Enrich your pet’s life using olfactory stimulation (scent enrichment)
Have you ever wondered how you can naturally and simply influence your pet’s behaviour? Many owners are keen to find treatments to improve or enhance their dog or cat’s surroundings, interactions or behaviour. New research has been investigating the use of scents to enhance your pet’s life.
Specifically the use of scents – vanilla, coconut, ginger and valerian – has been investigated in kennelled dogs*. Fifteen dogs at a rescue shelter were given scents, via a scented cloth, in order of – cloth control, coconut, vanilla, valerian, ginger and odour control – for 2 hours a day, over 3 days, with 2 days between conditions. Five drops of essential oils were placed on the cloth and the dog’s behaviour recorded over the 2-hour scent exposure period.
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