How can i get my dog to jump-retrieve his Frisbee?

Question

My dog loves jumping (He has gotten stuck in a tree twice from it) and he loves his Frisbee. How can I get him to put two and two together and jump to get his Frisbee?

Answer 1

Hold the frisbee up high and have him jump for it. Just before he gets it, let go. Praise him. Repeat several times a day.
As he gets the idea, release sooner and sooner so that he's catching it as it falls. Then give it a small toss, mostly downward falling. Again, praise like crazy. Continue to increase toss distance until he catches it on the fly.

There is a great book "Dog Tricks For Dummies" it has frisbee catching tips as well as lots of other stuff to teach him.

Good luck.
You're so lucky. My dog thinks that frisbees are UFO's filled with space aliens come to invade her orifices. She won't even look at one anymore. Poor baby, I might have traumatized her.

Answer 2

I found that the best way (with my dog) was to do some short, high throws with him. Try not to get them too far up in the air, otherwise they tend to just stand there and wait for them to fall!

When he runs after the longer and lower throws, he never jumps.

Just spend enough time practicing with him and you will get a sense of what kind of throws you need to get him to jump.

I have also found that having my dog going at the frisbee from the side, instead of right behind him produced more jumps. So move around when you are throwing, instead of just standing in one place.

Answer 3

My husband wants to get into training our Border Collie to do frisbee competitions. A fellow dog owner, who I know thru our obedience classes, has done this with his Aussie and the link below is to a DVD training guide to get you in the right direction. He says it's a really good informative video and helped him a ton. It runs $20 and we have ours ordered now.

http://www.skyhoundz.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=DDTDVD

One thing our friend did tell us is that there are 2 factors in doing frisbee with your dog (and it's so fun and very inexpensive to participate in competitions usually). One is the dog having the ability to catch that frisbee mid air and the other is the person who throws the frisbee. You have to throw it the "right way" for your dog and the video guides thru this as well.

Good Luck! We can't wait to give it a go with our pup! It's a fun sport!

Answer 4

Very slowly. Teach him to catch it first, a nice gentle throw in his direction. Be careful not to hit him, though, or he may learn to dodge rather than catch. It should be low and slow enough for him to easily grab it at first. Then just.. work your way up.

There are some dogs, though, that are determined dodgers. If you've smacked him silly once, it may be hard for him to be sure you won't do it again.

Answer 5

If you are going to play frisbee with your dog and expect him to catch it, please do not use a hard plastic frisbee. It is not good on their mouths.

Answer 6

attempt a small ball at the starting up to get it used to the capture and go back habit. commence bouncing the ball and observe if that is going to capture it on the bounce. finally, your canines will commence to flow after frisbee a

Answer 7

I came accross this free guide that covers games to play with your dog. It may be helpful in answering your question.

Answer 8

show to the dog how to do it. let them copy what are you doing. just practice them. teach them a trick.
just smile every time you see them. :-) let them feel like a normal person. :-)

Answer 9

PRACTICE ! PRACTICE ! PRACTICE AND PRACTICE SOME MORE.