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…
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…
Attention Eye contact in the presence of a disc earns the opportunity to bite the disc. It’s brutally simple and effective for keeping dogs off…
Posing is a communication tool for throwing discs to dogs (or people). A pose is a frozen moment of a throw; a key moment of…
Most of the behaviors that we create with our dogs are really chains of small concepts and chains are only as strong as their weakest…
Attention in the presence of discs creates a default wait. If eye contact is marked, the dog waits in anticipation of her cookie. If you…
Multiple Equal-Value Targets Use multiple targets to create a higher rate of reinforcement and to establish more control over the mechanics of the game: bite,…
When offering the dead fish tug, it can be really hard to hold on to the disc if the dog is going bonkers trying to…
I was introduced to Bitework in Germany in 2003 while hanging out with Marcus Wolff. In his kitchen I watched him doing bite and drop…
All dogs miss bites sometimes and how you handle the miss is important. First off, a near miss is every bit as, and perhaps more…
This is probably the most important cookie in dog training. Next is a powerful motivator for skilled learners and athletes. What is next? Next is…
Description The dog spins or twists in the corresponding direction of the Flatwork Compass before each throw. Method: Block – BSP – Spin Clock –…
While 2020 was a pretty shitty year by nearly every metric, we really did try to make the most of it. 2020 was my most…
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