Rec’d on YT | 🐶💥🥋DiscDog Dojo #76 | Tactics Tuesday 🥏👊
Hang out with Ron & the Pups in the Dojo and get the tactical orientation required for Field Generalship and Epic Jam.
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Rec’d on YT | Tactics Tuesday: Perchwork, Primal Games & CupCake Moves | DiscDog Dojo #134 🐶🥏🎯
Welcome to Tactics Tuesday, episode #134! Get ready for a strategic and engaging session of disc dog tactics and play, featuring some of our talented furry companions.
In the spotlight tonight are the tactical experts: Ron Watson, Epic, 🧁CupCake🧁, daToss and Fetch, aka: Distance & Accuracy, Toss & Catch, is a disc dog discipline that uses a single disc. It is a timed event and you get scored based upon the distance... More 👑King👑, and the newest team member, 🐾Ken Du🐾.
The Purpose and Value of Recognizing Shapes in Disc Dog Freestyle
Shapes are created by the position and movement of dog, handler, and disc. And shapes can be created by the dog, the handler, and the placement of the disc. Shapes are a fact of disc dog freestyle.
When the dog leaves the handler for a catch, that tends to create a line. When the dog is away from the handler and moves across the field to make a catch, as in a Zig Zag
A Zig Zag is a series of catches in smooth succession that forces the dog to move back and forth across the field. Usually performed at a distance of 8-20 yards, the Zig... More or Around the World
An Around the World is a disc dog flatwork pattern consisting of 4 catches in a circular pattern around the handler. This pattern is typically larger than 5 yards and often features creative... More, that tends to create a Shape.
On Shapes in Disc Dog Freestyle
Shapes are more than just the trail left by the dog on the field, and the patterns created by the dog after the catch. Shapes differ from Flatwork
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