On Flatwork: The Xs and Os of Preferred Movement
At Pawsitive Vybe we look at the dog’s directional movement and direction of play through a clockwise and counter clockwise lens. It’s a bit “brainful”,…
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Cavaletti
A stride regulation tool, a single stride regulator or series of stride regulators at roughly elbow height to the dog, A cavaletti can be single or in…
Zig Zag
Description: 4 Throws in a row thrown at least 8 yards from the handler with the dog making the catches while running in Zig Zag…
Balance for the Dog
Performance is not Understanding. Just because a dog does it, doesn’t mean the dog knows how to do it or what they are doing. Speaking…
The Writing of the Tao of K9Disc
Ron Watson on the process of writing the Tao of K9Disc - The Way of Disc Dog Freestyle.
Big Over Foundation with Loot
Here’s a recent training session with Loot that features some Yachi Method things we learned at Camp Hirai. This drill is pretty standard, but the…
Epic Flatwork Session
Warmup A flip in each direction followed by some well posed or overly dramatic throws, take your pick… A Pose is a telegraphing of the…
Localized Landing Lessons
Localized Landing is a disc dog leaping technique we teach at Pawsitive Vybe to enhance leaping ability and leaping safety. Many leaping techniques isolate and…
Running Flat
Running flat is a term cribbed from the horse world. It means dropping the head down and running too fast to leap. Many, many disc…
Ballwork
Ballwork is a vault and localized collection drill that we do here at Pawsitive Vybe. A fixed and stable exercise ball is used as a…
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Vocabulary of Xs and Os
Throughout this series there will be some strange and empowering vocabulary. It’s not easy to think about stuff without words sometimes. Here are some common…
Oppositional Feeding Applications
Easy Cheetah! Kiva is just an animal on the retrieve. He runs in faster than he goes out and swarms Apryl. Many dogs and handlers…
Step, Step, Collect… Jump!
Pattern Training Pattern training is an important concept in dog training and dog sports. It fosters understanding of the skills required and also creates muscle…
Counterconditioning the Head Down Gallop
At Pawsitive Vybe, we work on breaking bad habits like this all the time. Even so, eliminating bad habits can be hard. There is…
Bent Cavaletti
Cavalettis have been used to adjust horses strides for a long time. They can be used deliberately and at low speed and can be used…
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…
A Litany of Too Late & Too Low
This video was shot at 240 frames per second and was shot specifically to get some good technical footage of vault timing. Well we got…
Lower is Not Always Safer
When it comes to vaulting, lower is not always safer. The standard trajectory in vaulting is like a staircase. The dog leaps up from the…
Ballwork with Sue & Ella
Verbal Cue (Top! | Rebound! | Stall!) The verbal cue Top tells the dog to leap straight off of the obstacle. Rebound tells the dog to…