Georgia Irish Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Well my wife and I started a couple of weeks ago with our first frisbee class with Rocket. We went to a Dog and Disc Club here in Atlanta and we have met some great folks allready. Tim Geib-Gold Winner Medal winner 2004 ESPN great american outdoor games and Melissa Heeter another great person with numerous titles and a incredible reputation. Well two weeks later Rocket is quickly picking up many of the basic things. Rocket is a little over 11 months old and well it is tough not teaching him vaulting yet, but I know it is not healthy to start this until he is appx 18 months old. So I am playing around with low impact tricks and Toss and Fetch. Anyone else here into Frisbee/Disc Dog stuff. And any hints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Where do you buy your discs ?? Are they regular frisbees or special soft ones for dogs? Can you suggest a website to buy from ???? My pup is only 6 months old but already is catching the disc and having great fun with it. I only play a couple of times a week for about 10 minutes since he is so young. I live in NY so there are not many disc dog clubs that I can find. Thanks for your help. http://community.webshots.com/user/timmie86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Irish Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Greater Atlanta Dog and Disc Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Irish Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Great Disc Dog Video Site here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Georgia Irish Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 The above are three neat sites. There are many many more out there. The first one in Atlanta is the one I just joined. I see you have a young pup, the first thing I was told since my border is 11 months old is to not do any vault training until he is 18 months old. As a matter of fact they wont let you enter many tournaments that involve vaulting until your border is 18 months old. One of the first things you can start doing right now is called Toss and Fetch. It is where you throw it certain distances and your dog returns it to you in and you get points. This is usually a 90 second timed event and you can throw as many as you want but you only count your five best. Briefly. You stand at a line and you cannot cross it at anytime. You have a 20,30, and 40 yd distance and your dog gets certain amount of points for catches in each zone and a bonus point if they catch it with all four paws off the ground. Then they have to return it back each time to you behind the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Irish Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Here is one of the discs/Frisbees you can use. One of the objects is to throw it and spin it where they can catch it easier without it hurting them much. When I first started a few weeks back, I knew I could throw a frisbee, no problem. Well diffrent story, these frisbee are not the heavier ones that are easier to throw, you have to practice with this lighter frisbees over and over. I am quickly learning that 85% of the time that my dog drops a frisbee is because I dont make the proper throw. I am telling you it takes work with these lighter frisbees especially in the wind. Here is one style linked. K-10 Frisbee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Irish Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 BY the way your puppy is so cute, But arnt they all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addysdaddy Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 The biggest reason that I got Addy was to teach her frisbee. She is doing really well at a year old but since I don't know of any clubs or competitions nearby we have reached a wall with her training. I don't know where to take her next with tricks and different catches. I too have had trouble keeping all her paws on the ground when she tries to catch but we definitely are not training any vaults yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rave Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Cameron, Laura Moretz is in the Charlotte area for a little bit longer before she moves to Atlanta. She's a frisbee competitor and judge. She may have some classes you can take, or at least some private lessons to get you going in frisbee. Here's her email: jump4discs@yahoo.com -Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca, Irena Farm Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Once you get the hang of the hyperflite you'll never go back. My husband could really make that thing fly. We never had a frisbee trained dog that could keep up with him! Ben wouldn't run fast enough and Trim got so excited by the time she got there she'd leap twice as high as she needed too and forget the point of what she was doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgiaBC Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Hey, I'm in Atlanta, and took my two bc's to the club's clinic in February. They had some great suggestions. I haven't really thought about competing, and am still having trouble getting the dogs to bring the frisbees all the way back to me, but we do about 30 minutes of toss and fetch 3-4 times a week. Where are you located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
border_collie_crazy Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 I do frisbee with My gals, Happy wont vault, she only does long, short, and ground tricks. Misty loves bouncing, the problem is teaching her to actually use me as a vault, she is afraid of hurting me, making it kind of hard to get her to do something that she thinks will hurt me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katelynn & Gang Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 We do disc! Cue is a disc nut. He'll leap right over your head to get it! Dice use to be like that but she is going to be seven and still leaps but only so high. We'll be at the Michigan State Disc Dog Championship. Katelynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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