me the empty food puzzle" - we wring one last drop of enrichment out of the puzzle, and also I don't have to go track them down
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Did you feeneeshed it[*]? Good job!
[*] "if you are finished, bring me the empty food puzzle" - we wring one last drop of enrichment out of the puzzle, and also I don't have to go track them down
Our current frozen treats in the silicone toddler cups (for when we return from Helping to Feed the Big Doggies, out in the heat wave) are kibble soaked in water, over crushed ice, and frozen overnight.
Gwyn saw me put carrots in this new bottle, then screw on a cap; I tried to get a picture before I gave it to her, but she was so sure it was a puzzle for Gwyn that she was very eager to take it.
All subsequent photos were blurry 😂
Gwyn was sure she knew how to work this thing, but the size of the cap was a new and exciting challenge.
Oh, there it goes.
(Later Tristan brought me the cap, very concerned that something food-related was out of place.)
Guinevere tore open the rolled and twisted butcher paper, and found the TP tube inside. She was very proud of herself and brought it to show me. (Yes, she's stuck her lower jaw through it. Yes, it's intentional, and she will put it back if I remove it.) It was very important for me to see, and to tell her how clever she was, and also to smack me in the face with it a few times. Ah, love.
Gwyn was fidgeting nonstop yesterday from 6:30am to 5:30pm. It's a good thing she's mostly easy to entertain: stick a thing on a thing, and she wants to undo it again. They got marrow bones earlier, gnawed them clean... then I stuck one over the head of Gwyn's rope/cordura duck.
Great entertainment, at least ten minutes of problem-solving in that. Gwyn didn't want the bone or the duck, of course, she just wanted to separate them.
She can sit with Tristan for moral support, as long as she doesn't step on him.
Today's "the weather is a little too strong for Sniff Patrol" entertainment is two TP tubes stuffed in another TP tube, folded in a paper bag, rolled in another paper bag, and folded in a third paper bag. Destruction and mental puzzle, all in one!
Gwyn pauses, surrounded by the remains of her enemy (shredded paper), to savor the win after getting down to the TP tubes.
But realizes there is more to this TP tube.
She makes several tries at pulling out the filling, delicate and less delicate.
She pauses to consider the problem, and regret some of her life choices.
She tries again, and...
She's got it! Yes! Well done, baby girl!
It's Difficult to be a Puppy some days. Fortunately Gwyn has a very reliable outlet: Put something in something else, and get out of her way while she undoes it. This is another shreddable toy made of shipping paper stuffed through TP tubes ("garbage enrichment").
Trash Enrichment: one paper bag, slid through two quarters of a paper towel tube & puffed up
And even this, Gwyn carries over to chew on a dog blanket. She doesn't know that I tuck the blanket under her face & feet when she's going to chew something messy, just that I put her over the blanket when she's chewing enjoyable stuff. She absorbed that whole behavior by accident, but it's very considerate of her.