Disc Dog Over Timing
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...
Month: December 2010
A Litany of Too Late and Too Low
Apryl and Ron Demonstrate various degrees of poor placement and timing on vaulting skill in the snow at the Farm. This was supposed to...
Team Movement and Disc Management
Simple, outside the box tips and tricks for good team movement and disc management. Learn to show off as you...
Disc Dog Sequencing – Flip to Vault
Flip to Vault with Ron & Kiva utilizing the Art of Linking Tricks (Through... Wait... Trick!) sequence building method.
Notecards – Jam in a Flash
The best Routine Building tool that we have been using here at Pawsitive Vybe for more than a few years is a simple set of 3x5 cards.
Through… Wait… Flip!
This is our base level building block for building sequences. It has team movement and good positional properties. This is the way you build sequences…
Disc Dog Multiple Flipping Sequences
There are many ways that we can work multiple flips. The most common way is to do it directly in front of the handler. flip, flip, flip, flip... Borin…
Through and Flip Sequence – Live Speed
Removing the Wait and going on to full speed. Be sure that you have a good history of Through... Wait... Flip before you move on to Live Speed.
Over the Hills and Through the Woods!
Pan and leilani hanging out in the car on the way tow grandmas for christmas we are listening to neil young.It’s a beautiful day!Peace n…
Flowing Catch for Fast Learning
Playing catch with another human is probably the best and fastest way to improve our throwing skills. Develop a game of flowing catch. This is Learnin…
The Flick Myth in Disc Sports
There is no wrist Flick in Frisbee. At least not in the way most people understand the of flicking the wrist. The Flick in Frisbee comes not from the …
Interception vs Chase
Most dogs jump for Frisbees because they missed. They have over pursued, ran past the target and make a last ditch effort to make the catch - they jum…
Space Time Continuum
Everybody knows that disc placement is key to making disc dogs look good. One thing most people don’t think about is the timing of that placement. T…
Step, Step, Collect… Jump!
We pattern train many things here at Pawsitive Vybe, but probably the most important pattern for the game of disc is Step, Step Collect... Jump!.
Vaults vs Overs
Discriminating between Vaults and Overs with disc placement. Dog >> Target >> Obstacle for an Over and Dog >> Obstacle >> Target for a Vault...
Time and Space
Vault Placement and Timing with attention given to the dog's positional relationship to the handler. A stride and a half...
Cuing Direction
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
Linear Vault descriptions: Catch and Carry and Stretch to Catch and the pros and cons and best practices of each.
Vaulting Vocabulary and Nomenclature
Vaulting Vocabulary and naming convention because the Disc Dog world doesn't have any and being able to talk about discdogging...