How to complete the Dog Days of Summer challenge in BitLife
The Dog Days of Summer Challenge in BitLife is a limited-time, baseball-and-dog–themed event where you juggle life as a future sports star while caring for a whole pack of pups. Inspired by classic “summer baseball” vibes, this challenge asks you to start life in Indiana, build a professional baseball career, and surround yourself with loyal dogs—including a special mastiff named Hercules—before finally growing your family and legacy.
Across just a few in-game decades, you’ll need to manage school, sports, pets, and parenthood all at once. If you plan your choices carefully, you’ll knock out all five objectives and unlock BitLife’s mystery reward before this scorching summer challenge expires.
What is this Challenge?
Here’s what the Dog Days of Summer Challenge in BitLife actually is and all of its tasks:
Dog Days of Summer Challenge – Tasks
Difficulty: Medium
To complete the challenge, you must:
- Be born in Indiana
- Adopt 5+ dogs
- Own a mastiff named Hercules
- Become a famous baseball player
- Have a baby named Ruth
Be born in Indiana
The first step to completing the Dog Days of Summer Challenge in BitLife is starting a life in the state of Indiana. When you begin a new life, select United States as your country and then choose Indiana as your birthplace. If you don’t see Indiana the first time, simply keep starting new lives until it appears in the list of available places.
Your character’s gender doesn’t matter for this task, so you can pick whichever you prefer. Just make sure you confirm that your birthplace shows Indiana, USA on your BitLife profile before moving on to the next challenge objectives.
Adopt 5+ dogs
The second step of the Dog Days of Summer Challenge in BitLife is to adopt at least five dogs during your life. You don’t have to get them all at once, but you must end up with five or more dogs in your household at the same time for the task to count.
Here’s how to do it:
- Go to the Activities tab
- Tap Pets → Animal Shelter / Dog Breeder / Pet Shop
- Look for dogs and adopt them one by one
- Make sure you have enough money and good health and respect so your applications aren’t rejected
Try to pick dogs with decent health and behavior stats, because sick or aggressive dogs are more likely to run away or die early. Spread the adoptions over a few years if money is tight—just make sure that at some point you have 5 or more dogs living with you at the same time to complete this objective.
Own a mastiff named Hercules
Another key objective in the Dog Days of Summer Challenge in BitLife is to own a mastiff and make sure his name is Hercules.
Here’s how to do it:
- Open the Activities tab
- Go to Pets → check Animal Shelter, Pet Shop, or Dog Breeder
- Look through the list until you find a mastiff (if you don’t see one, age up and check again next year)
- Adopt the mastiff and, when BitLife asks you to name your new pet, type “Hercules” as the name
If you adopt a mastiff with a different name by accident, you can go to the pet’s profile and try renaming him to Hercules—just make sure the pet type is mastiff and the final name is exactly Hercules for the challenge to count.
Become a famous baseball player
To clear this objective in the Dog Days of Summer Challenge in BitLife, your character needs to turn baseball into a full-blown famous career, not just a casual hobby.
Here’s the basic path:
- Start early in school:
When you reach middle or high school, go to Activities → School → Sports and join the Baseball Team. If it’s not there, age up and keep checking each year. - Train and stay fit:
Keep your athletics high by going to the Gym, doing Walks, and keeping your health in good condition. Also, use the Practice option on the team to improve performance. - Become a team star:
Stay on the baseball team for several years. Try to become Team Captain by keeping high performance and good relationships with your coach and teammates. - Go pro after school:
After high school (or college), look for a Professional Athlete opportunity:- Check Job Recruiter, or
- Look under Occupations → Special Careers → Professional Athlete, then select Baseball.
- Reach fame level:
Once you’re on a professional baseball team, keep training, performing well, and aging up. Over time, your Fame bar will appear and rise. When your fame becomes high enough, you’ll count as a famous baseball player, completing this task in the challenge.
Have a baby named Ruth
The final objective in the Dog Days of Summer Challenge in BitLife is to have a baby named Ruth. This can be done through either a biological child or adoption, as long as the child’s first name is exactly Ruth.
Here’s how to do it:
- Have a child normally:
- Get into a relationship, marry if you want (optional), and use the “Have a Baby” or “Try to Have a Baby” option under your partner’s menu.
- When the baby is born, BitLife will let you choose a name—enter Ruth.
- Or adopt a child:
- Go to Activities → Adoption.
- Choose a child and when prompted, change their first name to Ruth before confirming.
Make sure the baby’s name shows up as Ruth in your family list. Once you have a child with that name, this task will be marked complete and you’ll be done with the challenge once all other objectives are also finished.
Conclusion
Wrapping up the Dog Days of Summer Challenge in BitLife, you’ll go from a simple Indiana newborn to a dog-loving, baseball-famous Bitizen with a unique little family. By stacking up five loyal dogs, securing a mastiff named Hercules, grinding your way into fame as a baseball player, and finally welcoming a baby named Ruth, you’ll tick off every objective and unlock the challenge reward.
It’s a fun mix of pets, career planning, and family goals, so take your time, plan each step, and enjoy the chaotic, summer-themed journey. Once you complete it, you can proudly say you survived the Dog Days of Summer in true BitLife style.
