Training to catch a frisbee???

[wolfsoul]

I started getting Visa into frisbees last year in an effort to make her good enough to enter the flying disc competition this year. She hated the plastic frisbee, she was afraid to catch it in her mouth. So I bought a soft one. I would throw it, but she would just wait for it to land and then pick it up. So since we are avid clicker trainers, I had her stand in front of me and I tossed the frisbee near her and clicked and treated her for every time she caught it. She caught on well, and tried to catch it every time I threw it far. Hopefully we place in the competition this year.

[ParNone]

Go Rebel and Tango! You guys look awesome, skying for the frisbee!

With my Collies, I first taught catching skills with a soft stuffie, then moved to a soft frisbee and finally a harder frisbee. I've gotten a few emails about how I trained Oz and Gull, so I put together a quick lil' video. Here's the link: Teaching Frisbee

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[Kfamr]

Ki has always been a catcher but, we worked on catching farther and farther. Now, she's learning to catch HIGHER. She has many type of frisbees but prefer a Flippy Flopper from Wal-Mart out of all types. She HAD 5 of them but we are down to 4 - she lost one at the beach.

[Ravette]

I wish my dog would lean to CATCH!!! Shes almost 2 now and I still throw treats to her and they BOUNCE off her head *rolls eyes* Any ideas?

[jackie]

I wish my dog would lean to CATCH!!! Shes almost 2 now and I still throw treats to her and they BOUNCE off her head *rolls eyes* Any ideas?

My Bo is like that, I have just excepted he is a bit slow in that area.

[ParNone]

Ravette:

I wish my dog would lean to CATCH!!! Shes almost 2 now and I still throw treats to her and they BOUNCE off her head *rolls eyes* Any ideas?

Treats can be hard for some dogs to see. Gull has never been able to catch treats, although I eventually did discover he could catch Popcorn, maybe because it's a lot lighter color then most treats.

I find starting with a soft stuffie to teach catch works really well. It's big enough to see, but soft enough that while they're learning if it bonks'em on the nose, it's no big deal.

Gull's not exceptionally coordinated, fast or can jump high, but he's gotten really good at catching a frisbee. And he started out with treats bouncing off his nose too, so he's proof it can be done.

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[lisahumphreys882]

Ravette:
Treats can be hard for some dogs to see. Gull has never been able to catch treats, although I eventually did discover he could catch Popcorn, maybe because it's a lot lighter color then most treats.

I find starting with a soft stuffie to teach catch works really well. It's big enough to see, but soft enough that while they're learning if it bonks'em on the nose, it's no big deal.

Gull's not exceptionally coordinated, fast or can jump high, but he's gotten really good at catching a frisbee. And he started out with treats bouncing off his nose too, so he's proof it can be done.

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My doggie can catch popcorn and some toys as well...but struggles hard to catch the frizbee, although he did catch it once. I have a hard frizbee though.

If anyone knows where to buy soft frizbees i would greatly appreciate it, thanks