Hi, I'm James. And I'm Laurent.
And this is Beedi, our little Pomsky.
Beedi is not even a year old, and she still has that crazy puppy energy.
And we always need to find new things, to keep her occupied.
She has a box full of toys. She also has puzzles. She has tons of stuffed animals.
But it never seems to be enough. Nope! She gets bored with her toys very quickly.
Even if we bought the entire store, it would still not be enough. Sounds familiar?
Luckily, if there is one thing Beedi never gets tired of: It's treats.
In this video, we'll show you some DIY toys, that use treats, to keep your dog occupied,
and won't cost you any money. So, let's go!
Beedi loves treats. And she's willing to go through lots of efforts, to get more.
We have purchased lots of toys to dispense treats. She has a Kong,
where we hide treats or peanut butter.
She has a pyramid, and a ball, that she needs to knock over and roll,
to get the treats hidden inside. And she loves playing with these toys.
But ironically, some of her favorite toys, are DIY toys.
The first one, is her favorite toy, in the whole wide world.
It's a big bottle of orange juice, where we hide, either treats, or kibbles of real food.
She never seems to get tired of it. It can keep her occupied for 1/2 hour at a time.
1/2 hour might not sound like much to you. But for us, 1/2 hour is an eternity!
This bottle is the Tropicana 89 oz orange juice bottle.
It's not that we prefer Tropicana, over any other brand of orange juice.
But the way the spout is designed, makes it harder for the treats to come out.
On the smaller Tropicana bottle, the spout is just a continuation of the bottle.
And the treats come out with much less resistance. She spins the bottle. She throws it around.
And it usually takes several attempts, for her to get some treats out.
And whenever treats do come out, she's so excited, to see her efforts finally rewarded,
that she goes back, looking for more.
We put lots of different treats in her bottle: training treats, pieces of sweet potato, fish skin,
And even some of her real food. And all of them, seem to work.
They're equally difficult to get out. It's actually good, to mix different types of treats.
As different shapes, and different weight densities,
seem to be coming out differently. It's physics!
And I love physics. Physics is tasty!
Her second favorite DIY toy, is just a normal plastic water bottle.
When the bottle is brand new, treats come out fairly easily.
But the bottle, doesn't stay brand new, for very long.
Once she steps on it, and chews on it, the bottle flattens out in the middle.
And treats don't come out as easily. They tend to get stuck, at the bottom of the bottle.
And it becomes a lot harder to get the treats out.
And that's when you realize, how big of a tongue your dog has.
But Beedi doesn't seem to get discouraged by it.
And she can play with a bottle, for quite some time.
We found out, that thicker plastic bottles, like soda water, or smart water,
work better than standard water bottles, that flatten out too easily.
And apparently Beedi is not the only Pomsky, who likes plastic bottles.
Rocko here, is also a big fan.
With all these toys, we try to use a mix of treats and real food.
And Beedi really likes her treats, better than her real food.
But we don't want her to get fat, with all these treats.
I'm not fat. I'm just a little Husky. Hihi!
So, we try to use treats that are healthier, such as Grandma Lucy's.
And a big thanks, to Grandma Lucy's, for sponsoring this video.
Their treats are single ingredients: pure chicken, or pure liver, or pure fish. And nothing else.
The white fish, is Beedi's favorite.
And we can break them down in small pieces. They are great to use with toys!
And Number 3, is a trick that we learned from Theo, who's another Pomsky, and is Beedi's cousin.
Assuming you have toilet paper at home, you have all the ingredients required for this one.
When you're done with a roll, you are left with a brown cardboard tube, in the middle.
You just take the brown roll, Fold it in one end. Put whatever treats you want in the tube.
And then, fold the other end. And that's it. Your dog is then good to go, for a few minutes.
Depending on how destructive your dog is, and how soggy the roll gets,
it might only get a single use. But with very little effort on your part,
you'll have a toy, that your dog will enjoy playing with.
You may just have a little bit of cleaning to do at the end.
Number 4 on our list, is a plain old milk carton. This is one of Beedi's favorites.
It's probably the combination, of looking for hidden treats, and tearing things up,
that gets her excited about this toy. Because Beedi loves to tear things up!
We normally rinse the inside of the carton, before giving it to Beedi.
We just don't want you have left-over milk, dripping all over our floor.
But even if you rinse it, there is usually a little bit of milk, left in the carton.
And during the few minutes it takes, for her to tear the carton apart,
the milk tends to soak the treats inside. Yeah. It feel like she enjoys the treats even more,
because they have the added milk flavor.
Regardless, she loves playing with her milk carton.
And it keeps her occupied for a good 10 minutes.
But here again, there's a little bit of cleaning to do, when she's done with it.
And Number 5, is a good old bone. This is an idea that we got from Wila.
In case you didn't know, dogs still love bones, even in the 21st century.
If you have a small dog, and you get a big bone, the bone will basically be indestructible.
But the purpose is not for your dog to eat the bone.
The purpose is to use the bone as a toy, and put treats inside the bone.
The best, is to use a treat that is a bit gooey, like peanut butter.
Beedi loves peanut better. If you put the peanut butter, deep enough inside the bone,
it will get her going for quite some time.
Bones are somewhat hard to come by, nowadays.
But you should be able to ask for one, if your grocery store has a real butcher.
And as we said before, once you have a good bone, it should last a long time.
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Bye. Bye. Beedi says bye. Bye.