Healthy New Year: Brain power

This week, to kick off our Healthy New Year, we’ve focused on nutrition and grooming, but to live a healthy life, our pets need physical and mental exercise, too!

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To keep our boys’ minds active and to sharpen those problem-solving skills, we love Nina Ottosson products. There is a huge range in her collection, all of which are designed to get our dogs thinking. We had the opportunity to test several different types, but one of the most innovative is the MixMax puzzle.

There are a couple different difficulty levels available. But, what makes this so unique is that you can combine the puzzles to make bigger, more complicated versions of the same game. Here’s how she describes it on her website, “Use one game by itself, or put together several games to create the ultimate BIG game at the level that your dog needs. You decide how difficult it will be, from easy to very advanced – there are endless possibilities!”

Despite many (MANY) attempts, Emmett is still at the easiest level. Cooper, though, really gets it, and combining the puzzles enables us to keep him thinking (instead of figuring out the one way it works and doing it over and over).

We swear by Nina Ottosson products because these things are built to last. I highly recommend getting one for a rainy (or snowy) day activity. Or, if you have a non-traditional pet, these are great for them, too! (Seriously, watch this video.)

Thanks to the generosity of Nina Ottosson, for one lucky reader, you can win a MixMax puzzle! (The giveaway has ended.)

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