We’ve got some sweet rounds of TimeWarp from Bite Club, the Grasshopper puppy’s 2nd Disc Dog Jam, some Epic sequence stealing, a bunch collection and tracking work to cure Premature Ejumpulation, and a few throwing lessons.
DiscDogger Weekly
Regulating Disc Dog Pursuit with Different Releases
Throwing upside down makes a dog approach and pursue the disc more thoughtfully. Ron & Epic work on regulating disc dog pursuit.
Upside Down Disc Throwing Tips & Technique
Throwing upside down is both useful and stylish. DiscDogger Weekly #14 features several upside down throwing lessons used to shape and control collection and pursuit of discs and to help shape a better leaping catch. Ron Watson lays out 4 basic upside down throws and goes over some throwing tips & technique for making them work for you.
Making the Play with Eppie | Disc Dog Team Movement and Leaping
We have been working this week on collection and thoughtful pursuit using upside down throws. Putting that into a pattern or flowing flatwork is a bit different from doing it in single disc Throw N Go. In this session, Eppie & I work on “Making the Play” using an upside down toss with the goal of getting him to slow down and thoughtfully pursue the disc so he is in a better position to leap for the catch.
Disc Dog Team Movement Foundation | Puppy’s 2nd Jam
This is Grasshopper’s 2nd jam ever. We did an introduction to disc a few weeks ago that went pretty well. Since then we have done three team movement sessions with cookies (1 | 2 | 3) which included some work on front and rear crosses. There was a total of 17 minutes of work done in those cookie training sessions.
Upside Down Throws for Disc Dog Collection and Tracking
Upside down throws create disc dog collection and tracking opportunities and limit the opportunity for over-pursuit. Because of their strange flight pattern, upside down throws ask your dog to pay attention to the disc and it’s trajectory rather than just run around out there chasing plastic.
Disc Quan Do Throwing | 12 Hands Form
Using Disc Quan Do throwing forms to create competence and understanding of creative disc releases.
Music, Dance, and Disc Dog Freestyle | The Rhythm is In the Gaps
Your disc dog tricks and moves are your beats or dance steps. All the stuff required to set them up and make them look and sound good in flow are the gaps. You need rhythm in your play to create beautiful music and graceful dance instead of just making noise and moving erratically. To create rhythm, you need to mind the gaps.
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 Grasshoppa, a little bit of throwing, a couple of Freestyle rounds with Apryl Lea, and some more Give work with Eppie.
Disc Placement, Shapes, and Team Movement | Flamingo & Flamingitis
Creative releases are often quite difficult to drop into your Team Movement flow, especially counter clock releases. The Flamingo and Flamingitis throws both spin counter clock and both happen while the handler is upside down and all crooked and backwards. Usually these throws are just chucked out there somewhere after the dog goes around or is making a Pass. Eppie and I are working on making these throws with Intent and flowing Team Movement for the leap – on the flank and with shapes.