Dog Enrichment & Games: Mental Workouts That Train

Back to home Home Guides Dog Training Tips Enrichment & games Dog Training Tips Enrichment & games Mental work tires a dog faster than a walk. These games double as training reps. Sort by Recommended Title: A–Z Title: Z–A Skill: Easiest first Skill: Hardest first Beginner Top 20 games to play with your dog Detailed instructions, difficulty tiers, and troubleshooting for every game. Intermediate Five cognitive enrichment games in 15 minutes Short-format games that build focus, patience, and memory. Other training topics Puppy basics Potty training Adult & rescue dogs Behavior & body language Cognition & intelligence Senior dog training & care Back to the full training tips hub Training works better when it fits your dog's mind Dognition's science-based assessment reveals how your dog actually thinks across five cognitive dimensions — so you can pick the tips that will land, and skip the ones that won't. Assess Your Dog Based on the work of Dr. Brian Hare & Vanessa Woods Every Dognition guide, assessment, and blog post is grounded in the research and methodologies of Dr. Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods at the Duke Canine Cognition Center. Their work established that "smart" isn't one number — dogs think across five distinct cognitive dimensions, and the best training matches the method to the mind. Book · 2013 The Genius of Dogs How dogs are smarter than you think — the founding text on canine cognitive science. Read more Book · 2024 Puppy Kindergarten The Duke Puppy Kindergarten study — how the first 16 weeks shape a dog for life (as covered by The New York Times). Read the NYT feature