Vaults and Overs Archives

Rec’d on YT | Master the Art of BallWork & Balance: Mechanics Monday w Antonis & Meg 🎾 | DiscDog Dojo #156 🛠️🐕

⚙️ Mechanics Monday Rolls in with a Bounce! ⚙️ Gear up for an action-packed Mechanics Monday at 9PM CT with the dynamic duo, Antonis & 🇬�…

DojoBot November 7, 2023

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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.

Ron August 8, 2021

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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.

Ron July 19, 2021

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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…

Ron April 4, 2021

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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…

Ron April 3, 2021

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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 …

Ron April 3, 2021

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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…

Ron February 13, 2021

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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…

Ron February 13, 2021

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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 …

Ron February 13, 2021

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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.…

Ron January 22, 2021

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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…

Ron October 26, 2020

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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…

Ron September 14, 2020

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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…

Ron September 7, 2020

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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…

Ron August 23, 2020

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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 …

Ron July 29, 2020

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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…

Ron June 4, 2020

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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…

Ron June 2, 2020

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