Training Triad | End the Victory Lap – Shaping the Release
After a dog catches the disc they break off the attack and move to regroup or to a ready position. The movement after the catch can be called the Rele…
Category: Disc Dog Routine Building
Disc Dog Freestyle Routine Building articles and videos by Pawsitive Vybe.
The Sound of DiscDog | Cue as Marker
Ron & Epic demonstrate some sequencing ideas, namely using the next cue as the marker for the current behavior in this Sound of DiscDog session.The So…
Handler Movement | Exploring the Holger
Developing creative handler movement is no easy job. We tend to move in the way we move and there is so much to do when doing interior moves. We've go…
DiscDogger Weekly #23 | The Flatwork Process
DiscDog Flatwork is more than moving the dog around the field and is more than the patterns of movement we can create as a handler and as a team. Most…
DiscDogger Weekly #22 | Puppy Power and Pre-Cuing
Episode #22 Puppy Power! Wham! is the star of this show, doing some disc dog puppy Bitework. We hit on some Oppositional Feeding and talk a bit about …
Functional Movement Requires Knowledge and Intent
A Disc Quan Do excerpt with Ron & Oleg. A snippet of Tuesday Afternoon Disc Quan Do class focused on handler movement, speed, and position.
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…
Are You Reading Your Disc Dog?
Knowing how your dog moves is the key to Team Movement and flow in disc dog freestyle. This knowledge requires more than just chucking discs and picki…
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…
Disc Dog Throwing | From Form to Function
This session is focused on practically applying the 8 and 12 Hands Forms towards a Zig Zag. You can look at this as training, learning, or a proofing …
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 …
Leveraging the Release | Transitions, Team Movement, and Disc Management With the Unbalanced Dog
Loot is an unbalanced dog. He has a strong preference for counter clock movement. His reliable counter clockwise release after any catch is of great b…
Epic Team Movement | How to Shape and Control Your Dog’s Movement After Catch
This piece is building off of the Stop Putting the Cart Before the Horse piece from a few days ago.
We call the dog's movement after a catch the Relea…
Routine Building | Stop Putting the Cart Before the Horse
In routine building handlers are often putting the cart before the horse. I've built more than a few routines in my time. I've drawn detailed diagrams…
Don’t Pick Up That Disc! Flatwork Navigation for Better Disc Management
Yesterday we covered Efficiency, Intelligence, and Intent in Disc Management in overview fashion. Today we're going to go a bit deeper and focus in on…
Don’t Pick Up That Disc! Efficiency, Intelligence, and Intent in Disc Management
Efficiency, Intelligence, and Intent in Disc Management has little to do with picking up discs.
Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | On Shifting Focus and Purpose
Sneak Peek - Patrons Only… Public Release Dec 16th | Playing with purpose is how you learn to do things you don’t really know how to do. Intendi…
Patron’s Choice: Routine Building Vol 1 | Of Forms and Purpose
Sneak Peek - Patrons Only… Public Release Dec 16th | Think Forms Not Drills - A drill is something an athlete does to get better. Drills help you …