How Do You Use a Snuffle Mat?

Use dry kibble or dry treats, and scatter them. A handful dropped over a 17-inch Drawstring Snuffle Mat sinks between the felt strips by itself. Push a few pieces deeper once your dog knows the game.

Wet food does not belong in felt. It soaks in and the mat smells by evening. Soft food goes on a lick mat.

Until the food is gone. Then pick the mat up: a mat left on the floor turns into something to chew. The 26 x 16.5 inch 8-Zone Snuffle Mat keeps a dog busy longer than a 17-inch mat, because it has 8 places to search.

One buyer with a beagle timed a 10-second meal at 30 seconds on our flower mat. That is the honest range: a mat slows a meal down, and how much depends on the dog.

In the machine, on a gentle cycle, then air dry. Every Vivifying felt mat takes a hand wash or a machine wash. Wash a new mat 1 time before the first use: it arrives pressed flat and the strips stand up after a wash.

Shake the crumbs out first. Felt pills a little with washing. That does not change how it works.

Dogs that swallow fabric. Felt is safe to sniff and not safe to eat, and the drawstring mats have 2 small plastic toggles. If your dog shreds soft toys, stay within reach or choose the steel lick mat.