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Fluffy Easter Egg Hunt

April 6, 2015 14 Comments

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Last week we posted about how to throw an Easter egg hunt for your dog on Victoria Stilwell’s Positively. Well, on Easter Sunday we decided to try it out with the fluffies.

I had absolutely no idea how this was going to go. We planned on doing the hunt outside, but the weather was not conducive for being outdoors. Mauja and Atka have never done any nose work and Atka doesn’t like to put in effort for treats. Seriously. I can barely get him to enjoy a treat out of a Kong. Lazy pants. Nick and I let them watch us put some smelly treats in the eggs, had them sniff the stuffed eggs, and then we put them in a stay while we placed the eggs.

It was time for the moment of truth. We gave them the release and waited to see how they would respond. Not surprisingly, Atka didn’t even get up. Mauja got up, but wasn’t quite sure what to do. Nick helped her find her first egg and then she did what she always does with her finds; walked to the back door. She wanted to take her treat outside to enjoy it!

After we convinced her to open the egg inside, the game clicked for her. She started searching around the house for eggs, easily finding them and cracking them open to enjoy the treats. Atka had no interest in participating and continued to relax on the floor. After Mauja found her third egg, we convinced Atka to get up. He meandered over to us with an “I’m only doing this to please you” expression. But then, this happened.

He opened his first egg! After that he was a bit more interested in participating and Mauja was really getting into it. With her nose sniffing the air, she quickly made it from egg to egg. She’d immediately crack the egg and move on, while Atka would find an egg and lie down to enjoy it. Much less efficient method 😉

Ready for picture overload? And…. go!

Mauja cracking open her first egg!
Mauja cracking open her first egg!
Mauja got really into the hunt - even crawling under my desk to find an egg.
Mauja got really into the hunt – even crawling under my desk to find an egg.
Mauja cruising through the hunt.
Mauja cruising through the hunt.
Atka kept knocking the egg away. Yes, I had to move it back to him ;)
Atka kept knocking the egg away. Yes, I had to move it back to him 😉
Atka relaxing with his find.
Atka relaxing with his find.
Loving Atka's squishy face!
Loving Atka’s squishy face!
Mauja found all the difficult eggs.
Mauja found all the difficult eggs.
Atka really got into it eventually!
Atka really got into it eventually!

I really debated doing the egg hunt because I didn’t know if Mauja and Atka would get into it. I’m so glad we did it and it’s definitely going to become an Easter tradition! I’ve said before that I wished we had nose work in our area because I thought Mauja would enjoy it. Now I know I’m right!

Did you do an egg hunt with your dog?

Filed Under: Fluffy Life, What's New Tagged With: fluffy, great pyrenees

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  1. Amanda Yantos says

    April 6, 2015 at 8:20 am

    Oh my goodness I love the video! Despite being in the hospital this weekend, I got out of bed yesterday morning to do an indoor hunt with Khloee and Wynston. Although it took all of my energy, it was completely worth it. Khloee even went after Wynston’s eggs in his basket because she’s too smart for the rest of us…

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    • Kelsie says

      April 6, 2015 at 6:17 pm

      I’m glad you were able to enjoy some of the festitivites and I hope you’re on the mend!

      Reply
  2. Alix Mitchell says

    April 6, 2015 at 8:54 am

    LOL at Atka being a total lazy pants. This looks like fun though, and they both seem to be enjoying it 🙂

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    • Kelsie says

      April 6, 2015 at 6:16 pm

      Such a lazy pants. But a cute lazy pants 😉

      Reply
  3. Jessica Shipman | Beagles and Bargains says

    April 6, 2015 at 1:23 pm

    I love it! I’m glad they both enjoyed it! I’m thinking of doing another Easter Egg Hunt inside. Luna loves them.

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    • Kelsie says

      April 6, 2015 at 6:14 pm

      I want to do these year-round now 😉

      Reply
  4. Jan K says

    April 6, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    What fun! I should have done this with ours! We do some nose work games with Luke and Cricket and they love it. Sheba never liked the boxes I used for that, so she might have liked this better. This crew doesn’t share well though so sometimes I have to do things like this individually…maybe next year I’ll give it a try.

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    • Kelsie says

      April 6, 2015 at 6:13 pm

      You should defintely try! Each pup could have their own room to hunt for eggs 🙂

      Reply
  5. Jenna,Mark “HuskyCrazed” Drady says

    April 6, 2015 at 2:07 pm

    wow, looks like they had a ton of fun!! Happy Easter!
    ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!

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    • Kelsie says

      April 6, 2015 at 6:12 pm

      They did! Happy Easter to our husky pals!

      Reply
  6. Robin says

    April 6, 2015 at 3:43 pm

    This is so cute! It looks like you guys had a great Easter! We tried a little bit of an Easter egg hunt, but the kitties weren’t too into it. They found the eggs and went on to play with other toys.

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    • Kelsie says

      April 6, 2015 at 6:12 pm

      Haha well at least they know what makes them happy!

      Reply
  7. Carol Bryant says

    April 6, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    This is so cute and love the video. We did the same thing and I posted a video on IG. You are such a great dog mom and it shows!

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    • Kelsie says

      April 6, 2015 at 6:12 pm

      I’ll have to head over and check out the video! Thanks for the kind words – that really brightened my gloomy Monday 🙂

      Reply

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