Puzzle Play Games — Doggy Dash — Puzzle Board Game — Search and Find — Dog Preschool Game — 3-in-1 Play — Ages 4 & Up

Fun for toddlers and young kids. Easy to set up and play. Great for hand/eye coordination for the little ones. #FoundItOnAmazon

We recently picked up Doggy Dash, a puzzle and board game mix for young kids, hoping to get both some entertainment and learning opportunity. The game includes a puzzle that is fun to assemble, the piece quality is good, and not to difficult to solve.While the concept is interesting. As that is mixes puzzles with a search and find mechanism, I found the original rules provided to be too simplistic for our young ones, though. They quickly grasped the game mechanics, leaving them wanting more.To keep the game engaging, we experimented with alternate rules, this is something you might want to do as well.Pros:+ The puzzle component is entertaining and well-made.+ Pieces are durable and of good quality.+ Offers some replay value.Cons:- Original game rules are too simplistic for the age- Not sure a negative, but needs exploring your own rules

The instructions are a bit confusing. Basically, you choose a dog, and the color of their bandana/clothing is the color of the puzzle pieces you want. The edge pieces are all yellow, so you build that first, then sort the colors per dog. If you have less than 4 people playing, you can go ahead and do the puzzle pieces of the colors you aren't using. That's all fairly simple, just know that some pieces fit in multiple places so you have to really match up the pictures/words/numbers to make sure they're in the right place.Then you spin and it tells you how many to move (forward, back, lose a turn). I believe you only move along the border (it's not really clear and there are "paths" from the dog houses to the home space...there are also no instructions on which direction to move, we just followed the words). However, once you land on a spot, per the instructions, the spot should also tell you what to do. Either place 1 or 2 pieces (your puzzle pieces), take a piece (so take away one that your opponent already built? that's how we interpreted it), or spin again. There is no pieces on the outer edge that say spin again. We decided any of the "blank" spaces (the ones that didn't say place or take) were spin again because...why not.Anyway, after you finish the puzzle, you spin again and this time instead of the instructions, you look at the picture it ends up on. The first person to find that item in the puzzle gets a "best in show" ribbon. Continue taking turns spinning and spotting until someone wins 5 "best in show" ribbons.My five year old really liked this game, he loves board games, loves puzzles, and loves search and finds, so this was the holy grail for him. I didn't like that the instructions were so vague and there were no "spin again" spots, but it was easy enough to interpret and figure it out.

I bought to play with my nieces and nephews, it’s an okay game! Very kid friendly, would have loved it to be a little more difficult, because it was very easy to win this game

We have tons of board games and love to play them. But this looked different than anything we have because it’s a puzzle board game.My kids love puzzles and board games so it seemed like a win-win!It’s a fun game and not too complicated once you have the rules down. I’d recommend storing each color in a different ziploc bag for easier play.But we had a lot of fun with it. My kids loved it and they also loved the little bonus seek-and-find game at the end.Quality wise, it’s really well made. The puzzle pieces and pawns are very thick and durable. I would’ve loved a regular top-open game board box with it instead of the kind that just opens on the end, but it’s not a big deal.Overall it’s a fun and different game! If your kids love puzzles and board games then they’ll probably love this.

I bought this game for my daughter, as I love dogs and board games. This game is a two-parter where you build a puzzle and then run around looking for items.The game is great for kids and adults alike. The board pieces are thick and sturdy, and the artwork is colorful and cute. The rules are easy to understand and teach and are explained well in the instruction booklet. The game is also very funny and entertaining. My daughter laughed hard when we chased each other around the board to get to the poop first.I think this game is a perfect gift for anyone who loves dogs and puzzles. It is a fun and hilarious game that allows you to spend quality time with those you love. I highly recommend this game to anyone looking for a family-friendly and dog-themed board game for very young kids.

First of all, this game is a cute concept and my 4-year-old son enjoys it. It has multiple phases and gameplay is quick. First phase involves building the puzzle and once the puzzle is built it evolves to finding images on the board.The game is cute, once you figure out how to play. What's odd is the rules are written in perfect English (and French, but I can't speak to that translation), but they forgot to explain how to play. The instructions simply state to spin and do the action written on the board where you land (place a puzzle piece, take a puzzle piece from another player, spin again), but there are multiple blank spots that say nothing so, as inspired by another reviewer, we decided those were the spin again spaces. The instructions also didn't say where you "take a piece" from (the other player's assembled puzzle or unassembled pile of pieces). We decided this should mean you just take one of the pieces out of their assembled puzzle and put it back in their unassembled pile. Playing with these rules the game ran smoothly. Once you've assembled your part of the puzzle, your spins now point at images of items on the board and whoever finds the item first gets a prize token. The first player to five prize tokens wins.I wouldn't say this game has any educational value (aside from sportsmanship), but overall it's a cute, fun game that my son likes playing.