Fly Chi Flow | Flatwork, Flash, and Team Movement
Fly Chi is structured jam driven by forms that rely on, exercise, and test, foundational disc dog jamming skills. Similar to Tai Chi, Fly Chi…
a flowing stream of consciousness from Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe on disc dogs and dog sport performance
Where’s My Dog At? and the Nexus of Imagination, Intent, and Competence
I’ve mentioned imagination in training many times on the blog and in DiscDogger Weekly episodes. It can’t be stressed enough - putting your imagin…
Patrons Q and A | On Stereotypes of Disc Dog Play
Ron Watson answere a Patrons question on stereotypes of disc dog play and their effects on individuality, growth, and performance.
DiscDogger Weekly | Disc Dog Web Series in a Single Episode
While the show is offline for a couple weeks, I'm still working on it. Getting ideas on content and also delivery. I've been assembling all of the Dis…
DiscDogger Weekly #20 – Season 2 Finale & Freestyle Extravaganza
Last show of Season 2 featuring freestyle jams with Abby Cline, Apryl Lea, Jack Fahle, and Ron Watson. We’ve also got another throwing lesson, some …
Apryl Lea & Jolene | A Shapes Comparison
A few weeks ago Apryl & Jolene were featured in DiscDogger Weekly in a piece on Shapes & Flatwork. Their performance was notable because of the distin…
Throwing Discs to Dogs | Runners vs Floaters
A disc can be thrown in many ways. Two of the many ways of throwing a disc are Runners and Floaters. Runners fly long, straight, and far and have very…
DiscDog Mechanics | Reinforcing a Give with a Tugging Take
This really is an old lesson. It's part of our foundation. I use this to teach dogs and teach people a Give all the time. That said, this is a bit of …
Deliver Clear Cues for Your Disc Dog
Proper cuing is critical for successful disc dog performance. Issues with cuing and the resultant communication problems are, perhaps, the most common…
Shapes Scoring Discussion With Jack Fahle
There are three main components that create Shapes in disc dog freestyle. Where and how the dog moves, where and how the throws are made, and where an…
Handler Movement to Affect Disc Dog Shapes
Not only does how and where you throw matter when it comes to disc dog Shapes, but your movement also has great bearing on the types of lines your dog…
Throwing to Create Disc Dog Shapes
How and where we throw the disc has great bearing on how and where our dog moves. This sounds elementary, but the application of this knowledge is not…
On Flatwork & Shapes in Disc Dog Freestyle
Disc Dog Flatwork and Shapes are related but not the same thing. Just because you have good flatwork doesn't mean you will have good shapes and vice v…
6 Ways to Create DiscDog Shapes and Improve Team Movement & Flow
A judged subcategory in UpDog, Shapes are not well understood in disc dog freestyle. That said, they do have bearing in your score in other organizati…
Better Creative Throwing With Athletic Humor
Flying discs are magical missile objects. They seem to move in an impossible manner. It is this impossible movement that attracts people to the flight…
Dialing in Distance Throwing | Catch with Curves
For many throwers, old and new alike, Hyzer and Anhyzer are like some kind of paranormal activity, like ghosts they are completely visible but ephemer…
Toss N Fetch Catch | Practicing Under Pressure
Throw as many 42 yard throws as you want and you can still be surprised and affected by your rampaging frizbeast bolting up field and pressuring your …
Patrons Only Class Excerpt | Stance Shifting Connections
This is an excerpt from our Patrons Only Disc Quan Do Class. It's about the connections between the Stance Shifting Form and functional disc dog Team …
Disc Dog Vault Training | Cuing Direction
Tell, Trigger, Target is the disc dog vault sequence. Tell the dog where the disc will be caught and what type of vault is to be done, Trigger the dog…
Slowing Down a Disc Dog with Team Movement & Flatwork
Obi has come a long way. He is paying attention to his handler, he's following his handler's movements and respecting and responding to positional pre…