I wish I could keep all my pets happy and enriched every single day.
We do our walks. We feed them healthy food. We train. We play.
But not always a lot. Not always enough. Sometimes our busy family’s schedule means they’re home alone for longer one weekend, or someone gets sick, or the school calls, or one of us has to put in extra time at work, or or or…
Here’s the thing: No one’s life is perfect.
Even if you are generally flexible, sometimes you get sick. Sometimes you have to take care of others. Sometimes you have to read Threshing Day the weekend it comes out and ACOTAR 6 the weekend it comes out.
Of course, there are tons of ways to keep your pets busy without spending a dime.
We love making food puzzles out of empty toilet paper or paper towel tubes for Stola to shred. The cats love fishing treats out of cut up pieces of felt stuffed in a cardboard box. Penny loves to pull trash out of the recycling bin when we’re not looking. (While that’s not okay, it IS enriching for her…)
However, I don’t always have the supplies or time to DIY.
Enter: enrichment toys for dogs and cats.
(If you do want to DIY, here are two of the easiest from the past: a super simple DIY cat puzzle and a plastic-free food puzzle for dogs.)
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