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Anyone use the Ottoson puzzles?

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I've been looking at these puzzles for a while and wondered if anyone has experience with them? I found a pretty good article from Whole Dog Journal that reviewed several of them but would love to hear from anyone who has spent time playing with them.
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i'm gonna try the "Dog Brick (plastic)" one over the next few days....my neighbour has it and said i could borrow it....i'll let you know how it goes w/ my crew (one at a time)....
hey, just tried it w/ Lacey....i didn't do anything except fill it, put it on the floor and let her figure it out....a little "unorthodox" in her methods (didn't exactly follow the rules) but she got them all out in 2 min and 27 sec....here's the vid...



i'll try the others here, as well, and let you know....
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yeah, they do....the bones were a little hard to nose out and i think that's why she just used her feet (but, she's always been very "handsy").....but the doors slid pretty easy, your little one should be able to do it ok....might even have an easier time w/ the bones as the nose is smaller and can get between the gaps better....
this is Lacey we're talking about here, tho....the blanket, box, etc didn't take her but about 30 sec at most....when it comes to puzzles, Lacey has always been quite quick to figure them out....Tir, Titch and Saoirse, i'm guessing, will take considerably longer....they just aren't puzzlers like Lacey....i don't even think a maze would stump her for long.....
i do agree that it is way over priced...even if it took the dog an hr to figure out, it's a lot.....i do think i'll stick w/ the box, towel, etc since i doesn't take mine that much to figure out.....or, maybe the whole point of these is not for your/my dog to figure out how, but for you/me to teach the more "civilized" way of doing it w/out pushing the whole thing around....but, i thought that most games like this were for the dog to figure out not be taught....oh, well, glad i borrowed it and not paid for it.....
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