Doglympics Pentathlon Series #1 – Hoops

Earn your Pentathlon Series “Hoops” title by demonstrating any 10 tricks utilizing a hoop. This title challenges you to think about what behaviors your dog CAN do, and then transfer those behaviors to a new trick involving a hoop. A Certified Trick Dog Instructor (CTDI) will evaluate your submission. Some examples of hoop tricks are:

1. Jump through a hoop
2. Jump through two hoops held slightly apart
3. Fetch a hoop
4. Sit in a hoop
5. Peekaboo through my legs with a hoop in front of my legs
6. Circle around a hoop
7. Circle around me while jumping through a hoop held in my hand
8. Spin a circle while holding a hoop in your mouth
9. Send away to go stand in a hoop
10. Platform jump; jump from one platform to another while holding a hoop in between
11. Can you think of more?

Hoop Tricks in Tricktionary

Doglympics Pentathlon Series #2 – Balls

Earn your Pentathlon Series “Balls” title by demonstrating any 10 tricks utilizing a ball. This title challenges you to think about what behaviors your dog CAN do, and then transfer those behaviors to a new trick involving a ball. A Certified Trick Dog Instructor (CTDI) will evaluate your submission. Some examples of ball tricks are:

1. Paws up on a yoga ball
2. Circle around a yoga ball
3. Balance on top of a yoga ball
4. Muffin Tin Game with tennis balls
5. Ball Pit Game: Find the treat/toy hidden in a box full of balls
6. Catch a ball
7. Fetch a ball
8. Push a soccer ball
9. Find the hidden ball (like the “find hidden treats” game)
10. Backtrack memory game (retrace steps to find ball)
11. Shell Game / Cups and ball 
12. Volleyball
13. Basketball
14. Flyball
15. Tidy up your toys; drop ball in toy box
16. Find your ball by scent
17. Bowling

Ball Tricks in Tricktionary

Doglympics Pentathlon Series #3 – Balance Beam

Earn your Pentathlon Series “Balance Beam” title by demonstrating any 10 tricks utilizing a balance beam. This title challenges you to think about what behaviors your dog CAN do, and then transfer those behaviors to a new trick involving a balance beam. A Canine Conditioning Fitness Coach (CCFC) will evaluate your submission. What constitutes a Balance Beam? A balance beam can be a board, a park bench, or a fallen tree. It must be long, narrow, and elevated.

Some examples of balance beam tricks are:

1. Walk a balance beam (such as a raised board)
2. Walk a ramp
3. Teeter totter
4. Double-rail balance beam
5. Skinny balance beam
6. Mount a balance beam from the middle of the beam
7. Lift a paw while on a beam
8. Back up on a beam
9. Walk a rod-shaped beam (such as a log or fallen tree)
10. Walk a beam while holding something in your mouth
11. Turn around on the balance beam
12. “Say your prayers”/head bow on edge of balance beam
13. Jump over a beam
14. Crawl under a beam
15. Can you think of more?

Doglympics Pentathlon Series #4 – Fetch (Opens May 7)

Earn your Pentathlon Series “Fetch” title by demonstrating any 10 tricks with a fetching element. This title challenges you to think about what behaviors your dog CAN do, and then transfer those behaviors to a new trick based on fetching. A Certified Trick Dog Instructor (CTDI) will evaluate your submission. There are plenty of Fetch tricks that do not involve the dog holding something in their mouth. Some examples of fetch tricks are:

1. Popcorn bobbing (fetch popcorn from tub of water)
2. Fetch a wagon by pulling it with a harness
3. Fetch supplies by wearing a backpack
4. Fetch a Treibball (by pushing it)
5. Fetch a Treibball through a tunnel (tunnel ball)
6. Fetch another dog
7. Fetch a family member
8. Fetch a cookie from a closed container
9. Fetch my shopping bag (put bag over dog’s neck or back and the dog brings it)
10. Messenger dog (note attached to collar)
11. Fetch the clerk by ringing a desk bell
12. Find the hidden treats
13. Fetch the bubbles/laser light/RC car/ chase object
14. “fetch my scarf/necklace” by having them go stick their nose in a tied scarf and wiggle back onto their head/neck and bring it to the person. 
15. Fetch a skateboard by pushing it
16. Fetch a shopping cart by pushing it
17. Fetch yourself, “recall”
18. Fetch your tail (grab your tail)
19. Fetch a sock off my foot
20. Pickpocket (pull a kerchief from my back pocket)
21. Fetch a card from a deck
22. Fetch item and bring it near me
23. Fetch to hand
24. Fetch object from a far distance
25. Blind fetch (object is placed outside the room or behind furniture)
26. Fetch from water (lake or pool)
27. Fetch and drop into a box (or basketball net, etc)
28. Fetch the specific item I ask you to (lay out several items, call out one)
29. Fetch a raw egg
30. Fetch something metal
31. Fetch leash from a hook on the wall
32. Pull a wagon by pulling a rope
33. Fetch your dinner bowl
34. Fetch your leash
35. Antler shed retrieve
36. Fetch a flying disc
37. Flyball fetch
38. Can you think of more?

Doglympics Pentathlon Series #5 – Torch Relay (Opens June 11)

In the human Olympics, the torch is lit in Greece and passed from person to person in a relay along its  journey to the host city for the Opening Ceremony.  At the Opening Ceremony, the athletes and coaches recite the Olympic Oath of fair play and honor. We invite you make a similar symbolic journey and oath with your dog, committing to your dedication to each other, to the community you represent,  and to dog sports as a whole.

To earn the “Torch Relay” title, perform both of these items and have it evaluated by a Canine Conditioning Fitness Coach (CCFC):

1. Run/walk your choice of any of these olympic distances with your dog. The distance will be printed on your certificate. 
   • 400 meters (1 lap around a track/ .25 miles / .4k)
   • 800 meters (2 laps around a track/ .5 miles / .8k)
   • 1,500 meters (4 laps around a track/ 1 mile / 1.5k)
   • 5,000 meters (12.5 laps around a track/ 3.1 miles / 5k)
   • 10,000 meters (25 laps around a track/ 6.2 miles / 10k)
2. Recite the Doglympics Oath out loud:
   “As a dog sports athlete, I promise to compete in these Doglympic Games with honor and spirit, to give my best effort in every event, and to respect my fellow competitors, both canine and human. I pledge to embody the values of loyalty, determination, and sportsmanship, and to always wag my tail with pride, win or lose. This oath symbolizes my lifelong commitment to do more with my dogs.”