Engagement and the Cookie Process
One of the goals as a professional dog trainer is to have a simple, accessible philosophy that can be communicated easily and applied fairly simply…
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Scoot Fix – Bite for Wait and Better Position
Getting a good solid Wait from your dog during disc dog training can be a difficult task sometimes. Fix and define position using a cued Bite and Rew…
Cued Bite
The Cued Bite is a powerful tool in dog sports. A Cued Bite in disc dog has the dog biting and taking the disc from the handler's hand on cue.
Pawsitive Vybe S2E9 – Bite for Drop
Putting the Drop behavior on cue gives the handler a great deal of power over an object in the dog's mouth and can be used to teach a Hold, Carry and …
Pawsitive Vybe S2E8 – Bite for Drive
Episode 8 of Pawsitive Vybe, dog training & lifestyle show, Bite for Drive focuses on getting dogs who have trouble playing with toys to engage in bit…
Teaching a Hoop With Bitework
This is a typical Bitework Application session. There is a plan, in this case, we're going to develop a Hoop, skill where the dog leaps through a hoo…
The Cookie Process
One of the goals as a professional dog trainer is to have a simple, accessible philosophy that can be communicated easily and applied fairly simply…
Ron Watson | Scoot
Dog backs up between handler's legs from front to back, the Scoot is an interesting Set Up Move. Ron Watson gives some tips on using and abusing the …
Flag and Flash Cuing
Flag and Flash Cuing is a cuing system developed by Pawsitive Vybe for teaching dogs to leap over and off of their handlers. The quick and dirty Over …
Shaping the Give with a Collar Grab
Sometimes when dogs are learning the game of bitework, they can really tear the disc out of your hand after you ask for the Give. Here's a simple vide…
Rec’d on YT | DiscDog Dojo Replay | Slacker Sunday – Shaping Soft Work aka: Chilling with da CupCake
Ron & Cupcake hang out and do some Slacker Training in this livestream that was somehow deleted by the YouTube Gods. 00:00 – Harouken /…
Ron Watson | Thru N Flip
A Through that resolves into a Flip behind the handler, the Thru N Flip is a hybrid move. Sometimes when two tricks hook up they become something more…
Training Triad: Dismiss | Explore | Recall
Dismiss your dog early and often. Let your dog Explore while dismissed. Recall with the intent to Dismiss again and repeat the process.Dismiss to Capi…
Training Triad: Drop | Give | Hold
Drop, Give, and Hold are behaviors that define one another. It is best if Dog, Handler, and Team understand them and pitting them against each other..…
DiscDog Triad: Release | Reorient | Approach
The dog Releases after the catch, Reorients to the handler, and then Approaches. Each of these are key criteria and need to be assessed in real time.
Training Triads
Training Triads Bite Sized Snippets of Knowledge What is a Triad? Well a Triad is Many Things, but at root, it’s 3 things: This, That, and…
Training Triad | End the Victory Lap – Shaping the Release
After a dog catches the disc they break off the attack and move to regroup or to a ready position. The movement after the catch can be called the Rele…
Trigger and Wait Installation with Soda Pop
Ron & Soda Pop use the Flatwork Compass to install the Wait behavior and a reliable Trigger for action.
DiscDog Mechanics: Predict & Cue for the Cued Drop with Otto
A cued Drop session with Otto, a disc dog that drops far away from the handler.
Through – Wait… Flip!
Mechanics Dog is sent through and handler calls wait. Handler turns towards the dog using positional pressure to halt the dog’s momentum. Handler marks wait…