Dog Training Challenges

There are a total of 28 Five Day Challenges for you to learn from and enjoy. Create the dog of your dreams just by playing the games in each challenge for 36 weeks.

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Challenges List

Scent & Skills Taster Pack

Kickstart your dog’s scent training with fun games like the Scent Alert Drill and Mini Reward Wheel. Perfect for *Canine Game Theory* fans! Download now and join our waitlist for the GameCraft app.

One game from each of 9 of the currently 16 workbooks, 5 on scent detection, foundation training, separation anxiety, evaluating a dog for service and socialization. Eventually, there will be a challenge for each fo the workbooks.

Snake Avoidance & Conservation Challenge

Our Keeping Dogs Safe program is releasing our 5 day Snake Avoidance Skills Challenge to celebrate the release of 23 Indigo snakes in Florida to help control invasive species and other venimous snakes.

SDGI Puppy Challenge

Teach foundational skills using 5 games from the SDGI Puppy Workbook.

SDGI Foundation Skills Challenge

Teach foundational skills using 5 games from the SDGI Foundation Level Workbook.

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Focus Fiesta

Whether your dog’s a bouncy puppy or a stubborn senior, these pages are for you. Each chapter blends real-world tips, playful games, and a dash of doggy psychology to make training a joy, not a chore. So, grab a toy, give your pup a pat, and let’s unleash engagement together. Ready? Let’s fetch some focus!

Home Manners Mastery

Teach your dog polite home behaviors over 5 days using games from Home Manners Unleashed: Play-Based Fixes from 50 Years, promoting a calm and respectful pup indoors. Get your book here https://a.co/d/568wax0.

Stride with Pride: Leash Walking Mastery

Mastering leash walking starts with you, not your dog. Reactive dogs don’t need control—they need a leader who sets the pace and rewards calm.

Train Your Human Challenge

We’re not that different—I can read your moves and feelings way better than you read mine, though. Let’s play some games to get you thinking like me!

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Socialization Superstar Challenge

Boost your dog’s confidence in new environments over 5 days using games from A Possible Socialization Schedule, helping them become a social superstar.

Boundary Mastery Challenge

Dogs don’t escape for giggles—they’re fleeing hell or chasing heaven. Left alone, bored senseless in a barren yard, they’ll claw through fences, scale gates, or tunnel out—right into a car’s grill, a rival dog’s jaws, or a lawsuit with your name on it.