NATE UPDATE

Congratulations 2018 Title winners! There were 17 Titling Teams and a total of 26 Titles Earned! New states that joined this year were NC and VA! 
We are looking forward to continuing to grow the sport of Treibball and our NATE family in 2019.

We have an amazing accomplishment to celebrate….Sandy White and her dog Splash have been awarded their Novice title. Now Splash is really something special. She is completely deaf but she is so smart and accommodated herself so well, that it took until she was 6 months old for Sandy and her trainers to realize that she couldn’t hear. So watch this video and be amazed!  Congratulations to them on their outstanding achievement! 
https://youtu.be/eGupXMPMcWM

Hooray for Kathryne and Marcie, her 12 year old mixed breed. Marcie is the first dog to achieve a Veteran Novice Title with NATE! Having retired from agility some time ago, both of them are excited to have found Treibball and the opportunity to train together again as a team. 

Are you struggling to find a field where you can film your video title runs? NATE is introducing pop-up fields. Pop-up fields can be set up in a larger training field, an open space or at a school or park. The field will not be required to have solid fences on four sides. Your dog must just stay within the boundary lines for the run to qualify. Find more info here. 

Our Video Titling Program is popular and growing! This month we awarded our 50th title! Congratulations to all the teams on their achievements. Great work!

This hard working team just completed the 10 additional runs necessary to achieve the Outstanding Title at the Masters level! Wow!

Monica Pielage receives the first Outstanding Title at the Novice Level. She reports that working towards an Outstanding Title in Novice while also working on her Advanced Title allowed her and Jojo to reinforce the game and practice being successful.

Congratulations to Jean Wright and her dog Callie. The are the first NATE team to achieve a Masters Level Title!

NATE's Video Titling Program is attracting treibball competitors from across the country. NATE's Facebook page offers discussion of the rules and example videos of dogs both titling and achieving skills certificates. 

NATE is very happy to announce a new program available to our members.  Skills Certification is a form of proficiency testing, to help handlers fine-tune their training plans (with the added benefit of a little recognition thrown in for fun!).

There are three Skill categories -- Distance, Directional Cues and Pushing -- each broken into three Levels of proficiency.  Testing must be performed by a Trainer who is also a member of NATE (see our Trainer Locator page), although guidelines are in process to give the option of video submission: we recognize that our members are scattered far and wide!

Preliminary response to the program has been very positive, from both professional trainers and Members alike.  Our first certificates have been awarded, and we look forward to many more.