Party Dog Games

It’s not a party until the games start…or at least that’s what I’ve heard. But it’s kind of hard to play board games with dogs - their paws often knock the pieces off the board or they run away with the paper money. But don’t let that stop you from gaming it up at your next dog party.

There are many games that don’t involve pushing a miniature car around a game board.

The Shell Game

Play this fun game by using three cups and a dog treat. Show the dogs the treat, secret it under one of the cups and try to confound the observers by switching the cups around at top speed.

When you’re done, solicit the crowd to see if one of them will guess right. A word of caution though, due to their excellent olfactory senses and their appetites, the dogs will always win making this a game you wouldn’t want to put money on!

Smash the Piñata

This is a great variation of the people version. Take a brown paper bag, draw a traditional piñata design on it, fill it up with treats, attach it to a pole with rope and dangle it in front of your guests (dogs only please). This game is sure to excite and, as a bonus, this is great exercise as it makes the dogs jump repeatedly.

Bobbing for Apples

This is a super sloppy game but fun nonetheless. Fill a large bucket, or if you are outside, a kiddy pool with water, drop some treats in and let the dogs go wild.

The treats for this kind of game should be somewhat impervious to water so throw in some chew toys, rawhide or apples.