Disc Dog Opinion: What Is a Vault?
Ron Watson lays out the basic nature of the disc dog vault and discusses some of the defining aspects of this freestyle trick.
Category: Vaults and Overs
Everything there is to know about disc dog vaults and overs by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe.
An Epic Trigger Example
Ron & Epic demonstrate our standard Triggers for a catch, a Bite, flips, overs - and all of those skills are Triggered with the same mechanic.
The Sound of DiscDog | Frontside Backside Vault
Ron & Epic work on a bit of lost history with this Frontside/Backside Vault on a Sound of DiscDog session on Clubhouse. The Sound of DiscDog is an aud…
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…
The Sound of DiscDog | Cuing a Vault
Ron & Epic warmup for some detailed vault work and demonstrate proper vault cuing in this Sound of DiscDog session on Clubhouse. The Sound of DiscDog …
DiscDogger Weekly #24 – Flank or Pass and Wait vs Stay with Dog Catch & Stall
Episode 24 of the show takes on over-arousal in a multi-session progression lesson on Wait vs Stay featuring Ron & Motown working on the Back Stall. T…
Wait vs Stay Using a Back Stall with An Over-Aroused Dog
This is Session 4 of a series of training sessions with Motown over the course of an afternoon. It served as the introduction for the sessions and the…
Wait vs Stay Using a BackStall with An Over-Aroused Dog | Pt 1
This is the first of a 4 part session with Motown, an 18 month old MiniAussie. Motown is easily over-aroused while working for cookies. He is Apryl's …
Clock & Counter Jakie & Rebound
For a long time I've been wanting to do Jakies in both directions. A Jakie is a move where the dog leaps to catch the disc then rebounds off the body.…
Disc Dog Vault Training | Cuing Direction
Tell, Trigger, Target is the disc dog vault sequence. Tell the dog where the disc will be caught and what type of vault is to be done, Trigger the dog…
Disc Dog Vault Toss Trajectory Training
Vault tosses, like all disc dog throws are as much about time as they are about placement. Or you could think about time as part…
Disc Dog Vaulting Principles | Cross as Trigger
Vaulting a Disc Dog is a complicated process. We break this complex process down into 3 basic functions - Tell | Trigger | Target. We have already cov…
Disc Dog Vault Principles | Cuing Direction aka: Tell
What vault are we doing and where are we doing it? That is the very first thing a disc dog team needs to know. We call this Telling and we do it by cu…
Three Simple Steps to Teach a Polka Puppy a Hoop
Historical footage recovered from our cloud archive, the Polkanado puppy learning the Hoop behavior. This was her first shot at the skill and you can …
Disc Dog Vaulting Class Coming Soon..
Alright! I've been working on a disc dog vaulting class. It is broken down into three modules: Tell > Trigger > Target. These three modules are the va…
On Vaulting | Timing: A Moving Target
The handler's job is not to hit a moving target. Hitting the moving target is the dog's job. The handler's job is to give the dog a clue, tell the dog…
On Disc Dog Vaulting | Timing Is NOT Your Problem
Timing is not the issue with vaulting. Placing focus on timing in order to solve vaulting problems will not solve them. It will make them worse.In …
Patron’s Choice: Vaulting Principles | Disc Dog Vaulting Concepts
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 …
Patron’s Choice: Vaulting Principles | Disc Dog Vaulting Defined and Definitions
To vault in disc dog freestyle is to leap off the handler’s body to catch a disc in flight. A defining aspect of competitive disc dog freestyle, the…
Rebound vs Fakie
Patron's Only Sneak Peek... Public Access Jan 22 | This conflation between the Fakie and the Rebound is a big issue in teaching and performing the R…