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Tag: Vaults and Overs


Time and Space

Posted by Ron Watson in Week 5 - Vaults and Overs. 2 comments

15th December

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



Cuing Direction

Posted by Ron Watson in Week 5 - Vaults and Overs. 2 comments

15th December

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.



Types of Linear Vaults

Posted by Ron Watson in Week 5 - Vaults and Overs. 1 Comment

15th December

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



Vaulting Vocabulary and Nomenclature

Posted by Ron Watson in Week 5 - Vaults and Overs. 2 comments

15th December

Vaulting Vocabulary and naming convention because the Disc Dog world doesn’t have any and being able to talk about discdogging…



Lower is Not Always Safer

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15th December

When it comes to vaulting, lower is not always safer. The standard trajectory in vaulting is like a staircase. The dog leaps up from the ground to the vaulting platform then leaps up…



Ballwork – Disc Dog Vault Discrimination

Posted by Ron Watson in Week 5 - Vaults and Overs. 7 comments

15th December

An introduction to Ballwork for Vault discrimination. Teach your dog the concepts of Linear Vaults, Reverse Vaults and Stalls – and put each on cue!



Vault Tosses – Learning a Horizontal Hover

1st December

Our dogs pressure us with their movement every time we throw a vault. Their movement and timing affects the throw…



Teaching a Fakie With Bitework

2nd March

A fakie is a essentially a rebound or flyball box turn off the handler, a Reverse Vault without a throw. Fakies are great set up moves for flips and vaults and can create incredible flow.






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