DiscDog.Live | Puppy Shaping with Ricky Jones
I happened to catch a live stream session by Ricky Jones the other day on FB. It's a nice session with a malinois puppy featuring shaping, cookies, an…
Shaping is a training technique using successive approximation to create complex behaviors; articles by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe on Shaping.
AFF – SDiT Koda – Shaping a Brace
Here’s a quick video of Apryl Lea and Koda working on the Brace behavior. This is the first session on this particular behavior and Koda’s…
Shaping the Spot Behavior with Dismissal
DOC is our Environmental Management Protocol. It is designed to help dog trainers learn to passively handle their dogs through shaping and reward and …
Four Qualities of Good Dog Trainers
I ran across this great article on Clickertraining.com. This is how it's done. It's a long article written by Clint Matthews about overcoming an early…
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 …
Success Vs Performance Requirements
Disc dogger's have a problem. We all want to play this game so darned much that it's hard to remain consequent and focused on the component skills tha…
Eight Ways to Slow Down Your Disc Dog
Slowing down a disc dog's on field movements is important for safety and performance. It is also important for your dog's frame of mind as well. Thoug…
Disc Throwing Secret: Manufacturing Success
Success is contagious and habit forming. Failure is contagious and habit forming. Which one do you do more of in your throwing practice?
Creative Disc Throw | Airbounce
The key to throwing the Airbounce is to have a perfectly clean release at the simplest expression of the throw. If you can’t perform the throw at it…
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…
Shaping the Give with a Collar Grab
Sometimes when dogs are learning the game of bitework, they can really tear the disc out of your hand after you ask for the Give. Here's a simple vide…
Exercise – Freeshaped Multiple Target Targeting
Note: in the video linked above, LaVerne demonstrates this exercise at 15:14 and 23:16 Freeshaped Multiple Target Targeting is a training exercise that we do…