Description
Rules:
RULES: Demonstrate any 10 tricks utilizing a balance beam
PRE-REQUISITES: None
Earn your Dog-lympics 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:
- Walk a balance beam (such as a raised board)
- Walk a ramp
- Teeter totter
- Double-rail balance beam
- Skinny balance beam
- Mount a balance beam from the middle of the beam
- Lift a paw while on a beam
- Back up on a beam
- Walk a rod-shaped beam (such as a log or fallen tree)
- Walk a beam while holding something in your mouth
- Turn around on the balance beam
- “Say your prayers”/head bow on edge of balance beam
- Jump over a beam
- Crawl under a beam
- Can you think of more?
How to Earn this Title:
1
Choose 10 Balance Beam Tricks.
You can use the Tricktionary Tricks, or make up your own balance beam tricks.
2
Show your tricks/exercises to a Certified Fitness Evaluator
Join one of our free Facebook Spark Teams and post videos (or photos) of your tricks/exercises there. Each team is coached by a certified evaluator.
Prefer to work with evaluator in person? Click here.
3
Submit the form above
Once a certified evaluator has OK’d your tricks/exercises, submit your application using the form above. You can choose your certificate and swag items.