Thanks to Nancy Tanner of Paws and People in Montana, we now have a league to play in from now until March, 2013. This is very exciting for those of us who are training in areas where Treibball is scarce or unheard of (which right now is most everywhere, as we are growing in numbers but still far between in our big country!). It will provide a structure for and goals for training while we train patiently for competitons to become a reality. World Treibball League
Month: November 2012
Treibball webinar by Casey Lomonaco
Great info here: Casey Lomonaco webinar
Great post if you want to know more about this sport
Treibball skills in a nutshell
So what are the elemental skills required to train and play treibball? Here is a brief summary:
Trainer skills include:
- Cooperative working relationship with your dog
- Positive reinforcement methodology
- Good mechanics, clicker skills
- Shaping, Targeting, Backchaining.
Dog Skills, Basic obedience:
- Recall
- Wait/stay
- Sit, down
- Heel position, right and left
More advanced obedience/distance skills needed:
- Send away/go out, to 35 feet and more
- Distance wait, down, sit
- Directionals- facing handler, and going away from handler
- Walk up/on and wait
Specific Treibball skills:
- Push ball- on cue, with good form and speed
- Ball control
- Ball selection on cue- back away, walk up, right, left, go on/out
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