I stuff Kongs with food to encourage my dogs to work for meals when I don’t use their daily rations for dog training.   I also encourage my dog training clients to use food toys for their dogs.  Kongs serve to use some of the mental energy dogs have.  My personal bias is that Kong Dog Toys, and other food-destuffing toys, are doggy meditative toys.  Have you ever watched a dog with a Kong between his paws licking out the {Read More}

I usually use Kongs as food toys for my dogs.  Food toys/puzzles are a magnificent way to stretch your dog’s mind muscles.  When you can’t train with your dog’s meal, then use food puzzles.  This way the dog still has to work for his meal, and that means expending that mental energy that you and I know is *work* to put out!  Oh, and you don’t have to use just one type of food toy, or one food toy of {Read More}