Gamify Your Dog Training Training Games For Group Instruction by Terry Ryan

Author:Terry Ryan
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781617812040
Publisher: Dogwise
Published: 2017-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Safari

Prerequisites and benefits

An ability to sit and stay at a distance is helpful. The dogs get to practice sitting on a strange surface while their partners are away. This game provides a good photo op.

Set-up

On card stock, print out a quantity of African animals, one each on a sheet of paper. Be sure to make at least three or four copies of each animal. Mark a walking circle or square with a large area in the middle. Half of the animal photos are placed along the path, the other half scattered in the middle. Be sure to have fairly equal numbers of the photos of the same animal on the path and in the middle. Jungle music or African drum music is fun for this game.

Description

When the music plays, the teams walk along the path. When the music stops, they move forward to the next animal. The dog is left sitting on that animal while his partner finds a similar animal in the middle and stands on that. Return to the dogs when the music begins. Repeat. Photo op! People love photos of their dogs. The Safari game lends itself nicely to this. AGLs can position themselves to get a shot of the happy reunion.

Game variations

For atmosphere and added distraction, place a few toy stuffed African animals around the area. For very advanced dogs, the GL could have the dogs called, one by one, back to their partners. When the partners are reunited, an AGL could be on hand to snap a photo of the moment of the happy reunion. Be sure to share the picture with the couple via email.

A coachable moment

Talk about how cameras and photographers can be off-putting to dogs.

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