Fun and Games for a Smarter Dog: 50 Great Brain Games to Engage Your Dog

Go beyond the basics with play-based training! 50 brain games to engage your dog, teach new behaviors and tricks, encourage fitness, and more Step-by-step instructions and adaptations for different skill levels, personalities, and fear triggers Good socialization techniques, and how to introduce your dog to new playmates The science of play, how a dog perceives play, and the success of play-based training
Sit, stay, come... what's next? You don't have to hang up your clicker and treat bag once your dog has the basics down pat!
Mental exercise provides just as many benefits for dogs as physical exercise does. Don't stop once you have basic training under your belt; keep building your dog's brainpower! With Fun & Games for a Smarter Dog, you can take your pup's repertoire of skills to the next level with an array of games that challenge his body and mind alike.
Dogs have practically unlimited potential to learn, and you can help develop that potential by turning up the fun in your training routine. When you train your dog in the course of play, your dog's intelligence increases, you and your dog have fun together, and you continue to strengthen the ever-important human-canine bond.
Inside this book, you'll find step-by-step directions for fifty fun games that teach new behaviors, each including adaptations for different skill levels and using only positive reinforcement techniques. Learn the science behind the success of play-based training, a dog's perception of play, the importance of rewards, treats, and good timing in reinforcing desired behaviors, how to increase your dog's physical abilities as well as their mental acuity as they learn, the importance of socialization and how it affects your dog's receptiveness to and attitude toward interacting with new canine playmates, and more.
Bored dogs can be hyper and destructive. Keep your dog active, learning, and happy, with Fun & Games for a Smarter Dog!