Vaulting with Kenna.

This is a typical Bitework Application session. There is a plan, in this case, we’re going to develop a Hoop, skill where the dog leaps through a hoop made from the handler’s arms. Working this skill with Bitework yields a loose a sloppy understanding and performance of the skill. It works, it’s fast, but if we want to teach this skill well, cookies would be a better method. Teaching this skill with Bitework will yield a ‘quick and dirty’ trick.

Vault Discrimination Ball Work with Sue and Ella. Ella learns to distinguish linear vaults from stalls and reverse vaults.

Timing for Big Overs and any vault is early, early, early! Get the disc up early, before the dog leaves the ground so he makes…

Apryl and Ron Demonstrate various degrees of poor placement and timing on vaulting skill in the snow at the Farm. This was supposed to…

Flip to Vault with Ron & Kiva utilizing the Art of Linking Tricks (Through… Wait… Trick!) sequence building method.

Discriminating between Vaults and Overs with disc placement. Dog >> Target >> Obstacle for an Over and Dog >> Obstacle >> Target for a Vault…

Vault Placement and Timing with attention given to the dog’s positional relationship to the handler. A stride and a half…

Cuing the Direction you want the dog to go and the place where the disc will be caught instead of drawing attention to the obstacle. It’s a big deal.

Linear Vault descriptions: Catch and Carry and Stretch to Catch and the pros and cons and best practices of each.