These dogs used their noses to explore new pop-up ‘Sniffscape’ in Kitchener | 24CA News
Happy canine are exploring an entire world of recent smells on the Sniffscape pop-up expertise by Dog Friendly Okay-W.
The expertise consists of seven rooms with completely different themes sure to cowl all a canine may dream of, together with a room stuffed with vegetation to chew on, an inflatable pool stuffed with sand to dig by and a tenting web site full with a tent and a pretend fire.
The pop-up is positioned inside Short Finger Brewing Co. in Kitchener and might be open Tuesday to Sunday till the top of March.
Justine Sparling is the director and co-founder of Dog Friendly Okay-W, a neighborhood non-profit that goals to create a secure, accessible and inclusive dog-friendly group. Sparling mentioned the actions present canine with a possibility to faucet into behaviours that house owners usually discourage.
“Something like this provides dogs with an outlet to dig in sand or dirt, but in a controlled environment where they are actually permitted to do so,” Sparling mentioned.
Kersty Kearny, director of Dog Friendly Okay-W, mentioned the assorted rooms and actions present canine with one thing enjoyable to discover in the course of the colder months when there is probably not as many alternatives to spend time outside.
“So having the different themed rooms allowed us to implement different enrichment themes and strands that allow people to see what their dog likes,” she mentioned.
“Once you know what your dog is interested in, you can implement it at home. It’s a great way to tire them out daily, work with them indoors and provide them with opportunities to play when you can’t bring them outside.”
The area is run by volunteers like Brooke Clark, who loves seeing all the blissful canine visiting — even those that are a bit of nervous.
“Even if your dog is reactive, scared or anxious, this is the event to bring them to because there’s a quiet hours option, where it is just you and your dog so you can go wherever your dog leads you,” she mentioned. “It’s great interacting with the community. It’s really great that we can cater to all kinds of dogs.”
Ten time slots each week have been devoted as quiet hours. It’s for canine who’re exceptionally anxious throughout typical socialisation actions.
Sparling mentioned if this 12 months’s pop-up is profitable, Dog Friendly Okay-W could take into account bringing Sniffscape again for a second 12 months in 2024.
