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    Category: Dog Training and Disc Dog Theory


    Dog training, disc dog, and dog sport training theory by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe.


    Ecological and Enactive Aspects of the Primal Elements of Play+

    The Primal Elements of Play are a featured aspect of Play+, and are shaped and honed as a product of embodied experiences. Over the course of the deve…
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    Ron November 29, 2023
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    Enriched Marking: Clear, Complicated, and Complex

    Enriched Marking is a key attribute of Play+. Skinner Rocks, but Pavlov rules. The process of play runs through 2 poles — the Physical to the Mental…
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    Ron October 24, 2023
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    Play+ Flow Foundation: The Set Up Move Drill and 3 Keys to Flow

    An illustration of Flow in Dog Training by Pawsitive Vybe highlighting three key aspects for success and fun.
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    Ron March 20, 2023
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    Algorithm of the Take – How a Slick Foundation Hides Intangible Skills

    What is a Take? In disc dog we do this thing called a Take – a Take is a “throw” made to the dog that…

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    Ron July 30, 2022
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    Training Triad | End the Victory Lap – Shaping the Release

    After a dog catches the disc they break off the attack and move to regroup or to a ready position. The movement after the catch can be called the Rele…
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    Ron December 18, 2021
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    Off-Switch + Engagement with DOC – Dismiss | Observe | Capture

    Some ideas on using Dismissal to create an Off-Switch and shape Engagement with working dogs by Ron Watson of Pawsitive Vybe.
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    Ron December 17, 2021
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    DiscDog.Live Excerpt | Foundation & Avoiding the Simplicity Cliff

    An excerpt of some QnA from a recent DiscDog.Live stream on revisiting foundation and ties in a little sensemaking and highlights the Simplicity Clif…
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    Ron November 24, 2021
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    DiscDog.Live Excerpt | Drive Management with Triads

    This video features Ron Watson discussing Drive Management with a triad made from standard Dog Training key concepts.
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    Ron November 24, 2021
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    Triads in Dog Training

    In dog training, and modern life, we tend to get overly focused on the goal and the impediment standing in front of the goal. In dog training, this me…
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    Ron November 23, 2021
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    What Is a Duration Behavior?

    Ron Watson lays out the concept of Duration behaviors and discusses how they work.
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    Ron August 9, 2021
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    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…
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    Ron July 14, 2021
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    The Sound of DiscDog | Cue as Marker

    Ron & Epic demonstrate some sequencing ideas, namely using the next cue as the marker for the current behavior in this Sound of DiscDog session.The So…
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    Ron April 3, 2021
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    The Sound of DiscDog | Halting the Chewing and Mauling of Discs with King

    Another installment of the Sound of DiscDog with King. This session was amazing for King and I. This mauling/chewing behavior has been a real nag. It'…
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    Ron April 3, 2021
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    Disc Dog Flatwork | Clock & Counter Defined

    Talking DiscDog Team Movement and Flatwork is often tough to wrap our heads around, doing it is hard enough, but talking about can be even tougher. Di…
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    Ron March 27, 2021
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    Bitework Criteria with Prima

    Travel back in time with Apryl & Prima... An online personal lesson with Apryl Lea from 2017 on bitework criteria and technique for a dog with a weak …
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    Ron March 26, 2021
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    Pre-Cuing for DiscDog Sequences with Jack & Remix

    Disc dog sequencing is an art form. A discdog sequence is more than just a list of tricks. A good Sequence, capital 'S' should be greater than the sum…
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    Ron January 28, 2021
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    On the Questionable Understanding of Getting Answers

    Teaching and learning has little to do with giving and getting answers. Giving and getting answers is the opposite of teaching and learning. Teaching …
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    Ron January 11, 2021
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    Deliver Clear Cues for Your Disc Dog

    Proper cuing is critical for successful disc dog performance. Issues with cuing and the resultant communication problems are, perhaps, the most common…
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    Ron December 3, 2020
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    Disc Dog Glossary | Updated 2020

    Words Matter. Disc dog vocabulary and nomenclature can be a bit tough to follow. That's why we created our disc dog glossary back in 2016. It's got mo…
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    Ron November 23, 2020
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    Better Creative Throwing With Athletic Humor

    Flying discs are magical missile objects. They seem to move in an impossible manner. It is this impossible movement that attracts people to the flight…
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    Ron November 17, 2020
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    Classes & Digital Dojo

    • Play+ Basic

    • Puppies & Jam | Graphic Jamming Vol 3

    • Copy of Sequence Building

    • Graphic Jamming Vol 4 | Smooving Flips - March 2020

    • Fly Chi

    • UpDog Game Strategies

    • Throwing Discs for Distance

    • Disc Dog Foundation Class 2020

    • Disc Quan Do

    • Sequence Building

    • Vaulting Concepts

    • Installing a DiscDog Drop

    • Disc Dog Bitework

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