Episodes
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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…
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Dial 833.DISCDOG – Toll Free Jamming
The post Dial 833.DISCDOG – Toll Free Jamming appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Daily Flow: Reframing Vault Timing
If you are timing your vaults, you are trying to hit a bullet with a bullet. “Was I late,” is a phrase loaded with meaning.… The post Daily Flow: Reframing Vault Timing appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Daily Flow | Reframing Flatwork
Footwork is Flatwork or flatwork is footwork at a distance. You can take your pick on that one... The feet of the handler are strong cues and often triggers for the disc dog. These important foot positions and movements all mean something The post Daily Flow | Reframing Flatwork appeared first on...
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Tao of Disc Dog | It’s OK to Make a Mistake
Mistakes Are. They exist, they will happen, and you and your dog will make them. Yes, even dogs make mistakes. All dogs know this. The post Tao of Disc Dog | It’s OK to Make a Mistake appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Tao of Disc Dog | The Tao of Pressure
Disc dog freestyle violates the rules of pressure. Throws rarely go in the direction the positional pressure is telling the dog. In some styles the dog is working the throw itself and not the positional pressure, but the result is the same. If the ways of pressure are not practiced and respected…
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Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | On Shifting Focus and Purpose
Sneak Peek - Patrons Only… Public Release Dec 16th | Playing with purpose is how you learn to do things you don’t really know how to do. Intending to do something, expecting a result, and being present in the moment to observe and catalog that result is how knowledge and understanding grows. The...
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Patron’s Choice: Routine Building Vol 1 | Of Forms and Purpose
Sneak Peek - Patrons Only… Public Release Dec 16th | Think Forms Not Drills - A drill is something an athlete does to get better. Drills help you build the skills you will need in the future. This focus on getting better and the future is putting the cart before the horse and values skill over...
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Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | Playing Games with Purpose
Sneak Peek - Patrons Only… Public Release Dec 14th | Every game we play with our dog is a purpose driven endeavor. Most of the time, the only purpose people care about is scoring points. That is a purpose, but I wouldn’t say that is THE purpose. The post Patron’s Choice: Routine Building |…
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Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | Disc Management for the Team
Sneak Peek - Patrons Only… Public Release Dec 14th | Ron Watson on Disc Management for the Team. The post Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | Disc Management for the Team appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | Disc Management for the Handler
Sneak Peek - Patrons Only… Public Release Dec 15th | If your dog knows flank vs pass and how to drop and you know when to give the Drop cue, then your disc management problems are pretty much over. Just cue the Drop when your dog is running over top of a pile of discs and keep it moving. Easy,...
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Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | Disc Management for the Dog
Sneak Peek - Patrons Only... Public Release Dec 14th | A dog that knows how to flank and pass will be able to maintain a desired working distance of the handler’s choosing. Combined with a cued Drop, this knowledge makes the dog a superstar in disc management. The post Patron’s Choice: Routine...
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Daily Flow | Of Emotion and Patron Support
Ron Watson on working for Patrons. The post Daily Flow | Of Emotion and Patron Support appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Daily Flow Audio | Xs and Os Remastered
Ron reads Xs and Os Revisited, a series about shapes and flatwork in the game of disc dog freestyle from the Pawsitive Vybe Disc and Dogs Blog. from Disc Dog Radio. The post Daily Flow Audio | Xs and Os Remastered appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Daily Flow Audio: On Engagement | Backchaining an Existential Experience
This is an audio reading of a featured blog post from the Pawsitive Vybe Disc and Dogs Blog: On Engagement | Backchaining an Existential Experience for the Disc Dog Radio podcast. The post Daily Flow Audio: On Engagement | Backchaining an Existential Experience appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | Skills Demonstration and Demonstration of Skill
Sneak Peak Access for Patrons Only… Public Access Dec 9 | MOVE!!! You are NOT a Spectator Once you are done with your job, MOVE. Disc comes out of the hand for the flip, you should be moving. If the handler moves as soon as the job of throwing is over, the dog is late to the party and has to...
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Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | Creating Competence
Sneak Peak Access for Patrons Only… Public Access Dec 9 | Backchaining a routine is a simple process. Simply break up the routine into sequences or modules. And start with the last sequence, even if it is just a dog catch. The post Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | Creating Competence appeared...
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Patron’s Choice: Routine Building | Creativity in Routine Building
Sneak Peak Access for Patrons Only… Public Access Dec 8 | Creativity in Routine Building often happens at the level of the Sequence, a series of tricks that become greater than the sum of their parts. Sequences are the blocks or modules you will be moving around to create your jam. To go beyond...
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Tao of Disc Dog | Intent, Purpose, and Satori
Intent is not the same as trying. It’s about doing and purpose. Intent is purposeful doing and purposeful doing as a habit changes everything. Tricks, drills, and skills have various purposes. Handlers must approach those skills with proper intent in order to capitalize on the various purposes of...
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On Choosing a Song For a Disc Dog Freestyle Routine
Sneak Peak Access for Patrons Only… Public Access Dec 8 | Choosing a disc dog freestyle song can be the easiest thing in the world or one of the hardest. It is kind of a feast or famine situation for most players. And then the boredom sets in... The post On Choosing a Song For a Disc Dog…
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Component Elements of Disc Dog Routines
Sneak Peak Access for Patrons Only... Public Access Dec 7 | Tricks are very important. Having cool tricks makes life as a disc dog freestyler much easier on the competition field. But tricks are not the only important part. How they are put together is the key. It's like notes and music. The post...
