Rec’d on YT | Team Hero Routine Breakdown with Christopher Cruz

DojoBot June 14, 2022

Christopher Cruz is a member of Team Hero who was invited to compete in the 2022 Purina Incredible Dog Challenge regional qualifier in Huntington Beach, CA. Chris and his Dutch Shepherd, Poison Ivy, performed an almost flawless routine and won the freestyle competition. This video shows his complete routine along with a commentary version where Chris breaks down some of the tricks he and Ivy performed. Like, subscribe and share. Leave a comment below and let us know if you’d like to see more of this content.

Super Hero 235 disc at Hero Disc USA:
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About Christopher Cruz:
Dog trainer, content/event producer-owner, and founder of The Canine Experience
But those are boring tittles… he’s a disc dog jammer at heart. Find him at:
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He’s on FB, IG, YT or Tik Tok.

Crufts on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/crufts

00:20 Full routine
03:31 Routine with commentary
04:30 Managing nerves
05:28 Canine care and jumps
07:12 Fidgets
08:35 Under leg brush trick
10:10 The Matrix trick
13:07 Trick resetting
15:04 Include the crowd
15:30 The Machine Gun trick
17:15 Upside down throw
18:52 Side Step trick
20:30 Leg vault flip catch
21:10 IDC Champions
22:13 Hero Super Star 235
23:20 Follow Hero and The Canine Experience
via PVybe on YT: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdmqX26q43g

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Unknown Member June 15, 2022
Really liked how he went through his routine and broke it down on how he trained for some of the tricks. He is so awesome, fun to watch and of course Poison Ivy is bad ass!
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