Ron and KingAir McNab work on a vault trigger during a recent livestream. It is the dog’s job to recognize and take the trigger. The Leg lifting, or vault presentation, is the trigger. There is literally nowhere to go until the trigger is initiated.
Catch the full lesson here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLhtdDVqzg
via PVybe on YT: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hNQI0SOKQ8
There is a lot more to a vault than the definition. There is a reason you can’t just watch a YouTube video and get an understanding of the vaulting process. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you know how to do it, or how it is done; performance is not understanding. This is very evident when it comes to vaulting.
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.
To vault in disc dog freestyle is to leap off the handler’s body to catch a disc in flight. A defining aspect of competitive disc dog freestyle, the Vault
The dog uses the player´s body as a launching pad to jump for a disc. A Vault is a leaping catch from the handler’s body. The dog leaves the ground for the target... More is a simple operation with a great many physical expressions and variations. This book aims to explore and uncover the principles and concepts of the vault and to deliver sound understanding of all aspects of the skill to players and judges for success, style, and safety’s sake.
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 vaulting process or behavior chain in it’s simplest form. When vaulting we need to reliably:
What is a Take? In disc dog we do this thing called a TakeA Take is a cued Bite that replicates the placement and timing…
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