Teaching a Flying Give to a Disc Dog with Classical Conditioning
A Fish is a Flying Give. The dog is supposed to spit the disc out while in mid-air. Some dogs to it fairly naturally, and some have to be taught.
Category: Daily Flow
a flowing stream of consciousness from Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe on disc dogs and dog sport performance
Rewarding with Plastic | The Cookie is Next
Many handlers struggle with disc dog skills simply because they think that their only cookie in this game is "the Disc". The disc is a cookie, but it …
Regulating Disc Dog Pursuit with Different Releases
Throwing upside down makes a dog approach and pursue the disc more thoughtfully. Ron & Epic work on regulating disc dog pursuit.
Upside Down Disc Throwing Tips & Technique
Throwing upside down is both useful and stylish. DiscDogger Weekly #14 features several upside down throwing lessons used to shape and control collect…
Making the Play with Eppie | Disc Dog Team Movement and Leaping
We have been working this week on collection and thoughtful pursuit using upside down throws. Putting that into a pattern or flowing flatwork is a bit…
Disc Dog Team Movement Foundation | Puppy’s 2nd Jam
This is Grasshopper's 2nd jam ever. We did an introduction to disc a few weeks ago that went pretty well. Since then we have done three team movement …
Upside Down Throws for Disc Dog Collection and Tracking
Upside down throws create disc dog collection and tracking opportunities and limit the opportunity for over-pursuit. Because of their strange flight p…
Disc Quan Do Throwing | 12 Hands Form
Using Disc Quan Do throwing forms to create competence and understanding of creative disc releases.
Disc Dog Puppy Videos in Playlist Format
Disc Dog Puppy Training is a part science and part art form. The human is a trainer, handler, and athlete. The dog is a learner, an athlete, and a tea…
Music, Dance, and Disc Dog Freestyle | The Rhythm is In the Gaps
Your disc dog tricks and moves are your beats or dance steps. All the stuff required to set them up and make them look and sound good in flow are the …
Team Movement Transformation in 7 Sessions with Obi
Flatwork with Obi, aka: "Not a Border Collie", has been almost a weekly feature on DiscDogger Weekly. Obi is Apryl's dog, so the videos are pretty muc…
DiscDog Puppy Foundational Team Movement | Front & Rear Crosses with Cookies
Team Movement is a great skill to teach to a puppy. It can be done in systematic fashion with cookies rather quickly. We have already worked to teach …
Reinforcing a Give with a Cued Drop
Epic has a pretty crappy give. A few weeks ago that crappy Give cost us more than a few points in a big worldwide contest - "Not Cool, Eppie!" and not…
Everything Your Puppy Needs to Know About Team Movement in 5 Minutes
This method teaches a puppy everything they need to know about Team Movement in 5 minutes and immediately translates to disc play. It delivers 5 set u…
Puppy’s First Disc Dog Jam | Zappa the GrassHoppa
Zappa is a 17 week old puppy who has never played disc. This is a typical introductory puppy training session for us, meaning it is anything but typic…
Better Interior Team Movement | Squared Stance Shifting Form
Being ahead of the dog is the key to flow and control, and being in front of the dog on interior moves requires fast, purposeful movement. Watching th…
Good Questions Are More Important Than Simple Answers | Learning About Wind Management
How are you going to learn about the wind? What are you going to do to learn how the wind affects your throws? Serious questions…
My guess is you ha…
Alternating Squeaky Wheel Flowing Flatwork and Leaping Form
We have already covered the Squeaky Wheel Form in the show. That version was a single direction - 4-6 throws in one direction as a session, and then, …
FunKey Strategy & Training in a Hashtag SweetSpot
FunKey is a terrific crossover game. The biggest problem training it is the scale of the field and the organization required to paint it up. For a few…
4 Way Flank for Purposeful & Flowing Team Movement
A flatwork green belt Disc Quan Do form, the 4 Way Flank is a form that explores purposeful Team Movement and covers the entire field. 3 Working Flank…