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Pawzitiveart

Pat Nadarajah is the best pastel Canine portrait artist I’ve seen.

British Agility Association

Incorporasting EMDAC, the UK’s first independent agility organisation

K9disc

Probably the most helpful site you’ll find on the net, really great Forum with

excellent multimedia links .

Georgia Irish Disc Dogs

Mark Muir’s site starring his two dogs Rocket & Gipper,                               

 

Hero Discs

A Superb range of Discs for your dog.

 

 

 

 

 

Video Clips

Some of my favourite clips of

competitive and demonstration freestyle routines.

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Muir’s  2006 USDDN Disc Dog Southern Finals

Mark Muir’s  Rocket and Gipper

Zak George’s  Venuspromo

Zak George’s  Superstar

                                                                                             

In 1974, a student from Ohio, Alex Stein, smuggled his dog “Ashley Whippet”  into a baseball game at Dodger stadium in L.A., and at half time “invaded” the field and treated the 50,000 strong crowd to eight minutes of Frisbee throwing, with Ashley Whippet leaping high in the air to catch the disc and reaching speeds of 35mph, before being removed. But it was enough - the Disc Dog world of competition had been born.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Around the United States, Canada and even Europe, Disc Dog competitions are a major part of dog sports, up there with Agility and Flyball, with regional, national and international events. In the last few years the sport has started up in Japan and Russia. Events include “Toss n Fetch” where competitors are set a time to achieve as many throws/retrieves as possible, scoring points for the distance at which a catch is made within a zoned area; Distance, for the furthest throw with a  successful catch and Freestyle where spins, vaults and different throws are worked into a routine set to music.

 

So how did it all start ?

It’s global!

So why do discs?

The sport of Disc Dogs is Fun both for you and your dog, both exciting and rewarding and creates a good opportunity and environment for you and your dog to bond. It’s great exercise for your dog and relatively little for you.  It’s relatively inexpensive and you don’t need lots of equipment unlike some other popular dog sports. You can practise in any safe open level grassy area and you’re not tied to any given night of the week to practise. Disc Dogs caters for all skill and ability levels ranging from the easy to learn “Toss N Fetch” to “Freestyle” for those of you that like a little more substance to your dog sports But what ever you choose your best friend will love you for it. This sport is especially good if you have a excitable or ‘hyper’ dog as it will give their energy an outlet and fulfil their well being with a job to do.

 

Will my dog ‘do’ discs?

Not all dogs want to play at this sport but if you own a working or pastoral dog the chances are they will love it -  many terriers love the sport too. A game of fetch with a tennis ball is a good indication as to whether your dog will take to this sport, if they love a ball they will almost certainly love a disc.

 

                         

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