{"id":2956,"date":"2018-12-28T16:16:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T21:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2018-12-28T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T21:16:44","slug":"indoor-pet-enrichment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovrs.com\/blog\/indoor-pet-enrichment\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Guide to Indoor Pet Enrichment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pet environmental enrichment has become critical in encouraging smarter, healthier, and better behaving pets. Enrichment engages your pet mentally and physically, and is necessary for reducing the anxiety, boredom and frustration associated with being indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concept of enrichment doesn\u2019t have to be a complex one. There are many simple ways to implement an indoor pet enrichment program of your very own. The team at OVRS<\/a> is here to help guide you through some of these options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Indoor Pet Enrichment: What\u2019s It All About?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The study of improving animal health and wellbeing, including behavioral health, has been an important part of caring for animals in places like zoos, shelters, and aquariums. Many of those principles are now being applied with pets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though they may get their daily walk, your pet probably spends much of their time inside, especially in winter. Can you imagine staying in the house as many hours as they do without feeling frustration?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of enrichment is to make your pet\u2019s living space more interesting and give them ways to act out their normal behaviors, like jumping, play stalking, hiding, figuring things out, etc. Just like us, animals require activities that fulfill them and enable them to behave per their species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Ohio State University\u2019s College of Veterinary Medicine, enrichment focuses on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n