Players stand in a ring facing inwards. The leader stands in the center. He addresses one of the players, saying, "I've lost my dog." The player asks, "What is it like?"
The leader describes any other person in the ring--trying a so to make the description fit a dog. When the questioner guesses the identity of the person described, the one described leaves his place and is followed around the circle by the questioner. Both race in the same direction, each returning to his place. The last to get back becomes the one to whom the leader will speak when the game begins again.