Hi gustergirl!

I didn't use a training manual, so this probably isn't the "right" way, but I've got my Collie catching frisbees pretty good. When he was a puppy, I started tossing treats to him to catch. Once he got the concept of catching and thought it was just the best thing, since he was getting treats, I started tossing just all kinds of things at him, stuffies, tennis balls, toilet roll holders, pieces of plastic or cardboard and of course a soft rubbery frisbee. Just whatever he'd bring me, I'd throw it. At first I threw directly at him, softly though. Then I started tossing to the side. Then not only to the side, but a lil' bit behind him. This was all done from a fairly short distance away from him. I made a game out of throwing it unexpectedly and at all kinds of different angles, so he'd get into moving and catching and honing those reflexes. Once he was proficient at catching all kinds of things, all kinds of different ways, I started taking the frisbee and tossing it further and further behind and away from him. Since he was so use to moving to catch things, it was an easy transition from this point, to get him to start running and catching the frisbee as it went away from him.

I will say I also tried this technique with my 2 Cairns and it didn't really work. The male Cairn got really good at catching treats and stuffies, but I never could get him interested in the frisbee. The female Cairn would let the treats bounce off her head and then eat them, so I was never able to even get her to catch anything. So some of it depends on the dog I think on how successful you can be.

Good Luck! There's just about nothing funner than frisbee. Look forward to seeing pics of Finn, catching his frisbee.

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