Do you mind

Posted on January 19, 2010

Last weekend we had a game night of a different kind. This one included our dogs as well. One of our friends brought over “Do you mind?“, a simple dice game for people and dogs.

“Do you mind?” is one of several dog (and cat) games by darf inc. In this one you roll the die and pick the appropriate card which is going to tell you a task you have to fulfil with your dog. The tasks go from easy, like “sit” to hard, like “retrieve a toy and place it into your arms shaped like a hoop”. We played it with four people and four dogs and had lots of fun. The dogs stayed entertained, trained their brains and went to sleep right after the party

I could actually also see it as a little help in training your dog. First of all, the game comes with a set of tips for how to get your dog to do certain things. But also, I would just pick a card a day, or maybe a card per week, to get new ideas of what to train my dog. And lastly, we got the idea to make our own cards with even harder tasks for the agility dog, for example.

So all in all, I would definitely recommend it. If I remember right my friend bought it at cheengoo.com, but darf’s website lists more sellers, locally and on the web.

*stay tuned for next tuesday when I’ll give you my two cents on the new dog buiscuit baking book I just bough*