Ron & CupCake warmup with some flatwork for leaping and get down to some embodied experience with the Play+ Primal Game – This, That, the Other.
This sequence was created with the assist of FlashJam GPT, an AI Sequence building assistant.
via PVybe on YT: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuiXAzhgbok
Sneak Peek for Patron’s only… Public access Dec 27th | Functions of canine leaping and how leaping catches function by Ron Watson
Patron’s Choice Sneak Peek | Public Access Dec. 26
Key concepts of the canine leaping skill and behavior chain that shape and reinforce a leaping catch.
The Primal Elements in Play+ serve as the fundamental building blocks that shape the entire play experience. They are the core ingredients that define what actions are possible, how those actions are understood, and how they are linked to form more complex behaviors and processes.
The Primal Elements of PlayPlay is willing, self-induced engagement in, and the experience of, novel, consequent opportunity. are a featured aspect of Play+, and are shaped and honed as a product of embodied experiences. Over
An Over is any leaping catch that happens over top of the handler’s body. Overs are usually named by the part of the body over which the dog flies, i.e - Leg Over,... the course of the development of this philosophy, JJ Gibson’s Affordance theory and direct perception crossed my path and the Primal Elements seem to be key elements of the perceptual array for direct perception.
ShapingShaping is a learning technique where successive approximation and a Positive Marker are used to teach behaviors and communicate concepts. Successive approximation essentially means continually closer to the target behavior. So Shaping is... a Leaping Catch can, and should be a full time job. Always throw with the intent to deliver the leaping catch unless working something specific that requires a specific approach, speed or distance that is incompatible with a leaping catch. Out throws are glory, not afterthoughts.
Within a game of disc dog freestyle there are many opportunities to reinforce and shape the leaping catch and to turn the speed regulation required for the leaping catch into a habit that is ever present in your freestyle game.
TakeA Take is a cued Bite that replicates the placement and timing of a throw. Usually used with overs, vaults, and flips, the Take is…
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