Dr. Dunbar’s 28-Day Good Dog Challenge
Grand Finale
Day 28 · Dance with your dog!
Today’s challenge
This is it! Perform your routine to music. The main thing is that you’re both having fun. By midnight tonight, text me a video of your best, most enjoyable, or funniest performance. We’re so proud of you both!
Today, you dance with your dog!
Put on your song, and perform your 30-second routine, with all your best moves, to music. (Still planning? See Day 27: Finale Prep.)
Bloopers are welcome. In fact, they’re often the best part. The more praise, smiles, laughter, wiggles, and wags, the better!
Before you hit record
- Warm up first: a few Come-Sits and Puppy Push-ups, with lots of praise.
- Hold your phone upright, face the light, and get the whole of your dog in the shot. No helper? Prop your phone against a book or a mug.
- Leave the sound on, so we can hear your music, and your “Good Dog!”
- Do a few takes, and send your favorite. Not the most perfect one. The most fun one!
Look how far you’ve come
Think back to four weeks ago. No more food bowl. Your very first Come-Sit. Puppy Push-ups for one piece of kibble. And look at you now: hand signals, words, Stays, Heel-Sits, tricks, and a whole routine to music.
You two are a team.
Prizes
- Video prizes: today is your last chance! Send your finale video for Best Trick, Best Blooper, and Most Improved. Our favorites win a personalized video message from Ian.
- Finished 24 days or more? Congratulations, you’re a graduate! Watch your email for your Graduation Certificate and lifetime access to Ian’s Beyond Treat Training course.
More on the prizes on the Videos and Prizes page.
Just for fun: Hugo breakdances
One more of Ian’s favorite home videos, just for fun. Here’s his French Bulldog, Hugo, showing off his breakdancing. Can your dog top that?
Keep dancing
This isn’t the end. It’s the beginning. Keep showing off what you’ve learned together: on every walk, stop now and then for a short performance. A few quick position changes with hand signals, a Back-up and Come Fore, a Spin, a Bow to each other. That’s all it takes for others to see what you do, and want it for their dogs, too.
What’s next
- Tomorrow, Day 29, watch for a thank-you message from Ian, and tell us your highlight of the month.
- Want to keep going? Top Dog Academy is packed with Ian’s training videos, and your first month is free.
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