How to fill dog enrichment toys without making a massive mess
Freezing thin liquids like chicken broth causes them to leak straight out of the toy, while thick fillers like peanut butter and Greek yogurt are too expensive, high in calories, and smear all over floors and furniture. This makes it difficult to keep dogs occupied without wasting money on special ingredients or spending time scrubbing sticky residue off surfaces.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Using Greek yogurt or peanut butter on lick matsDid this help you?
- 2Freezing wet kibble or watered-down food in kongsDid this help you?
- 3Using canned pumpkin, apple sauce, or fruitDid this help you?
- 4Thickening broth with unflavored beef gelatin to reduce drippingDid this help you?
- 5Switching to pupsicles and homemade moldsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“However I need some better ideas on what to put on/in them.”source ↗
“the peanut butter is pretty high in calories, and (I’ll be honest) the Greek yogurt I buy for myself is really expensive lol. I could buy a separate tub of yogurt for the puppy, but that seems silly…”source ↗
“I wanted to try just plain chicken broth frozen in there… but I can’t seem to do that because it just drips out the other side!”source ↗
“The problem with the lick pad for me is it gets all over material. She yanked it off the wall pronto.”source ↗
“Yeah, my floors are now basically waxed with Greek yogurt…”source ↗