Activities For Dog Birthday Parties

An agility obstacle-style course is a great way to keep pooches active at a birthday paw-ty. You can use the materials you have lying around the house, so it can be free, or at least inexpensive. This type of course will help challenge your furry friend both mentally and physically.  The good thing about this activity is its versatility. Although you will need space in your yard or party venue, your course can be long or short, and it can also be adapted to suit the weather conditions. You also choose the difficulty level. On a hot day, you could add a paddling pool with cool water for the canines to run through. Setting up the course can initially take time and effort, but your best friend is worth it, right? The timing of this activity really depends on how many doggie friends attend the event, and also the length of your obstacle course and your presentation ceremony at the end. If you don’t have things you can use in the home, you can pick up agility equipment quite cheaply online. There’s one thing for certain, this activity guarantees fun, bonding time, and exercise for your treasured ones.

This is a relatively easy game and if your pup is young or isn’t trained in tricks or agility, they can still excel at this game.  All your pooch needs to be able to do is have fun and sit when instructed.  Each canine friend should be on-leash for this game and be with their owners.  This is a great social activity that is also athletic and challenges your buddy mentally, using basic training techniques.  It does test behavior and obedience, as in order to be rewarded, the dog must listen to their owner and act quickly when instructed. If you want to increase the difficulty of the game, you can change it to be more like musical chairs.  To do this, place mats on the floor, and have the dog sit on the mats rather than the ground.  You should remove a mat before you repeat steps 1 and 2.  For this game, the dog unable to sit on a mat will leave the game.  

Hide, howl and seek is a great way to develop the finding and retrieving skills of a dog.  Some canines, like retrievers and terriers, already tend to excel in find and retrieve.  Find and retrieve games can be fun and not only do they challenge your buddy physically, you can also build on those skills further to improve obedience and behavior. As this task initially involves running, it’s the perfect way to increase the dog’s heart rate which is excellent for their health and well being. They then have to use their nose and learn to trust their own instincts.  This is difficult for the canine who is not used to completing activities of this sort, but still it can be a fun and interesting challenge.