2 Keys to Teaching a Dog to Stay
Many clicker trainers have problems with duration because they are primarily focused on marking and reinforcing action. After the action part of the d…
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K9Disc for Agility Handlers
Originally Published in Dog Sport Magazine 2008 I’ve been playing disc with my dogs for over 10 years now, and in those 10 years I’ve…
Four Principles of Positive Training
These are standard Positive Training principles with a little Pawsitive Vybe flavor added to them – and the mindmap is just really cool. It’s a…
Pawsitive Vybe Disc Dog Training Menu – Jamming in 57 Flavors
Thinking about working some disc dog stuff with Pawsitive Vybe? Here are 57 lessons that are available in a seminar or camp. Each of these lessons can…
Art of Linking Tricks
Sequences are just behavior chains and is only as strong as the weakest link in that chain. Each behavior in the chain must be strong. if a link in th…
Spot Training as Set Up Move
Spot training can be used as a set up move and can increase the efficiency and flow of a training session.
Fixing a Retrieve with Bitework
This is a response to a post in a discussion on K9Athlete.com I know this is an older thread. The funny part is I have instructed…
Play+ Flow Foundation: The Set Up Move Drill and 3 Keys to Flow
An illustration of Flow in Dog Training by Pawsitive Vybe highlighting three key aspects for success and fun.
Fly Chi Flow Forms as Drop Framework
Ron Watson discusses using Fly Chi Flow Forms as a framework for reinforcing the cued Drop, a key disc dog mechanic.
Flatwork – Are You Feeding or Leading
In an earlier article, Flatwork is Flow, I wrote about the concept of Flatwork in the game of disc: In agility, the stuff that goes…
Transferring from Treats to Toys
All of the drills in this weeks lessons need to be transferred from treats to toys. Here are a few concepts we can use to…
Rewarding with Plastic
Rewarding a dog with flying discs is an artform. If you are good at it, you can get more out of your dog in a…
DiscDogger Weekly #12 | Puppy Foundation, Team Movement, Flamingo & Flamingitis
Season 2 Episode 2 of DiscDogger Weekly, #12! UpDog Games from Bite Club, an expanded puppy foundational Team Movement session with Zappa the Grasshop…
Better Catching with Loot | Punishing with a Pause and the Offered Down Part II
Part I covered a bunch of techniques and concepts that we use to reinforce the catch and punish the miss. It also laid out the Path that Loot a I took…
The Path to Better Catching with Loot | Punishing with a Pause and an Offered Down Part I
The first of a two part lesson on Punishing with a Pause and an Offered Down. It outlines several strategies for reinforcing the catch and punishing t…
Patron’s Choice: Shaping the Leaping Catch | Freestyle and the Leaping Catch
Shaping a Leaping Catch can, and should be a full time job. Always throw with the intent to deliver the leaping catch unless working something specifi…
Patron’s Choice : Shaping a Leaping Catch | Leaping Functions
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: Shaping a Leaping Catch | Leaping Concepts
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 ca…
Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | Disc Management for the Handler
Sneak Peek - Patrons Only… Public Release Dec 15th |
If your dog knows flank vs pass and how to drop and you know when to give the Drop cue, then…
Da Hu Yellow Belt Forms for Her Green Belt Test
As a Disc Quan Do Yellow Belt, these forms are your test for your Green Belt. In order to pass, you have to at least look as good as da Hu here.