Go Do Dog Stuff: Seven Simple Ideas for Effective Dismissal
What Is Dismissal? Dismissal is the opposite of Attention. Practically speaking, it means that the handler is not available at this time. It does not…
Tag: Drive Management
Managing of Drive is a key element of dog training, disc dogs, and dog sport; articles on Drive Management by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe.
Manufacturing the Approach
The concepts of On and Off can be taught quite quickly by marking the off and tossing a cookie. The dog leaves the Spot to go grab the cookie and then…
Three Tips for Working with Distracted Dogs
There are a bunch of approaches to handling reactive or distracted dogs. Regardless of what methodology you use, here are three simple things you can …
Seven Ways to Reinforce Your Disc Dog
At Pawsitive Vybe we look at dog Frisbee through a dog training lens. Disc dog Sequences are just long behavior chains and they require dog training s…
DOC – A Freeshaped Engagement Framework
What is Doc? DOC stands for Dismiss – Observe – Capture and it is how we handle stable dogs in stable environments. Handling a stable…
The Pawsitive Vybe STARR Protocol
STARR Protocol for Reactive Dogs Working with reactive or fearful dogs is a specialty of Pawsitive Vybe. The key to dealing with these troubled dogs…
2 Simple Steps for Superior Shaping
Many dogs get very high when working for cookies and clicks. Some go over threshold when working. I think this is fairly common for clicker trainers. …
Disc Dog Flatwork: Oppositional Feeding
Oppositional Feeding is a technique that I have been using for some time now to slow my dogs down a bit and get them to settle in and work away from m…
Bed and Breakfast Lesson: Chaos vs Consequent Game
Disc Dog Bed and Breakfast Guest, Linday, performing Bitework in the Context of a Consequent Game with Juicy Juice of the Pawsitive Vybe Pack.
Disc Dog Routine Building with Cookies
Work on building a routine with cookies. Whether it's drive reduction for clear thinking or creating a walk through type situation for routines...
Discdog Bite for Wait
How do you teach a high drive dog to Wait? Teach him to Bite on cue. This bitework lesson is about creating a wait with a Bite Cue.
Bitework Rule # 3 – Never, Ever Touch Me!
A video on Bitework Rule # 3. If you're getting bitten by your dog during play this is a must watch.
Disc Dog Bitework 101 With Indy – Two Target Bitework
Two Target Bitework lesson with Indy by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe.
The Consequent Game
The Consequent Game is an infrastructure of communication for learning through play. Performance of target behaviors is tied to energy levels...
Some Thoughts on Teaching in Drive
A dog that is engaged in drive is often hard to handle and gives many good discdoggers fits. It is important for handlers to be able...
Attention and Targeting
Attention and Targeting are the basis of team based work. Without these skills teams don't function very effectively. Shaping...
Attention and Drop as Secondary Reinforcer
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 of the handler a…
Transferring from Treats to Toys
Reinforcement will be in the form of tossing the toy, when the handler wants some space, or a bite and tug on the toy when the dog...
Humor, Repetition and the Classical Condition
Yesterday, I did a piece on Reframing the Dog’s Understanding of the Door. A couple of the comments pointed out some gaps in the one…