PUZZLES for DOGS
Dictionaries
often include the "Puzzle Peg" or "Dog's Puzzle".
This is a picture of such a puzzle in action from Geoffey Gambado "The
Annals of Horsemanship" 1792. The device prevents the dog from getting
up to any mischief only because the puzzle has no solution.
Here is Lily playing with some modern Dexterity puzzles which have been specially designed for dogs. Rather than intellectual satisfaction, the reward is the extraction of food; nevertheless different techniques are required for solving each, and it is surprising how quickly she learned them.
