Disc Dog Puppy Team Movement Foundation | 2nd Session

Zappa’s second Team Movement foundation session went quite well. This time we did 9 Set Up MovesSet Up Moves are tricks that are used to establish timing and position in disc dog freestyle. Traditional tricks include: Around, Through, Backwards Through, and Scoot, but any or all of your tricks,...: AroundAn Around, or a Go Around is the traditional disc dog set up move. The dog goes around the handler’s body in a clockwise or counter clockwise fashion allowing dog and handler to... Clock, Around Counter, Backwards ThroughIf your dog moves through your legs from back to front, that is a backwards Through. The Backwards Through usually sets up in one of two ways depending on where your dog’s starting... Clock, Backwards ThroughA Through is a set up move where the dog runs between the handler’s legs. The dog can move from front to back or side to side and can even weave. A Through... Counter, Through Clock, Through Counter, ScootA Scoot is a Set Up Move where the dog scoots backwards between the handler’s legs. It’s a really clever Set Up Move, the image of your dog spinning around and shimmying backwards..., and Get Back from Heel and SideHeel position is the same as in obedience, with your dog standing immediately to the left and side has the dog on the right. All obedience positions are helpful in the game of... (Scoot from the side). We also added FrontFront is a stable position directly in front of the handler. Front is an traditional obedience skill. Usually your dog sits in this position, but standing is often acceptable as well, especially in... & Rear CrossOn a Rear Cross, the dog switches Flanks with the behind her. From clock to counter clockwise Flank or vice versa. Taken directly from the canine agility world, the Rear Cross is a... and Spin & Twist (clock & counter spins). All of this within a communication system that translates directly to disc.

Efficient & Elegant Disc Dog Puppy Foundation

This foundation work is both efficient and elegant. If you can teach 9 Set Up Moves, Spin & Twist, Front & Rear CrossA Cross is an canine agility term that describes a change of working sides. Your dog moves from your left to your right (Heel to Side) or from Clock to Counter. Crosses are..., AND teach a communication system that transfers directly to on field disc play faster and more completely, have at it. I don’t think it’s possible.

We’re going to do 1 more cookie session this week and put it in the show, same set up as this one, and the week after that we’re going to take it out on the field and jam with rollers with this little pup using exactly the same action. No kidding.

The only thing that doesn’t transfer immediately to the disc field are the Scoot behaviors, but we’ve got a trick for that. It’ll be laid down before Halloween. 😉