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| Introduction | |
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| The Best Mind Games | |
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| Treasure Hunt: Sniffing out the goods | |
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| Total Recall: A memory-building game | |
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| Shell Game: A sleight--of-hand challenge | |
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| Amazing!: Make a doggy maze | |
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| Soft-Shoe Shuffle: Building bad habits | |
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| Love Seat: A silly love game | |
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| Baby Steps: How to annoy your dog, step-by-step | |
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| Laser Tag: Go toward the light | |
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| Overachiever Retriever: A fetch game for big mouths | |
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| Hide and Seek: You hide, he seeks | |
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| Mutt 'n' Button: A treat-finding game | |
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| On the Hunt: Make dinner an adventure | |
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| Cross-Eyed Treat Trick: Balancing a diet | |
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| Rise and Shine: Your own canine alarm clock | |
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| Sing for Your Supper: A howling good time | |
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| Red Light, Green Light: A game of stop and go | |
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| Fido Do-Si-Do: Dances with dogs | |
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| Pup Psychic: Is your dog a mind reader? | |
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| Rover Recipes: Cooking up canine cuisine | |
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| Bowser Buffet: A taste-testing temptation | |
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| Sick as a Dog: Games you can play from your own bed | |
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| The Best Backyard Athletics | |
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| Get It!: The original game of fetch | |
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| One in a Million: Scent discrimination | |
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| Scuba Dog: Retrieving underwater | |
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| Right on the Mark: Retrieving by memory | |
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| Blind Dog's Bluff: Following directions | |
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| Fido Find and Fetch: Sniff out an item | |
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| Snoopy Sniffer: Sniff out trouble | |
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| Hot on the Trail: Tracking you down | |
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| Backtrack: A handy find-it game | |
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| Someone's Watching You: How to make your dog feel paranoid | |
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| Keep-Away: The old favorite | |
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| Catch Me if You Can: You chase him... | |
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| Be the Bunny: He chases you | |
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| Pillow Fight: Dodge ball with marshmallows | |
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| Lassie Go Home: A race to the finish | |
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| Overcoming Obstacles: A jumping game | |
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| Sprinkler Madness: Fun on a dog day afternoon | |
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| Hang on Snoopy!: Tug-of-war | |
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| Frequent Flyers: Frisbee catching | |
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| Canine World Cup: Soccer for dogs | |
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| Jump and Bump: Canine volleyball | |
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| Spelunking With Spot: Backyard tunneling | |
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| Pulling His Weight: Tote that barge | |
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| Special Delivery: A messenger game | |
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| The Best Party Games | |
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| Leader of the Pack: Follow the leader | |
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| A Barrel of Fun: The canine version of barrel racing | |
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| Wagging the Dog: A tale of the tails | |
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| Smoochy Poochy: A dog kissing contest | |
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| Six-Legged Obstacle Course: A relay race for dogs and people | |
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| Sleuth Hound: A scavenger hunt with dogs | |
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| Bobbing for Bow-Wows: A treat-bobbing game | |
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| Spot Says: The canine version of Simon Says | |
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| Rowdy Recall Relay: A recall relay race | |
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| The Great Egg Race: An egg and spoon relay race with dogs | |
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| Underwater Relay: An even tougher relay race | |
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| Wet T-Shirt Contest: The race to get dressed | |
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| Toss Your Cookies: A treat-catching contest | |
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| Have a Ball: A ball-catching contest | |
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| Toy Dogs: A toy-retrieving contest | |
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| Pooch Puissance: A high jump competition | |
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| Bowser Bowling: A game of finesse (sort of) | |
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| Lucky Ducky: A carnival prize game | |
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| Bark-O-Rama: A barking contest | |
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| Hunt High and Low: An Easter egg hunt for dogs | |
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| Musical Pairs: Musical chairs the hard way | |
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| Red Rover: Red Rover for dogs | |
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| Star Search: A message delivery challenge | |
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| Scent Hurdles: A scent discrimination race | |
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| H-O-U-N-D: A canine challenge | |
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| Swing Your Pawdner: A canine cotillion | |
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| The Best Canine Activities | |
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| Puppy Pals: Arrange a play group | |
