Disc Dog Opinion: What Is a Vault?
August 8, 2021 No Comments
Ron Watson lays out the basic nature of the disc dog vault and discusses some of the defining aspects of this freestyle trick.
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An Epic Trigger Example
July 19, 2021 3 Comments
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
April 4, 2021 No Comments
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 audio only live-training QnA session on Clubhouse where we experience the sounds of dog training and lend our imagination to interpret and explore the training session.
The Sound of DiscDog | Cue as Marker
April 3, 2021 No Comments
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 Sound of DiscDog is an audio only live-training Q
The Sound of DiscDog | Cuing a Vault
April 3, 2021 No Comments
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 is a series we run in the Pawsitive Vybe Club on Clubhouse, an audio only social network, that is designed to stimulate our listeners imaginations and draw attention to some of the missing elements of disc dog and dog training through visual consumption. Listening to training and jams can provide a completely different understanding. Give it a shot, listen to the audio below before watching the video.
DiscDogger Weekly #24 – Flank or Pass and Wait vs Stay with Dog Catch & Stall
February 13, 2021 No Comments
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. This type of strategic multitasking in dog training is what we do here at Pawsitive Vybe and should not be missed. We also have some Disc Quan Do class excerpts featuring the Flank or Pass Challenge that are on point for DiscDogger Weekly. Hope you dig the show!
Wait vs Stay Using a Back Stall with An Over-Aroused Dog
February 13, 2021 No Comments
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 culmination of the progression and a proof of concept for the techniques, strategy, and theory laid out in the 15 minutes of training that led up to it.
Wait vs Stay Using a BackStall with An Over-Aroused Dog | Pt 1
February 13, 2021 4 Comments
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 dog and she handles him fine. He is still over-aroused, but manageable for her if she stays on top of him. I am not a fan of “staying on top” of a dog. I try to cultivate a sense of self-discipline with a working dog, which is often easier said than done and certainly easier done with a dog who is not yours.
Clock & Counter Jakie & Rebound
January 22, 2021 No Comments
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. It’s essentially a frontside rebound if you think of the move as a vault. Frontside means the catch happens before the standard move…
Disc Dog Vault Training | Cuing Direction
October 26, 2020 No Comments
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’s movement with the presentation of the vaulting platform, and set the Target. It is your job to deliver this information so the dog leaves the ground knowing these three pieces of critical intelligence.
Disc Dog Vault Toss Trajectory Training
September 14, 2020 No Comments
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
September 7, 2020 No Comments
Vaulting a Disc Dog is a complicated process. We break this complex process down into 3 basic functions – Tell | Trigger | Target. We have already covered the Tell function in an earlier DiscDogger Weekly. After you Tell the dog what we are going to do and where we are going to do it, then we Trigger the skill. We have covered the Trigger skill here on the blog in various places.
Disc Dog Vault Principles | Cuing Direction aka: Tell
August 23, 2020 No Comments
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 cuing direction. We tell the dog which vault we are doing and where it will be done. Everybody knows what’s happening before anything actually happens.
Three Simple Steps to Teach a Polka Puppy a Hoop
July 29, 2020 No Comments
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 see she got it right away. Now part of that is because she is not only super cute, but she’s super smart, but this simple 3-step Hoop technique we’re going to cover right here is extremely elegant and effective.
Disc Dog Vaulting Class Coming Soon..
June 4, 2020 No Comments
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 vaulting process or behavior chain in it’s simplest form. When vaulting we need to reliably:
On Vaulting | Timing: A Moving Target
June 2, 2020 No Comments
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 when to go, and put the target where it needs to be – Tell > Trigger > Target.
On Disc Dog Vaulting | Timing Is NOT Your Problem
May 31, 2020 No Comments
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 vaulting disc dogs, everyone is focused on timing, and it’s largely my fault. For 18 years I broadcast the ideas: “Don’t Be Late!” and “Early, Early, Early!” And the message was received. It’s nearly the law when it comes to vaulting a disc dog.
Patron’s Choice: Vaulting Principles | Disc Dog Vaulting Concepts
February 3, 2020 No Comments
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.
Patron’s Choice: Vaulting Principles | Disc Dog Vaulting Defined and Definitions
February 1, 2020 No Comments
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 Vault is a simple operation with a great many physical expressions and variations. This book aims to explore and uncover the principles and concepts of the vault and to deliver sound understanding of all aspects of the skill to players and judges for success, style, and safety’s sake.
Rebound vs Fakie
January 16, 2020 2 Comments
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 Rebound or Reverse Vault. Many people teaching disc dog freestyle have unintentionally fed this problem by not attending to the distinction between the two and by misapplying our Vault Discrimination foundation in their teachings.