Creative Games that you can play with your cats and dogs

Introduction
So! What kind of games do you play with your pet cat and dog? Is it the usual kind of games like playing with wool, catching the ball and such other stuff or have you tried out playing some new games?

Well, whether you like playing games with your pet or not, it is time that you did play some physically active games with your pets.

Six good reasons why you need to play games with your pets:

Games help to tone up your pet's circulation. When your pet has to run and jump and exert himself or herself, the blood circulation to the different tissues is greatly improved. Enhanced circulation always means that you are soon going to have a sleeker, trimmer, healthier pet.

2. Effective weight reducer
If your pet is overweight and likes to binge on food, then one way you can help your pet get over those flab spots is by giving your pet ample exercise. Games help to do that.

Simply making your pet go for a walk is a rather monotonous way to stay fit. Playing a game stimulates your pet's brain to think and apply his or her mind to solve a problem.

4. Enhanced Creative Driver
Therefore, besides being good food for the body, games also help to enhance your pet's intelligence and creative aspirations and expressions.

A pet used to a regular session of games twice or thrice a week or everyday is less likely to have behaviour problems. Games are a great mood elevator. If you play a game everyday with your pet, that means your pet is going to be feeling really high, positive and perky. Just try it out and you'll see what we mean.

If you want your pet to develop some kind of skill which may be either developing a nose for detection if your pet happens to be a dog, or getting an eye for texture if your pet happens to be a cat, you can do that by playing some very imaginative games.

Six creative game ideas for you to explore with your pets

The first step that you need to follow to design this game is check out your pet 's height. Then you need to design a small table that's not too big nor too high for your pet to place his or her paws comfortably on. The next step is to then teach your pet the rudiments of the game. The exception here is that you would not need a net as in a conventional table tennis table. In fact, your pet may be more comfortable without it.

Now, you need to gradually teach your pet to tap the ball as you tap it off your table tennis bat. You will be surprised how quickly your pet will learn and how deftly the returns will be made. Cats may be especially fond of this game.

2.Carrom - Pet Special Way
In this game, what you will need is a small board which it would be preferable if it is shaped hexagonally. The boards need to have diagonal grooves and little nets at the six apices.

The game can be played with a maximum of six players, probably two pets and four humans. Each person plays the game by throwing the ball randomly in the hexagonal board. The person who has the maximum number pieces that fall in the same pocket wins the game. If your pet wins the game, you must always remember to praise your pet and reward him or her with a food treat.

3.Hide and Seek
This game may be played in a similar manner that children play the game, except that you need to show your pet how to hide. Hide and Seek can be made in to a very interesting and invigorating game for both the pets and children in your home. You can involve the elders of the house too in this game. A good place to play the game is in the garden where there are lots of bushes. A lot of surprise packages thrown in different hiding places can add an element of delight to the game.

4.Basket Ball
Basket ball once again needs to be designed keeping in mind your pet's height and build. If your pet is a really small cat or dog, then you can build a very tiny court and get a very small basket net and ball for your pet to catch and throw the ball in to. However, it is preferable to restrict this game to the really large breeds of dogs because it can become rather strenuous.

This game should not be played more than once a week as it can be quite exhausting. The ball too should be specially designed to be very, very light. What is light for a human child may be still very heavy for a dog. Therefore, great care should be taken while playing this game.

5.Treasure Hunt
This is a game that your pet dogs will simply love. What you need to do is to take some really tasty, morsels of food. Wrap them well and make sure that none of the food items that you choose spoil over a few hours. You need to make the preparation for the game a few hours before you play it.

For this game, the more the number of pet dogs the merrier the game becomes. However, make sure that the dogs number not more than four or five as if there are too many pet dogs around, there may be a real jam and of course a proper brawl if even one treasure is unearthed.

You can choose about ten spots in your garden to bury some really tempting food. Hide them well. Now, let the dogs run loose all over the garden. They will have the time of their lives, just trying to be the first to uncover the buried treasure. To make the game more interesting, you can also bury some wrapped paper with no food. However, rub some grease from the food so that the tempting smell is retained in the package. That can really mislead your pet.

6. Blind man's buff
For your pet to play this game, you need to use a small scarf or some soft cloth to cover your pet's eyes. The game is played when the scarf covers your pet's eyes completely and everyone who is playing the game goes and hides. Then, your pet needs to identify where you are hiding.

Everyone can take turns in putting on the scarf and hiding. It may be preferable to use a separate set of scarves for your pets and for the children who are playing the game.

Conclusion
Games represent a useful form of communication, entertainment and physically stimulating activity for pets and should be regularly played to help them stay physically and mentally healthy and alert.