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Discdogger Weekly Returns | A Nearly New Weekly Disc Dog Show…
Back in the day there was this really cool disc dog freestyle show called Discdogger Weekly, produced by Josh Grenell, co-founder of the MN Disc Dog Club. Josh and I were kicking out a ton of great freestyle footage back in the day, and he was the first to come up with something that resembled a real show.
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Freestyle Disc Throws | Flamingo
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DiscDogger Weekly #19 – Talking Disc Dogs and Disc Dog Bitework
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