S2, E4--Your Dog Is Bored: Making Enrichment Flexible and Easy--Celeste Lo from Sniffworthy

Chris Chandler talks with Celeste Lo, cofounder of Sniffworthy, about the card deck Your Dog Is Bored and the thinking behind making dog enrichment more accessible. The conversation centers on why dogs often need more than walks, how to choose activities that fit a dog’s temperament, and how to use simple household materials to build play, decompression, and problem-solving into daily life. Celeste also shares the real-life story behind the deck, shaped by her reactive dog Mochi, and how enrichment became especially useful during recovery after Mochi’s spinal surgery.

Key topics

In this episode, Celeste explains that the deck grew out of her own need to manage a reactive rescue dog with limited social options and a strong need for structured engagement.

Chris and Celeste discuss the tagline “they’re not bad, they’re bored” and how it reframes unwanted behavior as unmet needs rather than defiance.

The deck is organized into four categories:

Mental burn

Physical burn

Safe destruction

Decompression

Celeste says the goal was to make enrichment easy, low-cost, and accessible by using things people already have at home.

Chris highlights the value of a physical card deck over a book or a phone-based list because it is easier to grab, shuffle, and use in real life.

Celeste walks through how each card works, including the why behind the activity, step-by-step instructions, difficulty level, time estimate, safety notes, and easier or harder variations.