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Dog Enrichment

Keep your dog’s body and mind active with engaging enrichment products.

Give your dog more than just playtime — enrichment products provide mental stimulation, reduce boredom, and encourage natural behaviours like sniffing, licking, chewing, and problem-solving. At Pet Variety, our Dog Enrichment Collection includes everything from LickiMats and treat-dispensing toys to hide-and-seek puzzles, stuffable chew toys, and interactive feeders. Designed to keep dogs happy, calm, and entertained, these products support your pet’s wellbeing while making mealtime and playtime more rewarding.

Dog Enrichment FAQs

Everything You Need to Know About Dog Enrichment

Help your pup live their happiest life with enrichment! Below, we answer the most common questions about how enrichment toys and feeders benefit your dog.

Dog enrichment refers to activities and products that encourage your dog’s natural behaviours — such as chewing, sniffing, licking, and problem-solving. Enrichment toys and feeders keep dogs mentally stimulated, physically engaged, and less prone to boredom or destructive habits.

Enrichment toys help prevent boredom, reduce stress and anxiety, promote slower eating, and encourage mental stimulation. They’re especially useful for high-energy breeds, puppies, and indoor dogs who need extra stimulation.

Yes, LickiMats are designed from non-toxic, pet-safe materials. They’re safe to use with wet food, soft treats, or dog-friendly spreads like peanut butter. Always supervise your dog during use, especially with heavy chewers.

Enrichment toys can be used daily — during mealtimes, as a boredom-buster, or as part of training. Rotating different types of enrichment (lick mats, puzzles, stuffable toys) keeps things fresh and engaging for your dog.

The best enrichment toy depends on your dog’s age, size, and chewing style. Puppies and gentle chewers may enjoy puzzles or lick mats, while strong chewers may benefit from durable, stuffable toys designed for toughness.

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