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| Do Lunch: Dine out with your dog | |
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| Get Some Class: Get a Phido PhD | |
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| Waggin' Workshops: Pursue higher education | |
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| Meet and Greet: Make some new friends | |
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| Bark Avenue: Put on your running shoes | |
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| Dog Day Afternoon: A canine carnival | |
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| Take in a Show: Go to a dog competition | |
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| Bark in the Park: Find a dog park | |
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| Mutt Strut: A parade of pooches | |
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| Visiting Hours: Therapist in a fur coat | |
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| The Best Doggy Vacations | |
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| Roving With Rover: Hitting the road | |
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| Doggy Destinations: Fun places for dogs to go | |
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| Canine Congregations: National meeting places | |
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| Canine Camps: Back to nature | |
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| On Tour: Join a tour group | |
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| Boating With Bowser: Sail the seven seas | |
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| Innocents Abroad: Exploring foreign soil | |
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| The Best Outdoor Adventures | |
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| Get Wet!: Swimming lessons | |
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| See Spot Run: Jogging | |
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| Spinning Your Wheels: Biking | |
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| Take a Hike: Hiking | |
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| Mapping a Course: Orienteering | |
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| Pitch a Tent: Camping with canines | |
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| Have Some Pull: Canicross | |
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| Get Rolling: Rollerblading | |
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| Scoot!: Scootering | |
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| A Bicycle Built for Two: Bikejoring | |
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| Pull a Fast One: Skijoring | |
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| The Driven Snow: Sledding | |
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| Put the Dog Before the Cart: Carting | |
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| That Dog Can Hunt: Hunting | |
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| Rescue Me!: Search and Rescue | |
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| The Best Organized Sports | |
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| Citizen K-9: Canine Good Citizen tests | |
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| Steady as She Goes: Temperament tests | |
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| Show Off!: Conformation shows | |
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| Mind Games: Obedience trials | |
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| Leaps of Faith: Agility trials | |
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| Led by the Nose: Tracking trials | |
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| To Serve and Protect: Schutzhund trials | |
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| In the Swim: Water tests | |
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| Dock Dogs: Dock jumping competitions | |
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| Field of Dreams: Hunting tests and trials | |
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| Driving Ambitions: Herding tests and trials | |
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| Two Right Feet: Doggy Dancing | |
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| Flying Saucers: Disc dog competitions | |
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| Catch it!: Flyball relays | |
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| The Allure of the Chase: Lure coursing trials | |
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| A Racing Heart: Amateur racing | |
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| Down and Dirty: Earthdog trials | |
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| Light Weights and Heavy Weights: Weight pull competitions | |
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| On Ice: Sled dog racing | |
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| Drafting a Plan: Drafting trials | |
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| Pack a Title: Backpacking as a sport | |
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| On the Road Again: Road trials | |
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| The Best Dog Toys | |
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| Stick It!: Toys that grow on trees | |
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| Sock It!: Sock toys | |
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| Milking the Fun: Milk jug toys | |
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| Bursting His Bubble: Soap bubbles | |
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| Full of Hot Air: Your beautiful balloons | |
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| Chasing Cars: Remote control toys | |
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| In Search of the Lost Squeak: Make your own squeaky toys | |
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| Hot Diggity Dog!: A canine sandbox | |
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| Cur Pooling: Kiddie pools | |
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| Pandora's Box: Fun with plain brown wrappers | |
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| Race to the Pole: Make a pole lure | |
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| And They're Off! A backyard racetrack | |
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| Ball and Chain: Tetherball | |
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| Get a Grip: Springpole | |
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| Gone Fishing: Tug-of-war on a fishing line | |
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| Jump for Joy: Obstacle course | |
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| The Best Ways to Relax | |
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| Rub Your Dog the Right Way: Give your dog a massage | |
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| Play Doctor: Give your dog a check-up | |
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| Dog-Eared Pages: Read a dog book | |
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| You Oughta be in Pictures: Scrappy's scrapbook | |
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| Be a Hero: Help dogs in need | |
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| Index | |