The Beakers – DIY Games for Dogs

Hello you lovely pet parent, you!

This is the doggie version of 3 card Montie, the scam game played to crowds in big cities.

In the human version you can’t win because the scammers are so good at manipulating the cards in their hands and giving you what they want.

However, in the doggie version we want them to win.

At every step we want success because we want them to love it!

We’re building great foundations for our relationship because they’re focusing on us repeatedly and we’re the excitement hub.

Here’s how to play…

Time for a bit of magical fun…

With your dog watching, pop a couple of treats under one of the beakers
When they look at you say ‘Go!’
If they poke the beaker, lift it up and let them snaffle the treats. Add some joyous praise as a reward too
Next time, swizzle two of the beakers around
Repeat, gradually moving the beakers more and more

First time make sure your dog knows exactly where the treat is so they get off to a good start.
Gradually make it trickier by switching the beakers around but just do one extra switch each time
If there’s a fail just fall back to the last version they got right and restart from there. Still not right? Just go further back – it’s only a bit of fun 😁

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Thank you to Sumi @sumi_whippet for being this week’s magically stylish assistant.

Enjoy!

Darren