Just way too smart

They are extremely smart! When Shelby was a pup I had one of those balls to put her dog food in that she had to push around to get the food to fall out. I would fill it and then she would come back in no time with the ball apart and half of it in her mouth! I couldn't figure out how she could possibly have unscrewed it. She was so fast I couldn't catch her doing it.

Finally one day I caught her. She figured out how to bite along the seem where it screws together and somehow get it to unscrew with her teeth! And then she would eat her food right out of it.

 

Pam - keep up where Beau is smart
- do not think Minnie could do this and then so fast
- But I know there would be a huge bunch of strange little pieces all over the place

 

Spirit used to "solve" food puzzles by chomping down on the pieces that were supposed to come out until they were bent enough to just lift out, instead of moving them around to slide out.

 

when Kaleigh was a puppy I put treats in stuff like you are doing. She always got them figured out quickly. I even put one in a child proof capped bottle, she got that open fast w/o chewing it. I still don't know how, ha. The only one that thwarted her was putting it in one of those hinged ring type jewelry boxes, but eventually she cracked that as well.

They are clever!!!!

 

I used to do that with Honey, it's amazing how quick they are to catch on. I read one mind game which was putting a treat on a piece of string under a couch so they'd have to pull it, and I'm like...10 seconds, that would take the girls 10 seconds or less.

Mango especially comes at treat games from different angles. I do the muffin tin game with Honey, where you put treats under some balls and they have to take the balls out to get the treats...usually one by one...Mango sniffed at it, walked around it, nosed one ball...then took the entire tin in her mouth and dumped the whole thing!