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Engage their mind & no more worrying about your furbaby eating too quickly, causing choking, vomiting, or bloating. Furbaby's must use their sense of smell and natural foraging instincts to hunt for their food in the Forager® Mat! Designed with comfort in mind, Forager® Mat uses our proprietary SoftSnout® material, the softest material available in snuffle mats for dogs, making it perfect for every snack or mealtime and will not irritate furbaby noses, tongues or gums. Our proprietary anti-slide backing was designed to hug the floor to provide a slide-resistant experience to withstand the strongest of noses while foraging! Use Forager® Mat as a dog food bowl replacement in your home to help encourage slower eating habits, increase food motivation, and give your furbaby a fun, interactive eating experience!
Perfect for:
- Mental Stimulation
- Feeding Motivation
- Travel
- Anti Boredom
- Calming & Anti-Anxiety
- Brain Engagement
- Slow-Feeding
- Encouraging Natural Foraging Instincts
- Supplementing Exercise
- All Life Stages
And More!
Special Features
They were meant to forage.™
From wolves in the wild to dogs at home, sniffing & foraging is innate. 15 minutes of foraging can burn as much energy as a 1hr walk. They need mental stimulation, they were meant to forage.
Forager® Mat - The Slow Feeding Snuffle Mat
The mental stimulation of a snuffle mat, with the additional health benefits of slow feeding, Forager® does them both in one compact food bowl replacer.
SoftSnout®
Proprietary non-abrasive, non-irritating, softest but functional material to keep furbaby noses, gums, & tongues safe while foraging.
A Better Way To Feed
A simple way to slow feed, prevent bloat, & stimulate their brain. Lay flat, feed, roll up, carry, store.
Scent, Sight, & Touch Stimulation
The changing landscape of Forager® Mats & Bowls stimulates most of their senses & rewards them with a tummy full of food or treats.
SQUIRREL!!!
Seriously, we know how easy it is for pups to get distracted, so when Forager® is in use, the storage strap secures underneath the mat to prevent distractions, chewing, or dragging, creating a safer foraging environment.
Sit, stay, forage.
Our specially designed anti-slide backing hugs the floor to provide a slide-resistant foraging experience, and triple-stitched durability for even the most enthusiastic of eaters.
Pick your difficulty.
Forager® Mats are designed with different features & sizes for different difficulties.
Meadow ponds being easier, engaging scent & sight, Forest, requiring pets to go in blind, only engaging scent.
For Every Need
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does my furbaby need a snuffle mat?
Excited pets, especially dogs, may scarf down food. This can cause several negative effects, like bloating and gastrointestinal issues. A snuffle mat and slow feeder dog bowl can slow down their eating to enable their body to digest their food more properly while helping them to prevent swallowing air, often associated with bloating. Other benefits include less likely to choke, nose-work burns energy helping calm, portion control, entertainment to help combat separation anxiety & mind stimulation to name a few.
What types of food & treats can you use on Forager® Mat?
We recommend only using dry food, treats, or dryer veggies like carrots in the snuffle mat. Wet food, raw food, & treats could seep into the fabric. While the liquid & raw food would wash out in the washing machine, it would be stuck in the fabric until you washed it.
What is the difference between the Meadow Mat and the Forest Mat?
The Forest mat is targeted more towards nose work. It is meant to be more challenging than the Meadow mat by making your pet forage for the food, rather than finding it by sight. The Meadow mat includes blue patches, which gives visual stimulation on top of nose work, as blue is one of the only colors dogs can see. Due to the shorter length of the patches, food naturally falls into them, creating a visual cue and sparking excitement.
Should I get the Forager® Bowl or Forager® Mat?
It depends on your situation! We recommend choosing either Forager® Mat or Forager® Bowl based on your furbaby's needs. For an everyday slow feeder, we recommend the Forager® Mat. For a travel bowl or a once-in-a-while interactive & engaging eating experience, we recommend the Forager® Bowl that you can pack and store easily in your home!
How am I supposed to clean the Forager® Mat?
Knowing that our furbabies aren't always the cleanest eaters, we do recommend washing your Forager® Mat after using the product a few times! You can find the washing instructions for the Forager® Mat here; https://petparentsbrand.com/pages/washing-instructions/snuffle-mat.
Is the Forager® Mat only for fast eaters?
Forager® Mat is great for fast eaters, but it's also great for other furbabies too. Forager® Mat helps furbabies that are visually impaired, mobility impaired, furbabies on bed rest post surgery, and just elderly dogs who aren't able to get the exercise they used to!
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United StatesEvery day he’s snufflin’
Goose loves things thing. Sniffs so hard. The first time it took him like 15 minutes to eat. Now it’s more like 4, but it keeps him engaged, he loves it. Highly recommend. And the emails from the company make you smile
Pet Parents®
Hi Steve! Goose is such an incredible dog name! We love that the Forager® Mat is able to provide some enrichment to Goose and help him to slow down, even a little, while eating! Hearing that we bring a smile to your face is such high praise! Thank you so much for being part of our pack! Lots of licks, Your Pet Parents® Pack
United StatesIvy approved
Such a fun enrichment mat for your dog. Big enough for a great face to use. Has an antislide bottom so your dog is not pushing it all over the floor.
Pet Parents®
Hi Kayli! Thank you for this awesome review! We love the anti-slide backing to help ensure a beneficial foraging experience for furbaby and pet parent! So pleased to be "Ivy approved"! Lots of licks, Your Pet Parents® Pack
United StatesSlows Down Eating
This mat works great to slow our 14 mo only corgi down at meal time. He’s loved it & so do we.
United StatesLarry Loves to SNUFFEL!
Larry loves this mat. I love using snuffle fats to keep his brain stimulated - especially since he is a true foodie.
Pet Parents®
Hi Alexis & Larry, We are excited to hear Larry loves using his Forager® Mat to search for his food! The SoftSnout™ material makes it safe for Larry to forage without irritating his nose, gums or tongue :) Lots of licks, Your Pet Parents® Pack
United StatesForager mat
The mat is great! Our dog loves to search for food in it. We also like to use it just to set under her dog bowls to get any water that drips out!!! Great product!
Pet Parents®
Hi Jen and Olive, We are so happy to hear Olive loves foraging in her Forager® Mat for dinner time! The best part of the Forager® Mat in anyway that you use it, is as soon as it gets dirty you can easily throw it in the washer to clean it! Lots of licks, Your Pet Parents® Pack
