Nina Ottosson Training Wooden Box

"Throw into the box" – a rewarding game for dogs

An amusing game for dogs to be played together with their owner, a game that develops the dog’s intelligence and puzzle-solving skills. The dog is to learn to put blocks into a box with holes on top. The game has three degrees of difficulty. When the dog succeeds in getting the block into the hole, treats fall out.

Place several treats piled on each other on the rubber edge on top of the sloping board of the box. Make sure that the treats can fall down, try out the way that is best for the treats you use before letting the dog try. Start by placing a block (or a ball) a bit away from the hole of the upper board. The dog is supposed to push the block deliberately into the hole so that the treats fall out.
If the dog tries to strike with the paw or tries to put in his nose in order to take the treat, just put your hand over the hole and point at the block. 

Now place the block on the floor in front of the DogBox. Use the command “Fetch” or whatever command you prefer to use and lead the dog’s attention with a movement of your hand to the hole and say “Let go” or a similar command. If the dog misses the hole – that happens quite often in the beginning, put a small treat in front of the toy as a reward that the dog let go the toy block so near the hole.