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Nasty Nate said:
. . . I wanted to say something about the blue heeler talk here, because it sounds like they are being vilified a bit.
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No vilification by me, apologies if it came across that way. Using a disc golf analogy - Destroyer is a great disc if you have the arm for it. Blue heeler is a great dog if you have the time and commitment for one.

Throwing noob hyzers with a blue heeler is a bad idea . . .
 
This is daisy. She's a great disc golfing dog. I started her with discs at about 4 months old in the yard, training her to stay out of my way while I'm throwing and never to miss with the discs. She picked it up very quickly and has been an awesome golf dog for 3 years now. I love this pup more then anything.
 

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Was going through old pics, found some prime examples that my dog has no sense of scale
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My poor dad
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My poor sister
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And here she is pretending to be a bird dog like mama when in reality she is as gun-shy as they come
 
THUGNIFICENT763 said:
Was going through old pics, found some prime examples that my dog has no sense of scale

My poor dad

My poor sister

And here she is pretending to be a bird dog like mama when in reality she is as gun-shy as they come
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Its a lab thing. My 85 lb lab has the same problem. Thinks he's a lap dog. No idea that he squishes anything he sits on.

But....he loves going with me to the course. Gets so mad at me on league / tourney days when i can't bring him and he sees me loading up my bag.

One shot of him on xmas day and another on him enjoying the lake on the shore winds blue course.
 

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Anything with newfoundland for a root breed will be a cuddle monster typically. With a golden retriever mom and great dane dad, both with newfie roots, she had a genetic predisposition to invade personal space. Not her fault haha
 
This threads not too old, so I don't feel that bad for bringing it back up. Plus its a cool thread...

But, for the sake of not starting a new thread, I have a dog related question.

My dog listens great, and is for the most part well behaved. He's almost 3 now, and I want him to be the awesome disc dog that I have imagined and see on the courses. However, whenever he is with me and off the leash, he runs around like an idiot the whole time. He always comes back when called, but for the most part never stays around me. What have you other guys done to train your dogs? It gets quite annoying, and I sound like a broken record by the end of the round calling his name 40,000 times to get him to come back to me and stay near me
 
I've kept my dog leashed and the leash connected to my bag...

generally I can let her loose and she listens very well but there are parks that you aren't allowed to have a dog loose and some of the players I go with don't want her loose

The best dogs I have ever seen are Martin Dewgaritas's Forrest and Shuie's Cooper... Forrest is so relaxed and Cooper is actually trained to retrieve discs in the water... Neither of those two get in the way nor do they pick up discs unless asked to...

maybe one of them will chime in with how they trained their dogs
 
Notverygood said:
This threads not too old, so I don't feel that bad for bringing it back up. Plus its a cool thread...

But, for the sake of not starting a new thread, I have a dog related question.

My dog listens great, and is for the most part well behaved. He's almost 3 now, and I want him to be the awesome disc dog that I have imagined and see on the courses. However, whenever he is with me and off the leash, he runs around like an idiot the whole time. He always comes back when called, but for the most part never stays around me. What have you other guys done to train your dogs? It gets quite annoying, and I sound like a broken record by the end of the round calling his name 40,000 times to get him to come back to me and stay near me
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Obedience class. Do your research, find a trainer that teaches a line of training that you agree with - your basics are positive reinforcement vs negative punishment vs rewards based. Forest I trained with mostly positive reinforcement with a bit of punishment of negative.

It is well worth the $$ to go to at least your basic level obedience training - the instructor will teach not only your dog, but teach you how to interact and read your dog. And your dog will get social interaction with other dogs and people.

Basic obedience will lead you everywhere you want to go in training your dog on the disc golf course. From there you can teach him to retrieve certain discs at certain times or never touch a disc or stay by your side the entire time, or retrieve discs for driving practice, or retrieve discs out of the water, or do freestyle frisbee tricks like backflips off your chest.
 
Brought home what I hope will be my new disc golf companion last weekend. She is about a year old, and 50 pounds of lap dog who has not yet grown into her big head or paws. She considers a brisk 45-minute walk to be a nice warm-up, so I think she will enjoy hikes in the woods with occasional pauses to fling plastic.

Dreaming of flying discs? :)

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Here's the bite in the leg I received from an unleashed dog while playing last week. Came up behind me and bit my calf with no warning. Luckily I was wearing multiple layers because of the cold and he wasn't able to fully latch on... otherwise he would've taken a chunk out of my flesh.

Keep your stupid f***ing dogs on a leash at all times when you're not on your own property, and make damn sure your dog can't get off your property if it's unleashed. It's the law.
 

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burdphil said:
Here's the bite in the leg I received from an unleashed dog while playing last week. . .
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I am very sorry that you had to deal with that. No one should ever have to deal with that. Dog owners who let dangerous dogs run loose give all dog owners a bad name.
 
burdphil said:
Here's the bite in the leg I received from an unleashed dog while playing last week. Came up behind me and bit my calf with no warning. Luckily I was wearing multiple layers because of the cold and he wasn't able to fully latch on... otherwise he would've taken a chunk out of my flesh.

Keep your stupid f***ing dogs on a leash at all times when you're not on your own property, and make damn sure your dog can't get off your property if it's unleashed. It's the law.
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Monocacy said:
I am very sorry that you had to deal with that. No one should ever have to deal with that. Dog owners who let dangerous dogs run loose give all dog owners a bad name.
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Agree with both....the "stupid ****ing dogs" line was a little unnecessary and kind of trolly though.
 
Here's my issue with unleashed dogs, good or bad.

My dog is great with people, and is a rescue dog. She'd lick a robber to death before doing anything bad to them. My dog, however, is NOT good with other dogs, after getting jumped by a couple German Shepherds at the local dog park (she's a 75lb American Bulldog mix, so let's just say the GS's didn't fare well in that attack), and now she's defensive with anything on four legs. If your dog, great or horrible, runs up on her and gets in her face, she's going to take them down. That's just the way it is.

Leash laws aren't there because of bad dogs that bite people exclusively. They're there for the protection of ALL dogs and the people around them. Basically, if your dog isn't like the couple mentioned above that won't leave their owner's sides unless told they can, then they should be on a leash. No "but my dog is so nice even if it runs up on you" or whatever. Anything other than that is just ignorant, selfish, or both. If you want your dog to run, take it to a dog park, or find some private land. The disc golf course, or any other public area, are NOT the place to let your dog just run.

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Chainsgoching said:
Agree with both....the "stupid ****ing dogs" line was a little unnecessary and kind of trolly though.
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Sorry. It was a pretty terrifying experience for me though. The dog was maybe 75 lbs and it wanted a piece of me for some completely unknown reason. Like I said, I didn't even see it coming. After it bit me, I somehow managed to fend it off by swiping at it's head with the disc I was holding and trying to sound as mean as I could while yelling at it. Thankfully I was close to the parking lot and was able to back pretty quickly to my car. The owner of the dog was on the other side of the park and was just standing there yelling at it like that was going to do something... he didn't even try to run over and help.

Again, keep your dog on a leash... it's illegal not to.
 
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