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Tao of Disc Dog | There is No Faking Flow
Flow is about more than keeping it moving or moving fast. Glaciers can flow. Rockslides can flow. Sand flows through the hourglass. The smoother and more flexible the stuff, the more flexible and fluid the flow. Such is the Way of things that flow. The post Tao of Disc Dog | There is No Faking…
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Questions to Consider Before Building a Disc Dog Routine
Sneak Peak Access for Patrons Only... Public Access Dec 7 | Answering these questions is the groundwork that should be laid before you go about putting any routine together. Good decisions here can make or break your routine. The post Questions to Consider Before Building a Disc Dog Routine...
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Tao of Disc Dog | Balanced Throwing
Disc Placement is more than distance and height, there is a 3rd variable required to achieve the delicate balance of a guaranteed leaping catch: Time. The longer the disc hangs at your target the more likely the dog is to hop up and leap for it. A sense of time is required to deliver discs to a...
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Performance Formats of Disc Dog Freestyle Routines
Sneak Peak Access for Patrons Only... Public Access Dec 7 | I've done a few routines in my day; from choreography in chorale in HS to a few national championship collegiate cheerleading runs to world final disc dog routines. There many ways to do a routine, here are a few formats I've identified....
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Tao of Disc Dog | On Balance
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Tao of Disc Dog | On Separation
Separation, the distance between the handler’s hand and the catch, matters. Discs should fly like wings for a moment before being caught because that’s the Way of Flying Discs. The post Tao of Disc Dog | On Separation appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Tao of Disc Dog | Try Not Trying to Not?
Trying to not do the wrong thing is far more difficult than simply doing the right thing. If the wrong thing is the focus of the mind then where does that place the right thing? Obviously not there. The post Tao of Disc Dog | Try Not Trying to Not? appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Tao of Disc Dog | Balance For the Dog
Performance is not Understanding. Just because a dog does it, doesn’t mean the dog knows how to do it or what they are doing. Speaking is about more than making sounds. Communication is more than sharing ideas. The post Tao of Disc Dog | Balance For the Dog appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Tao of Disc Dog | Exploring the Depths
Depth of play can be split into 3 levels: a short, tight, inside game; a medium distanced, purposeful, mid-range game; and a long, big, or outside game. For both competition and personal development, depth of play should be somewhat balanced between the three, leverage your strengths with more…
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Why I Play the Game – On Competition, Coaching, Creativity and Feeling Cool In Disc Dog Freestyle
The post Why I Play the Game – On Competition, Coaching, Creativity and Feeling Cool In Disc Dog Freestyle appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Tao of Disc Dog | Easy Cheetah
You will never successfully play faster than your dog. The dog always plays at the handler’s speed and not a hair more. If the dog is trying to go faster than the handler it means the handler is probably willing to do so or has done so in the past. The post Tao of Disc Dog | Easy Cheetah appeared...
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Tao of Disc Dog | There Is No Way
There is no set Way with your dog. No formula for success written for you, your dog, and your skills exists; anywhere. Such is the way of things. The Way for you is the way that makes you, your dog, and the team look good, that demonstrates safe and successful play while making you and your dog...
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Tao of Disc Dog | Learning vs Performance
Trying to perform and learn at the same time is a recipe for disaster. How can you demonstrate a skill you are trying to learn? You can perform or you can learn, but you can't do both. The post Tao of Disc Dog | Learning vs Performance appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Blast From the Past: Disc Dog Radio #2 | Talking Smack with Lou Mack:
Ron Watson and Apryl Lea talk disc dogs with 2 time world champion and disc dog show legend, Lou Mack. The post Blast From the Past: Disc Dog Radio #2 | Talking Smack with Lou Mack: appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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On Engagement – Back Chaining and an Existential Experience
Allow An Existential Experience Everything starts with having a sense of existence within your situation. Where am I? What is this place? A dog should… The post On Engagement – Back Chaining and an Existential Experience appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Vault as Leaping Foundation
...dogs that vault well but do not leap well do so because the vault is just a simple foundational leaping drill with concrete and easy to achieve criteria... The post Vault as Leaping Foundation appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Reframing Reinforcement: Overpaid and Under-Reinforced
I learned this lesson not too long ago with Hops. Focusing on Paying and Rewarding this little Jack Russell Terrorist for good work meant that I never get to reinforce anything. It just wasn’t working... The post Reframing Reinforcement: Overpaid and Under-Reinforced appeared first on Pawsitive...
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Collection and Lead Changes
A few days ago we talked about leaping and front footed landings, an important and hot topic these days that drew out a great conversation.… The post Collection and Lead Changes appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Spooky Jam Update
Spooky Jam Update... The post Spooky Jam Update appeared first on Pawsitive Vybe.
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Economics of Distraction
Rhythm has a tendency to explode into the environment when he's asked to work - marking everything, sniffing everything, hustling up on people, etc - essentially working everything but his handler and Frisbees. The environment is extremely stimulating for this little guy... The post Economics of...
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