I got some good thoughts from Denise on our awful first video. I really did hesitate to post it, because a frustrated dog and trainer aren't really what I wanted to put out there, but I think it's good to have different levels of success in the videos for everyone to see. She says in the intro that the class is meant for pure beginners, but so many of the other gold students have a pretty firm grasp on things already. Maybe my fumbles will help someone else who is also just starting out.
Anyway, I decided to chuck the frisbee and work with a different disc. I had such a low rate of reinforcement because he wasn't getting both feet fully on the disc. After going to something taller, where it's easy for him to know if his feet are on or off, we had a much better session today. I'll take video tonight or tomorrow morning.