Shaping Engagement with Harbor
Engagement starts with Dismissal. You can't ON without OFF. If you don't control turning your dog OFF, you don't have a good hold of the handle on Eng…
Tag: Directional Feeding
Directional Feeding is the base level of disc dog freestyle and games. Reading the dog’s line and delivering a throw to where the dog is going to be is a key skill for cooperative disc play.
Team Movement Transformation in 7 Sessions with Obi
Flatwork with Obi, aka: "Not a Border Collie", has been almost a weekly feature on DiscDogger Weekly. Obi is Apryl's dog, so the videos are pretty muc…
PVybe Disc Dog Camp – Learning to Drop
Laura starts out by freeshaping the Drop and adjusting her position so Lakota doesn't get to drop discs in front of her at her feet. Once the Drop is …
Disc Dog Flanking and Feeding
The first steps of Practical Flatwork are Setting the Flank and Directional Feeding. Both of these skills have huge impact in how handlers...
Disc Dog Flatwork – Are You Feeding or Leading?
Are you feeding your dog's patterns or leading them? Creating and maintaining cool patterns in freestyle disc is a balancing act...
Learning to Run Patterns – Drill #1
One thing that separates the Pros from the soon to be Pros is Throwing With Intent, intending to throw to a spot at a particular distance, height and …