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Totally agree with Stoney! Dogs can get hurt playing frisbee, it's not worth the risk. I wish I had known this when I acquired a rescue Malinois who loved playing frisbee. I'm sure she got hurt on many occasions but pushed through because she was a maniac. She could jump and twist and turn.... cool to watch but I wouldn't fo it again. She broke toenails and split pads and carried on like nothing happened. I would never know until later and saw the blood. In retrospect, I'm wondering how many pulled muscles she may have had. Sometimes she would grumble in her sleep or wake up grumbling. Even bite people.... but, that's another story.
Maybe it wasnt the best environment for disk throwing ? I never thought about it or injury myself and was probably lucky. My lab was pretty athletic when young and lean.
My standard poodle puppy (5m) is getting good at handing me stuff, maybe too good. Today I saw her pick up something on the ground and I told her to give it to me. I got a handful of deer poop dropped in my hand.
I have a 2 year old black lab that no matter how or where you throw his ball he always catches it in his mouth. He runs while watching the ball and catches it every time in his mouth. Should put him on a team , 🤣😂
Annie's showing off how smart she is. Gonna be a good dog, just like Mr. No Name. Nice to see him getting play time alone with dad too. Makes perfect sense to use a little more care when playing athletic games with a stockier built dog.
I have a yellow female field lab about 60 to 70 pounds she’s amazing at catching frisbees it’s crazy how she can track it in the air and make adjustments.
Very informative. Thanks A LOT so far. Question: You mention Border Collie's at some point. Are they more safe to retrieve frisbees? Or is there any dog race more safe to do that? I guess maybe smaller ones might be safer or safe to do it? Or is the only real safe way to play with them retrieving to use something not affected by wind? I was planning to get a dog and play frisbee with it. But after what you said, i just cannot do it anymore. I just cannot risk to injure them in that way. Thanks a lot and regards. PS. Ok, now you mentioned it yourself already. So smaller, lighter ones. You mention Australian Shepherd. May i ask for more examples? So i could do some more research myself on those. Thanks so much!
I am not the person to answer that question but I think you should use in the beginning the highest motivational treat you can use that your dog loves, and then eventually you can wean them off. All dogs are different.
I didn't know that I can hurt my pooch when they change their jump in mid air. I have a white golden, blockie and not too athletic. I throw the Kong against the wall for about 15 minutes before I leave for work. She loves it, but sometimes throw it so it bounces up and it twists her jump. I'll keep it low from now on. Btw taking the Kong and tossing it off trail when hiking really tires her out good. Thanks Stonnie.
ROTFL. So hip injury due to improper play is to be avoided, but allowing them unrestrained in moving vehicle where they can fall, bump, or jump out and splatter their brains on the blacktop - or on another moving vehicle -..... is "Safety Sally" nonsense. Oooooohhhh Kayyy then.
@@StonnieDennis Your argument is you have to be dumb enough to allow your dog to be unrestrained in a vehicle in order to have an educated opinion? How many times do you have to cause an accident in order to hate wreck-less drivers? How many times do you need to be robbed to hate thieves? Me, I try to learn from other fool's mistakes. I don't need to make them myself, but you do you bubba.
Uncle Stonnie, you would be a Godsend to the retriever world if you would do a step-by-step series on the inductive retrieve. 5 minute videos on each step and "what ifs". The world needs it!
But then nobody would buy his courses. Guy's gotta make a living ya know. Training potential customers is the same as training puppies.... always leave them wanting more 😂
It's a great tutorial. I am a little skeptical of the down hill throw with the frisbee. Maximizing joint strainn while stopping after the catch. I'm no professional. Just noticing my labs after the catch. Thanks US
I am not the person to answer this, but I would have my dog x-rayed for hips, knees, and spine and if you still wanna work with your dog, maybe you can play frisbee just on the flat but please make sure your animal is healthy before you play any frisbee
No Name deserves style points for that last catch. My fire-breathing Lab will chase a tennis ball to the end of the world, but he comes back and wants to switch to "tug the tennis ball". I'll work on the holding and handing back items to build better manners and to save my back for one more throw! Thanks!
Another way to throw the frisbee is to through it while holding it verticle. The object is to get the frisbee to roll along and the dog chases it as if it is chasing a rabbit. Dogs love the chase and try to get it before it stops. This means no jumping for the item, just running full out.
We haven't worked on the short throw frisbee catch to develope that coordination; we were using for just fetching. Meanwhile, we switched to a tennis ball. Shes good for about 10 really nice chucks and then she looses intrest fatigue ect.. Ive been very attentive to the fatigue meter and conditions thanks to your other vids! She absolutely lives for it! We swam her once on a long lead after introducing to the water leashed. Retieved beautifully! (7 1/2 mth, choco..) Be sure to get that finger healed proper, as we'd hate to have you show it to us again😂❤.
Glad I saw this. My yellow lab loves Frisbee. The only thing he is not so good at bringing it directly to me and doesn't want to give it up. Got to go back to square one and work on handing it to him and getting him to give it back and reward with a treat. He will retrieve balls too but loses interest pretty quick.
I just wanted to say and you never said in the video that this was that dogs first time, but I also trained dogs and even labradors. Don’t pick up dumbbells and hold them like that the first time that’s all I wanted to say but again I don’t think you said in the video that it was that dogs first time.
Hi Stonnie, just wanted to say thank you for your training videos and approach with dogs. I got my first dog (yellow lab) as a puppy in the midst of COVID and your videos were my training guide. Your videos on socializing dogs to go on adventures with you have made it so she goes on my paddleboard with me and we go on regular adventures and I can be confident in her recall, that she'll be happy to cross the bridges and jump in water (even with ice) and go for a swim. I love that she can be a confident dog with lots of freedom and knowing what work I needed to do to make that happen has been a huge gift. Luna is a super retriever and knows when its time to go every day. Your tip on their fatigue meter is what we watch for every day and then its time to go home :) Its fun to hide things in the woods for her to find and watch her put her instincts to work, her body language changes and she's at work, and so proud of herself as she races back to me. Thank you again for all you do.
My beagle all she does is fetch. she bought herself and brings her toys over to me and back to Me with enthusiasm . I never saw anything like this in a beagle
This is awesome, I have a 5 1/2 month old Corso Rottweiler cross that I would like to teach him fetch so now I have an idea how to start it… Thank you so much for this video🤍🤍🦋🦋🦋
