Remedial Treibball

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.

(I upgraded our WordPress installation recently. It looks like YouTube has changed its embed code as well, and the two are NOT playing nicely together, so if you cannot see the video below … click this video link instead.)

Distracted from all the bundling-up required, I forgot to bring the clicker, so it isn’t our best effort. As you will see, Lilly:

• Treats it more like a trick
• Isn’t jazzed about it (yet) the way she is about livestock herding
• Was more interested in the fact that I had her favorite ball in my pocket

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQT-BJ1g_gs