Description
Rules:
RULES: Demonstrate any 10 tricks utilizing a ball or balls
PRE-REQUISITES: None
Earn your Dog-lympics 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:
- Paws up on a yoga ball
- Circle around a yoga ball
- Balance on top of a yoga ball
- Muffin Tin Game with tennis balls
- Ball Pit Game: Find the treat/toy hidden in a box full of balls
- Catch a ball
- Fetch a ball
- Push a soccer ball
- Find the hidden ball (like the “find hidden treats” game)
- Backtrack memory game (retrace steps to find ball)
- Shell Game / Cups and ball
- Volleyball
- Basketball
- Flyball
- Tidy up your toys; drop ball in toy box
- Find your ball by scent
- Bowling
How to Earn this Title:
1
Choose 10 Ball Tricks.
You can use the Tricktionary Tricks, or make up your own ball tricks.
2
Show your tricks/exercises to a Certified Trick 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.