

Patron’s Choice Sneak Peek | Public Access Dec. 26
Key concepts of the canine leaping skill and behavior chain that shape and reinforce a leaping catch.
Sneak Peek for Patron’s only… Public access Dec 27th | Functions of canine leaping and how leaping catches function by Ron Watson
There is a lot more to a vault than the definition. There is a reason you can’t just watch a YouTube video and get an understanding of the vaulting process. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you know how to do it, or how it is done; performance is not understanding. This is very evident when it comes to vaulting.
Toss and Fetch, Single Disc, Mini-Distance, Throw and Catch, whatever you want to call it, the timed distance game with 1 disc, while an interesting event, is no way to introduce players to the sport of canine disc.
Shapes are created by the position and movement of dog, handler, and disc. And shapes can be created by the dog, the handler, and the placement of the disc. Shapes are a fact of disc dog freestyle.
When the dog leaves the handler for a catch, that tends to create a line. When the dog is away from the handler and moves across the field to make a catch, as in a Zig ZagA Zig Zag is a series of catches in smooth succession that forces the dog to move back and forth across the field. Usually performed at a distance of 8-20 yards, the Zig or Around the World
An Around the World is a disc dog flatwork pattern consisting of 4 catches in a circular pattern around the handler. This pattern is typically larger than 5 yards and often features creative, that tends to create a Shape.
Reading the disc is a skill that astute dogs and humans pick up rather quickly. The float, the spinSpins and Twists are tricks where the dog spins 360 degrees in a clockwise or counter clockwise fashion. Spin is clockwise and Twist is counter clockwise so it is important to have a, and the speed can reliably be gauged and predicted after several reps. Of course this changes with wind, disc choice, and throwing ability but, generally speaking, the flight path of a disc is easily predicted.
This is part of an ongoing Patrons Only series on the Drop Behavior in disc dog games and freestyle brought to you by Patrons of Pawsitive Vybe. To access the complete series and all of our disc dog and dog training content, consider becoming a Patron of Pawsitive Vybe over on Patreon.
Epic and I working on cuing the Drop after hooking up via a Set Up Move or Basic Flatwork Position as a proofing exercise for a verbal cue on the Drop behavior. This is our second session over the last 2 days, and it's already come along quite a ways. He seems to be more conscious of the verbal cue and is willing to carry it past an initial interaction with the handler.
This kind of proofing on the Cued Drop will enable greater disc management potential and enhance the Drop behavior in general.
This work will enable Eppie & I to do things with the disc in his mouth that we would not be able to do without the experience and understanding that we can do work while he's carrying and that the next trick is not the Drop cue.
This multitasking ability has great disc management and team movement applications. We will have a greater ability to deliver discs to particular parts of the field and to ensure that the discs get dropped where the handler wants, and not where the dog thinks it should happen.
In addition to the multitasking ability this work will increase Eppie's understanding of the cued Drop and also his desire to look for and perform the Drop on cue.
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