Frisbee Foundations with Ron Watson- Dogmantics Dog Training TV presents
Ron Watson, an internationally renowned Frisbee master, was in San Diego doing a Frisbee seminar that I had the pleasure to attend. He generously accepted the offer to do a free youtube tutorial on some basic Frisbee foundations. These exercises can be done with a dog even before they have been introduced to a Frisbee, and can also be used for cool tricks, or flashy Canine Freestyle moves as well! I must say that my Frisbee throwing ability GREATLY improved with a little tutoring! And now Splash is not eating dirt every time that I throw! Thanks Ron! Are you interested in Frisbee? Check out these links- www.pawsitivevybe.com www.k9athlete.com Check out Ron Watsons youtube channel www.youtube.com/k9disc for more free tips on playing Frisbee with your dog. — Remember your dog should be over 18 months old to do these exercises, to ensure their growth plates are closed. Also keep in mind your dog should also not be overweight or old- stressing their joints too much.
January 31st, 2010 at 11:14 pm
This is fantastic!! I’ve been wanting to train Samson rebound for ages. Thank you for posting this
5*
xx
February 4th, 2010 at 2:46 am
glad to see someone more r+ than zakgeorge!
February 6th, 2010 at 8:28 am
Great vid!!
February 7th, 2010 at 11:21 am
Thanks. We are not in any hurry so we will keeping plugging away. She’s never been the most coordinated dog to start with, much like her mom who has the same issues! LOL!
February 7th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Thanks!
Belgium? Love to.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Just take it slow.
This drill is about giving them the conceptual understanding of the skills – not unlike running tires or a rope grid for a football player.
As she gets better at the drill, she’ll be able to put those long legs under better and better.
After that it’s all timing and placement.
February 10th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Well I have just been inspired to train Sparky this tomorrow morning.
Thanks for the awesome video Emily and Ron!
February 11th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Perfect timing! We have been working on this. How do you know when your dog is not suitable for this? Done wobble board, ladder rung climbing, barrel rolling, standing on back while I kneel, etc, to build coordination, muscles, body awareness, timing etc. She’s 3yo. Some sessions I think she’s not cut out for it. Her long legs are hard for her to coordinate her feet don’t seem to grip. Has landed on her back a couple of times due to foot slips. She’s keen but I don’t want her to get hurt.
February 14th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
thanks for posting this, Emily! Ron is such a great coach, I’m still waiting for him to come to Belgium! In the meanwhile I’m going to try the reverse vault training tips, because I had difficulties teaching Jessie this. Hopefully this is going to work!! 5*
February 16th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Ooo… perhaps you picked up on the fact that I use a positive marker and give no reinforcement sometimes.
Different school of thought on marking behaviors. Emily and I talked at length about that.
peace
February 18th, 2010 at 8:57 am
The “yes!” is the conditioned reinforcer in this case. (In lieu of the clicker).
February 19th, 2010 at 1:55 am
Great video, maybe Im a dogmatic old **** but:
Are you training this with no click??
February 19th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
It was really cool talkin’ trainin’ with you guys, em.
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:30 pm
I have been working on frisbee stuff a lot with my dogs lately so this video is a real help
Ron did an awesome job 
February 25th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Hey I wonder if you could make a video about how to teach the dog to jump correctly. Mine most of the time jumps straight in the air and lands on his hindlegs (not really good for his joints :/) that is a reason why we don’t play frisbee so much anymore.
March 1st, 2010 at 12:13 am
Great tutorial!
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:56 am
Hey Emily !!! Very nice and intersting info.
Thanks!!!!! And
Thanks Ron!!!!!!
March 5th, 2010 at 6:19 am
Thanks! I just see so many dogs eat it on the way down (crashing to the ground). My dog Bandit has had a broken Tibia and I worry about him doing some of the stuff that he does. I run agility and I worry about that too! He likes it, so I guess I should just not worry and let him have fun! I would love to come to a seminar with you next time you are out here in San Diego. Thanks again! Pam Bandit
March 8th, 2010 at 5:08 am
Very cool! I don’t think I’ll be trying it with my chihuahua though:-) Roxy is a beautiful dog, btw. I’m gonna check out Ron’s channel. Thanks for posting!
March 9th, 2010 at 7:12 am
Thanks for posting! I love video responses! Great minds think alike!
I taught stall by getting my dog to jump onto the couch and then put the cushion on my back- to become a human couch.
March 12th, 2010 at 12:43 am
a couple weeks ago. Sorry you missed out!
March 13th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
I’ve recently discovered that vaulting is often much easier on ‘the joints’ than big leaping.
It’s all in the execution of the skill.
peace
March 14th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Actually Yachi Hirai gets most of the credit.
I had actually done the stall work already with Leilani (see blog entry Oct 24). I think I said something about it on your post with Bonnie (Nov 11).
And your video ROCKED, LEO!
peace
March 16th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Emily, You have such great helpful videos for people and their dogs. Thank you so much for caring. And it was so nice of Ron to do that. Yet another great job! Thank you! Ann
March 19th, 2010 at 5:15 am
When was he there? I recently went to San Diego and was thinking about making contacts with some dog trainers…
(I’ve been to San Diego last weekend, 21st to 25th )
great video!!