Nina Ottosson - Dog & Cat Puzzle Games Designer - Creator of the category since 1990. Puzzle games keep your dog & cat busy & exercise their mind. Nina Ottosson´s philosophy is that the dog & cat has four legs and one head, and all five need activity in different ways - both physical and mental.
Hola Nina, gracias a tu explicación, y después de mucho buscar por fin logré conseguir el juego en un pet shop, aquí en Bogotá, Colombia (Sur América). Lo compré hace 3 meses y ha resultado ser una gran experiencia para mi perrito. El perdió su patita trasera hace un año y medio y aunque todavía se mueve bien, los veterinarios recomendaron que no hiciera tanto ejercicio físico, y en cambio sí, juegos de olfato y rompecabezas. Y los juegos que tu haces me han parecido estupendos, aquí desafortunadamente no se consiguen todos. Muchas muchas gracias.🥰
Hola, me alegra saber que a tu perro le gusta jugar con los rompecabezas y que también has encontrado algunos. / Nina Hi, happy to hear your dog like to play with the puzzles and that you found some puzzles too
My 2 cats have been using the kitty licking layers puzzle feeder for 1 week now and they love it! They figured it out in about 1-2 days which surprised me! They’ve been eating much slower which is good, they were too fast before! Thanks for the great product. Louie 🐾 and Nora 🐾 say thank you too! 😊
Hi, I would recommend to start with the Dog Hide N Slide who has no removable parts and you can make it both easier and little more challenging, and as always with puppies and sharp teeth, supervise and show how the puzzle works.
The puzzle in this video is not the same as what's being sold. The one being sold has got pegs that stop the tiles from moving and the inner orange things have holes on top that a dog can sniff through. Is this like a prototype you are showing? Can you show at least the one you are selling?
@@Nina_Ottosson I actually bought the new one recently and am a little disappointed with it. It's poorly made. The slide squares don't really line up to the tray underneath. The slide pieces are actually not smooth to move. The locking pegs can't all be pushed into the lock position without really forcing it and at that point my dog gets bored with trying to move it. I have basically 6-7 versions of your puzzles ranging in difficulty, but this would be the most poorly made. The others were at least smooth to slide/move for the dog.
@@MrNyum1 Ok, really sorry to hear your version dont work well, it´s one of our most popular puzzles at the moment and the sliding tiles shall slide smoothly. I would recomment you to directly contact Outward Hound in the US, support@outwardhound.com and ask them to send you a new puzzle. / Nina
Thank you Nina for this puzzle (and others). My most beautiful dog had a lot of fears and anxiety, but he loved this puzzle so much and played it until just a couple of months before I had to say goodbye. Thank you for the years of joy it brought him. He could do this one in a matter of seconds - it was his favourite. I will always be thankful x
It is natural hunting instinct to hunt for food, a fun way to give the cat mental enrichment. There are different puzzles in different degrees of difficulty from level 1-3.
My dogs just stare at it and ignore it, if i put the treat close to the edge, the best they did just lick it and try to drag it out without using their paws. Is it because the biscuit treats are hard to move and this wobbler prefer easily movable sphere kibble?
Yes, it`s more difficult with flatter treats or food, try putting in round food pieces or treat pieces so that the dogs can more easily understand how to work with it to get the food out.
Yes, start easy and step by step make it more difficult. Begin place treats or food in the compartments in the base, next step you cover treats with the leaves, last step you put treats inside the sliding cups, so the cat has to slide the cup sideways until the treat falls into the compartment in the base.
It´s a level 2 puzzle when placing treats INSIDE the sliding cups through the top holes, so your dog need to slide the cups until the treats fell out in the base compartment. To make it more challenging you can add in all tracks to block the sliding cup with food, treats, fleece pieces, etc. We also have more challenging puzzles in level 3 and 4.
DogWorker is a level 3 game, age is not so important, it' s food motivation and cleverness that matters, and how we help the dog to understand and show how the game works. It is best to gradually introduce more difficult games, so that the dog understands the concept, I usually recommend starting at least with level 2.
Thank you so much for the video. I use it for my cats to get them to play for their kibble. They both love this puzzle but can't seem to figure out how to spin the top, even though I keep showing them how. I will try removing the spinning top.
The plastic disc inside divides the treats into a lower and upper section. I would recommend our Treat Tumble if you want something that resists more for chewing.
Please do a video showing how you clean this? I sure wish I could figure out a way for it to come apart. It takes me 4x the amount of time to try to clean this than it takes my dog to solve!
It's unfortunately not made to be taken apart, it is possible but a bit complicated. An easy way to clean this is to soak it in warm water for a while with soap and then rinse it. We have another similar puzzle that you can easily take apart and also wash in the dishwasher, the Lickin' Layers.
