{"id":12299,"date":"2019-05-30T00:24:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T00:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/?p=12299"},"modified":"2019-05-30T00:24:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T00:24:17","slug":"the-best-food-dispensing-toys-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/30\/the-best-food-dispensing-toys-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Food-Dispensing Toys 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re not using treat-dispensing toys with your dog, you&#8217;re missing out on one of the greatest training inventions of the last 100 years &#8211; seriously!<\/p>\n<p>These wonderful tools and toys can help you with a long list of dog-training and -management challenges, including boredom-busting, excessively fast eating, high-energy consumption, building mental skills, counter-conditioning, redirecting inappropriate behavior, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>In the mid-1980s, when I acquired my first Australian Kelpie, food-stuffed toys were an unknown. A tennis ball was &#8220;the thing&#8221; &#8211; and Keli, my Kelpie, was quite addicted to hers. Then we discovered the Kong. Still perceived primarily as a fetch toy in those days, the hollow, snowman-shaped, hard, rubber toy delighted my dog with its high-flying unpredictable bounces. Almost as good as herding sheep! She switched her allegiance from ball to Kong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whole-dog-journal.com\/food\/the-best-food-dispensing-toys-2019\/?MailingID=36&amp;utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=The+Best+Food-Dispensing+Toys+2019&amp;utm_campaign=TOTW20190528\">Read the Full Article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re not using treat-dispensing toys with your dog, you&#8217;re missing out on one of the greatest training inventions of the last 100 years &#8211; seriously! These wonderful tools and toys can help you with a long list of dog-training and -management challenges, including boredom-busting, excessively fast eating, high-energy consumption, building mental skills, counter-conditioning, redirecting inappropriate behavior, and much more. In the mid-1980s, when I acquired my first Australian Kelpie, food-stuffed toys were an unknown. A tennis ball was &#8220;the thing&#8221; &#8211; and Keli, my Kelpie, was quite addicted to hers. Then we discovered the Kong. Still perceived primarily as a fetch toy in those days, the hollow, snowman-shaped, hard, rubber toy delighted my dog with its high-flying unpredictable bounces. Almost as good as herding sheep! She switched her allegiance from ball to Kong. &nbsp; Read the Full Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12301,"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12299\/revisions\/12301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiopetexpert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}