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Canine Enrichment

Make canine enrichment a part of your daily routine with these enrichment schedules and DIY dog toys.

Scent Games for Canine Enrichment

Keeping dogs enriched while they are in your care is crucial to their well-being. Try out our DIY scent game made with free and inexpensive materials.

Read And Relax: Animal Enrichment Program

At the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, volunteers read to dogs to provide enrichment and reduce stress.

The 8 Components Every Animal Enrichment Program Should Have

Learn from subject matter experts about the various elements that make up an impactful enrichment program.

How to Plan & Track the Best Enrichment Program Ever

Participants will walk away knowing the right strategies to set individual shelter goals, plus how to track the program to maximize effectiveness.

Enrichment & Behavior

Discover easy and inexpensive ways to make enrichment a part of your everyday routine.

gray and white pit mix playing happily with chew toy

Dog Enrichment Resources

Shelter enrichment programs help reduce stress and decrease hyper-arousal, depression, and obsessive/compulsive behavior.

Enrichment for Shelter Dogs

Kelley Bollen explains how shelter dogs will benefit from behavioral and environmental enrichment.

Animal Enrichment Best Practices

A strong shelter enrichment program will help give your animals more freedom from discomfort, freedom to express normal behavior & freedom from fear.

Canine Body Language

Learn how to read dog body language to make better adoption placements and increase safety and quality of life for dogs for the dogs in your care.