The Busy Brain Challenge
The Busy Brain Challenge
- Do you feel like your dog is bored, under-stimulated, and frustrated when they are cooped up inside?
- Do you feel bad when you can’t walk your dog and don’t have a ton of time to engage their brain in something?
- Do you want your older dog to stay mentally and physically sharp in their golden years?
- Do you want fun, simple training exercises you can do at home without needing a bunch of equipment?
- Do you want to build your dog’s confidence, burn their energy, reduce stress, and help them feel satisfied?
The Busy Brain Challenge is a 4-week training and enrichment program designed to help your dog be mentally engaged, more confident, and easier to live with—right from home.
Who This Class is For:
✔ Dogs who get bored or restless at home
✔ Senior dogs who benefit from low-impact movement and brain games
✔ Anxious or fearful dogs who need confidence-building
✔ Dogs who struggle without enough mental stimulation
✔ Pet parents who want realistic, easy-to-follow training and enrichment
Prerequisite:
All you need is a dog who is interested in food (high-value treats are encouraged) and who can follow a simple food lure.
No other training experience required.
What You’ll Learn
Each day focuses on a different skill category.
You’ll get 6 activities per week, all taught at a foundation level.
Mondays: Movement Exercises
Including exercises to teach your dog to move their front paws and rear paws on different surfaces
Tuesdays: Targeting
Including hand targeting, target stick, chin target, target stations
Wednesday: Manners
Including loose leash walking, polite greetings without jumping, leave it, drop it
Thursdays: Enrichment Deep Dives
Including frozen enrichment strategies, DIY enrichment activities, and more
Fridays: Game Days
Including which hand, cup game
Saturdays: Tricks
Including spin, bow, catch a treat, and go between legs
How It Works
This is a self-paced, on-demand program. Start anytime.
You’ll get:
- A structured 4-week plan
- A printable PDF calendar for each week to follow along
- Short demonstration videos for each activity (24 total)
- Simple, realistic setups using things you already have
Go at your own pace and repeat activities as often as you’d like.