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Our cattle dog’s favorite types of meal enrichment
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Our cattle dog’s favorite types of meal enrichment

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Haley Young
Apr 14, 2023
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Scout the blue heeler lies on a gray rug amongst an assortment of enrichment toys and puzzle feeders

The first year and a half after I adopted her, Scout ate almost all of her food through active training sessions. Over time we’ve moved away from so much hand feeding. Now she gets the majority of her food “for free”—she doesn’t have to do anything to earn it from me—in a range of fun ways that tap into her natural instincts.

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