Enrich Your Pet!

Types of Enrichment Activities you can provide your pet when you are away at work

Whether it is through sports, our phones, televisions, or other activities, humans are active creatures. Imagine how boring it would be to spend a lot of time indoors without anything to help us pass the time. Our pets can feel this way without anything to help them pass the time as we easily have access to. Thankfully, there are quite a few indoor enrichment activities that can be set up for all kinds of pets! This article will cover a few of them that you can start immediately to show your pets the love that they all deserve.

#1 Spending Quality Time Together

This article covers enrichment activities that you can provide for your pet when you are at work. But one of the most simple things to help your pet not feel restless while you are

away is spending real quality time with them. Whether it is walking them, playing with

them, or just laying and petting them, it helps the pets burn off mental energy and

restlessness. Especially physically playing with an animal can help them get some energy out of their system so that they do not feel as restless when you are gone.

#2 Lick Mats

Lick mats are an excellent resource to help your pets while you are away at work! You can

put soft food in them as it is or freeze it after putting food in there for lasting benefits. Lick mats provide nourishment for your pets from consuming the treats, support slower eating, and provide mental enrichment. The repetitive licking motion releases calming endorphins which helps sooth the pets while you are away.

#3 Puzzle Feeder

Another great choice to keep pets occupied are puzzle feeders. These are feeders which

encourage slow eating, repetitive licking, and unlike the other methods mentioned above, is a puzzle! The pets have to think to figure out how the feeders work to access the treats below some spinner parts. There are various designs of puzzle feeders which have various difficulties, these work as great mental stimulation for pets to keep them occupied.