Dog Training, Performance & Art
If you are timing your vaults, you are trying to hit a bullet with a bullet. “Was I late,” is a phrase loaded with meaning. Tired of being late? Ask yourself, “Late for what?” If a Vault Falls in the Forest… It reminds me of that age old adage,”What if I called a vault and […]
Footwork is Flatwork or flatwork is footwork at a distance. You can take your pick on that one…
The feet of the handler are strong cues and often triggers for the disc dog. These important foot positions and movements all mean something
Mistakes Are. They exist, they will happen, and you and your dog will make them. Yes, even dogs make mistakes. All dogs know this.
Disc dog freestyle violates the rules of pressure. Throws rarely go in the direction the positional pressure is telling the dog. In some styles the dog is working the throw itself and not the positional pressure, but the result is the same. If the ways of pressure are not practiced and respected in training they will not be practiced or respected in performance.
Apryl & Motown (5 months) Work Some Dog Catch Foundation
Ron Watson on working for Patrons.
Ron reads Xs and Os Revisited, a series about shapes and flatwork in the game of disc dog freestyle from the Pawsitive Vybe Disc and Dogs Blog. from Disc Dog Radio.
This is an audio reading of a featured blog post from the Pawsitive Vybe Disc and Dogs Blog: On Engagement | Backchaining an Existential Experience for the Disc Dog Radio podcast.
This is one of the modules from our Sequence Building Class in it’s proper form. The idea was to have Graphic Novel instruction that could stand out on it’s own. I think it works… just in case the lessons and actual class is linked above. There are videos and more words and stuff…
Intent is not the same as trying. It’s about doing and purpose. Intent is purposeful doing and purposeful doing as a habit changes everything.
Tricks, drills, and skills have various purposes. Handlers must approach those skills with proper intent in order to capitalize on the various purposes of tricks, drills, and skills.