Teaching a Flying Give to a Disc Dog with Classical Conditioning
A Fish is a Flying Give. The dog is supposed to spit the disc out while in mid-air. Some dogs to it fairly naturally, and some have to be taught.
Category: Dog Training
Dog training lessons, articles, and theory by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe.
Rewarding with Plastic | The Cookie is Next
Many handlers struggle with disc dog skills simply because they think that their only cookie in this game is "the Disc". The disc is a cookie, but it …
Golden Ratio of Reinforcement | Epic Give Sessions 2 and 3
We have already talked about how Eppie has a crappy Give and used a cued Drop to address it. Well, it's still kinda crappy, just a little less so. To …
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…
Patron’s Only: Sit Pretty in a Back Stall
Patrons Only | So you’ve got the Sit Pretty behavior and you’re looking to do it on your back. Odds are you’re having some trouble with cookie d…
Daily Flow Audio: On Engagement | Backchaining an Existential Experience
This is an audio reading of a featured blog post from the Pawsitive Vybe Disc and Dogs Blog: On Engagement | Backchaining an Existential Experience fo…
Wait vs Stay | A Critical Distinction in Dog Training and Dog Sports
What is the difference between a Wait and a Stay? Give it some thought before moving on... I'll wait and fill some time with some background.
Do You …
Find Beauty Not Fault | an Excerpt From the Tao of DiscDog
An excerpt from the proof copy of the Tao of DiscDog by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe. This is the final pull, just a few more pages to sift through wi…
On Engagement – Back Chaining and an Existential Experience
Allow An Existential Experience Everything starts with having a sense of existence within your situation. Where am I? What is this place? A dog should…
On Engagement in Dog Sports and Dog Training
Engagement™ is a huge buzzword these days in the dog training world. I think it’s taken over Rear End Awareness™” and Core Strength™. We’ve been…
Pawsitive Vybe Dog Training Graphic Novel – Breaking Ground on A Proper Pilot
I just got done chatting with an artist friend of mine and we’re going to be moving forward on a project we’ve talked about for…
Localized Landing Lessons
Localized Landing is a disc dog leaping technique we teach at Pawsitive Vybe to enhance leaping ability and leaping safety. Many leaping techniques isolate and…
The Importance of ‘Why’ in Dog Training
One of the most important (and potentially annoying) questions children ask is,”Why?” Why is a powerful question in learning and performance. “Why does this work?”…
Jam in a Flash for Cookies with RustGrizzy
RustGrizzy and DirtyErn work on a new sequence using cookies in a distraction filled environment using the Art of Linking Tricks and a FlashJam created here…
Epic Learning Hoop – Tricks to the Trick
Trick to the Trick: Prompt Switch The prompt switch is a technique used for changing a cue from one signal to another. To employ a…
Teaching an Epic Puppy to Back Up
Teaching a puppy to back up through shaping and rear foot targeting.
Slacker Training with Epic – Duration at a Distance
Here’s Epic working on a Pedestal while Ron whips up some Turkey Dogs à la Pawsitive Vybe. This is what I like to call Slacker…
[Link] Install an Off Switch While Building Drive — Leave them Wanting More
http://www.thrivingcanine.com/wanting_more
Chad Culp’s recent piece on his blog, Thriving Canine should be required reading for all dog trainers, dog sport and disc dog handlers in particular.…
AFF – SDiT Koda – Shaping a Brace
Here’s a quick video of Apryl Lea and Koda working on the Brace behavior. This is the first session on this particular behavior and Koda’s…