I have a finnish lapphund and he handle lever 3 easily (two games) Today a bought this game, he solve the puzzle in less then 10 minutes ,two times, and then went sleep. Ser fram emot nivå 5
Some dogs are very clever, sometimes to clever :) We have new puzzles in the pipeline. Here are some tips for our puzzles. (Important to supervise the dog closely when using some of these tips) If you have several puzzle games, you can do a puzzle race with them, put several puzzles in a row and hide some treats in each. Hide several puzzles in different rooms or places, so the dog has to find them, to make it even more difficult, you can hide the puzzles under blankets, towels and pillows. Make a frozen puzzle by adding some natural yogurt or water in each compartment with some tasty treats and then letting the game set in the freezer, keeps the dog busy a little longer. Set up the game on a chair or similar so that the dog can only work with the nose, not the paws, it would usually be a bit more challenging for the dog, especially if it is a paw dog. Cut out cardboard pieces to put over the treats or fleece pieces with rolled treats inside. Lock sliding cups with cut-out cardboard pieces that the dog need remove to be able to slide cups.
It´s a level 4 puzzle, and the middle part is very challenging, so my young dog needs a little help with this part, which is the best thing to do until they have learned how it works, otherwise there is a risk that they will start chewing on the game.
It´s a level 3 puzzle, some dogs can find it to difficult, but I recommend you show him how it works, some dogs can learn by watching, focus on one sliding peg and start easy with the peg in the wheel, place a treat under the peg, slide it out and give the dog, next step is to let the dog slide the peg and take the treat. Next step, place a treat inside the peg and slide it into the wheel and give him the treat, next step let your dog try to slide the peg, etc...You need to have a lot of patient and repeat each step several times. Have fun and praise your dog for eacg succesful step.
I'm sorry to say that the plastic part in the middle should not be removed, it divides the Maze into an upper and lower part, and the Maze should not be taken apart. You can try and pull it apart with a lot of force, because you need to remove the cut plastic, and then try to put it back together, I hope this works.
The easiest way is to scoop the food in with your hand, if you use smaller kibble you can also use a piece of paper and roll a small cone for filling it.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zVsXMRbD8uQ.htmlfeature=shared I'm so proud of my pup for figuring it out 🥹🥹🥹. Thanks for coming up with these great puzzles!❤
I have a lot of these puzzles. My 12yo pit mix actually works them for his treats but my 11 month old Bernese takes the Dog brick and flips it over to get the treats. She's an impatient puppy 😂
All dogs have different puzzle solving skills :) You can try to freeze the puzzle with a little water and treats, that way he can´t flip it over and treats fell out :)
💕💜🇫🇷☕️love your puzzles, I bought several from level 2-3. I also would like to know the difference character between puzzles for dog and puzzles for cat? Thanks
Glad you like our puzzles. The only difference is that the compartments of the cat puzzle are not as deep, so that the cat can more easily scoop up the food, but cats can also use many of our dog puzzles and dogs can use cat games.
As always with puzzles and food/treats it´s important to supervise the dog, to watch how the dog works with the puzzle and help the dog understand how it works. If dogs find it to difficult they can find their own solution to get to the food, but most dogs can with our help the first attempts learn how to play.
Old video but what happened to these toys? why did they get discontinued? My dog loves this toy, tho its the small version. Takes them 30 minutes or more to empty it. So saddens me i couldn't buy it again.
It was a fantastic product, but it was disconnected because the manufacturing cost became far too high, which affected the consumer price too much unfortunately.
Haha, yes. This is from a dog show, his first time trying a puzzle and this is a difficulty level 4 puzzle, way too hard for him, so he tries to break in instead of working his way to the treats
Bought this Christmas for my dog Jack Russel.. in 10 min he got all the treats pulled out… then I locked all the spaces… it took 20 min.. still looking for dog’s game that would take at least 30-40 min of his attention..
20 minutes is a long time when it comes to puzzles, it is almost impossible to create an affordable puzzle that the dog can work on for over 30 minutes. I would recommend that you freeze the games, add some water or natural yogurt with some different tasty treats or food, this prolong the game time considerably.
Xmas gift bought for my cat as a step up from level 3 puzzle options which are too easy. She worked out the sides so far, needs to up her game for the centre wheel, and haven't yet used the side blockers. I am pleased she doesn't do this one in a couple of minutes, unfortunately this is aided by the fact the product does not work smoothly, a couple of the squares on one side get stuck and they need my force to slide them along, so there's no way the cat could move them with her paw. I don't know whether it's just my puzzle that has a fault or other people have had this issue? I bought this model because it was recommended by some cat owners but as far as I am concerned the design doesn't entirely work for a cat. I appreciate this is made for dogs therefore they made not have the same issues. I found the whole thing clunky, the middle wheel is also hard to spin with a tendency to stick. My cat doesn't tend to be very forceful which isn't in her favour here. Perhaps bigger cats that tend to be more aggressive with their puzzles might have a different experience? Some squares share a common treat pocket underneath which means the treat will slide from one side to the other at each attempt to get it - perhaps this is meant to add to the "difficulty" - it certainly is frustrating. Cat's claws get caught in the outer plastic edge when trying to get the treat out, half of the time she ends up eating the treat by licking right in the pocket. Some bits of treats get in areas where they are difficult to remove from, making this annoying to clean.
