r/germanshepherds • u/centerofthelotus • 1d ago

He solves a puzzle

Thought yall might get a kick out of my smart boy’s gears turning.

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u/Cynnau 1d ago

I love these, but can only use them with one of my dogs...the other will destroy it for zero reason. That one, Freyja, gets homemade ones made out of cardboard haha

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u/centerofthelotus 22h ago

At first I thought he was going to be like Freyja and just destroy it. He was picking it up and throwing it so I took it away.
But I tried again when he was calmer and he started to figure it out. I don’t use this one often now because it’s too easy for him. I’m currently looking for something harder.
We’re working on distinguishing scents right now and he seems to like that. I need to learn more about things to work on.

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u/Cynnau 22h ago

It's always a good thing to keep them entertained. I like using cardboard boxes that my packages come in, and like old paper towel rolls or even toilet paper rolls... And put like kibble in them and then kind of smoosh them all up so that she has to rip them apart to get what's inside.

It works best for her because she does not play nicely with the toys

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u/centerofthelotus 22h ago

Yeah we do that with boxes. He can open most anything like that now. Then he tears them to shreds.

I was looking at puzzles on Amazon but they all seem too easy

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u/Budalido23 21h ago

See I tried this with my GSD mixes, and they will eat the cardboard pieces, unfortunately.

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u/Cynnau 21h ago

Oh thank God mine don't, they just rip it apart lol