Take & Make Enrichment Kits

Bringing Joy to Shelter Dogs

Why Enrichment Matters

Shelter dogs thrive when their minds and bodies are stimulated. Enrichment activities reduce stress, prevent boredom, and help dogs feel happier and healthier while they wait for their forever homes. Furthermore, happy and healthy pups get adopted faster!

You can support our shelter dogs from home in a fun and meaningful way with our Take & Make Enrichment Kits. These kits include everything you need to craft delicious treats and engaging toys that provide essential enrichment for our shelter pups. It’s easy!

A dog licking treats out of a Kong

How it Works

Sign Up: Reserve your kit online by clicking the button below.

  1. Pick Up Your Kit: Visit us at Detroit Animal Care and Control (DACC) (1431 E. Ferry, Detroit) to collect your supplies.

  2. Create at Home: Use the included instructions to assemble treats and toys—it’s a fun activity for all ages!

  3. Return Your Goodies: Bring your completed creations back to us, and we’ll share them with our furry friends.

Your hands-on efforts will bring comfort, joy, and enrichment to the amazing shelter dogs at DACC. Sign up today to grab your kit and make a difference!

A very happy dog expecting his treat

Milkbone Peanut Butter Sandwiches

  1. Spread a thick layer of peanut butter on two large Milkbones.

  2. Push Milkbones together like a sandwich.

  3. Put in freezer for at least one hour.

  4. Deliver to shelter for doggos to eat!

Take a photo of yourself with the completed goodies and email to kids@friendsofdacc.org.

A dog with milkbones and peanut butter

“Licky Mats” Peanut Butter Frisbees

  1. Cover the inside of the Frisbee with a layer of peanut butter.

  2. Add as handful of small treats (mini Milkbones, kibble, or training treats).

  3. Put in freezer for at least one hour.

  4. Deliver to shelter for doggos to eat!

Take a photo of yourself with the completed goodies and email to kids@friendsofdacc.org.

A dog with a frisbee and some peanut butter

Pumpkin Yogurt Cups

  1. Fill plain ice cream cake cones with plain yogurt and plain pumpkin.

  2. Stir in small treats (mini Milkbones, kibble, or training treats).

  3. Freeze for at least one hour.

  4. Deliver to shelter for doggos to eat!

Take a photo of yourself with the completed goodies and email to kids@friendsofdacc.org.

A dog in a ghost halloween costume, a can of pumpkin and some yogurt

Stuffed Kongs

  1. Fill the Kong roughly 80% with small treats or kibble.
    Bonus: soak kibble in water for 15-30 minutes to soften it.

  2. Use a butter knife to spread some peanut butter, plain pumpkin, or wet dog food inside to seal the top.
    IMPORTANT REQUEST FROM OUR DISH WASHERS: Please don’t completely fill the Kong with peanut butter, yogurt, or wet dog food. Doing so makes it very difficult to clean and re-use the Kongs. Kibble should be the first thing you put into the Kong.

  3. Store stuffed Kongs in large Ziploc bags (multiple Kongs can fit in one bag).

  4. Deliver to shelter for doggos to eat!

Take a photo of yourself with the completed goodies and email to kids@friendsofdacc.org.

Peanut butter, Kong, and kibble

Tennis Ball Fleece Rope Toys

  1. Take 3 strips of fleece (size 4 inches by 30 inches) and layer them on top of each other. Knot the bunch together about 4 inches from one end.

  2. Tightly braid the strands together.

  3. Halfway through the braid, pull the strands through the tennis ball until the ball is flush with the braid.

  4. Continue the braid on the other side of the tennis ball. Secure a knot at the end of the braid, about 4 inches from the end of the rope.

Take a photo of yourself with the completed goodies and email to kids@friendsofdacc.org.

Snuffle Mats

  1. Cut the fleece into strips 1.5 inches by 7 inches.

  2. Loop one strip through one hole of the rubber mat and tie it in a double knot

  3. Fill the entire mat with double knotted strips in each hole.

  4. Deliver to shelter, where will hide kibble in it for the dogs to sniff out and find!

Take a photo of yourself with the completed goodies and email to kids@friendsofdacc.org.

A dog enjoying a snuffle mat with the instructions for making them

Treat Tumbler Ball

  1. This toy does not come apart. Please don’t try to separate the two halves.

  2. Fill the ball in through the holes with small treats or kibble.

  3. Use different kinds of treats for a variety!

  4. Deliver to the shelter for doggos to play with!

Take a photo of yourself with the completed goodies and email to kids@friendsofdacc.org.

A treat ball with the instructions for making them

Donate Supplies

Want to contribute to our kits? You can ship donations to DACC or drop them off any day of the week between 10:30 AM and 3:30 PM:

Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control
ATTN: Board Member
1431 East Ferry Street
Detroit, MI 48211

Please see our Amazon wish list for needed supplies. Thank you!