Customer Reviews

Diggity Dog

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As a speech pathologist at Play on Words, I am always looking for good games to encourage language. Kids three years and up want a little challenge in their games--not everything left to chance! Diggity Dog is their first pick for fun. Choose your puppy and press the doghouse to listen for the number of barks. Count them out as you land on a space, dig a hole and the little bone sticks to your dog's magnetic nose. See if the color on the underside of the bone matches your dog and collect all three before heading home to win. There's just enough action to keep little hands busy and skill required to keep minds churning. Playing Diggity Dog involves auditory memory (remembering the number of barks), visual memory (remembering where your colored bones are), counting, and conversation negotiating turn-taking and discussing strategy. These are all skills that contribute to language development.

My youngest kids (age 3 & 5) really enjoy this game. The barking dog instead of dice is a fun gimmic (along the lines of the popping dice from the old Trouble game.) One thing to note, though, is that the dog takes three watch batteries. After having the game 4-5 months, we had to pay more than $[...] to replace the three batteries to keep the dog going. If he runs out again, we will just use dice.

My 3 year old daughter loves this game. It does have small pieces that would be a choking hazard for smaller children, so we play when her younger brother is napping. Just for BIG kids, she loves it. She can set up the game by herself, which means opening up the board and placing one magnetic bone on each little dirt pile. You push the dog house in the middle of the board and listen for 1, 2, or 3 barks, and then move your dog the right number of spaces. Then you use your dog's nose to pick up the magnetic bone on that spot (if there is one) and put in a dog's house according to the color on the underside of the bone. It helps with counting some, but mostly with taking turns and learning how to win and lose. I think kids get a big kick out of how the dogs can pick up the bones (thanks to magnets)! Enjoy!

Diggity Dog was a hit with our three children 5, 4 and 2. All three were able to play as there wasn't any reading involved. The baby didn't last as long as the older two but everyone enjoyed the game. The only drawback is that the little bones are small and can be lost. Regardless I would buy this toy again.

My 3 and 5 year old LOVE this game. They especially love the barking feature for how many moves they get. I like that feature as well because it really teaches them to listen in order to know what they do next. They enjoy the different color dogs and the magnetic noses to find the correct color bone. The only piece they are still trying to figure out is choosing which direction to move around the board. Most games have one direction, but this game allows you to move in either direction. Another fun twist! They have been playing this every day since they got it, so I'm sure they will have it down in no time. Lots of fun and I highly recommend!

We got Diggity Dog for our 3 years old boy (he just turned 3). It seems that he is not quite ready to play this game, so we are waiting for him to mature a little bit before giving it another try. One major complain I have about this toy is that it is very hard to press on the dog to get it to bark. I have to do it myself, because my kids (3 and 8) cannot do it on their own. That pretty much kills the purpose of having the kids play by themselves. Maybe it is a fluke and other items don't have that problem, but I am not convinced this game is going to become a big hit in my household.

This is a wonderful game, that can be used in so many ways. I am a Speech Therapist and work with preschoolers. This game can be used to work on colors, counting, yes/no questions, taking turns, or paired with all kinds of educational language activities. Or, it can simply be a fun game to play! My kids love this game. I highly recommend this game!

I run an in-home family childcare, so I have various ages. The 3-year-old boy will play this game a couple of times and then get bored. When choosing out of all the games on the shelves, this one doesn't get picked quite as much.

My daughter picked this game in a specialty toy store and when we brought it home, we weren't disappointed. It's great fun and it's one that my pre-schooler can play properly as well. My daughter loves it so much, she gifted one to her kindergarten classroom last year for Christmas. Apparently it was quite popular.

We have played this game dozens of times (no exaggeration) and we're still on the battery that came with the game. The kids love pushing the doghouse (my daughter calls that dog "the teacher") to know if they're moving one, two or three barks. If you don't want to replace the battery, you could always play with a die or spinner from another game.

There is a slight amount of set-up required, which may frustrate younger children. What helped us was getting the kids involved in setting up. Even if they peek to see what color bone is where, they can't cheat, since the doghouse instructs them where to go.

There's no strategy, just chance, and so this is an excellent beginners game for learning how to lose and how to win.

This game is really cute and my 3 & 5 year old love it but the batteries that operate the barking dog die very quickly and I haven't easily found replacements.