When Nico has less stimulating days, we sometimes feed him dinner through training or puzzles to give him mental stimulation. Often, he doesn’t register that he has just eaten a cup and a half of kibble and, in the end, looks at us as if to say, “ok, I’m ready for my dinner now.” Tonight he worked on getting kibble out of a towel with a very complicated fold; his nose was going so hard he was snorting like a pig. Then he got the remainder in a Kong with peanut butter plugging the end. During the whole time, we practiced recalling him off both of these items, which he did excellent at.

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