Champion of My HeartA real-time memoir about life with a fearful border collie, by Roxanne Hawn

We’re suffering a long, cold, windy start to the year here at Chez Champion of My Heart. Thanks to strategies we learned at a recent American Treibball Association event, however, we’ve been playing with the sport of ball herding.

Most nights, we work at home in the basement with a clicker and high value treats, but we also gave it a try outside in the “middle pasture” this week. This Remedial Treibball Video below shows our results.

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Last Sunday here in Colorado, the American Treibball Association held its Winter Games. Now that I’ve seen how it’s taught and what the full game looks like, I’m happy to share insights.

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Imagine my excitement to learn that someone is offering Treibball classes at the county fairgrounds, not hideously far from us. We mentioned this new ball herding sport briefly a while back. Goodness knows we have zero time for something new, but I had hopes.

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Just a quick post. Time very limited today. I believe we’ve found Lilly’s new sport. It’s called Treibball, and it’s essentially a form of herding that uses big balls instead of sheep. Looks like I’ll be combing garage sales and begging neighbors for their old exercise balls this spring. Check it out.

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