Disc dog people! I need advice for teaching a vault. I found some videos on youtube done by some big name disc dog guys but... come on... that CANNOT be the starting point of a vault. I need more baby steps than that. They're like "You position your dog close to you. Hold the disc up for a take. And there you go... the beginnings of a vault". Really? Maybe for a border collie. My dog is going to look at me like I have horns and get frustrated not knowing what I want.
The big thing with Kili is that she is BIG. Which means she doesn't think I make a very good platform. Teaching the rebound was really minuscule steps... but I'm not really sure how to do it with the vault.
I've thought about using a small chair or something, and asking her to jump on and then off the other side... and then doing it with me on the other side of the chair. But then I'm stuck because I would then have to phase out the chair... and it would be easiest to do by making it smaller and smaller... but I'm not sure what else I would have to use smaller than a chair.
Other ideas?
The big thing with Kili is that she is BIG. Which means she doesn't think I make a very good platform. Teaching the rebound was really minuscule steps... but I'm not really sure how to do it with the vault.
I've thought about using a small chair or something, and asking her to jump on and then off the other side... and then doing it with me on the other side of the chair. But then I'm stuck because I would then have to phase out the chair... and it would be easiest to do by making it smaller and smaller... but I'm not sure what else I would have to use smaller than a chair.
Other ideas?