How do I teach my dog to catch a frisbee?

[cheekymonkey]

My dog loves to play fetch and I was thinking it would be a lot of fun to teach her to catch Frisbee. I know it needs to be soft flexible material and I have heard that the dog needs to be taught to land on all four paws so that she doesn't injure herself. How do I do this? Are there certain steps I need to follow to ?
Thanks everyone

[Adina T]

I read or heard about this at one point. Here is what I remember:

1) Get your dog really interested in the frisbee as a tug toy. Wave it around its face, side to side, up and down...just like you would entice your dog to tug or grab a toy. Get him all riled up to WANT it and follow it with his eyes and get ready to grab it. When he he grabs it reward him with praise. Do a few repetitions of this.

2) Roll the frisbee on the ground like a wheel after he's all excited about it. Roll it just a short distance so he doesn't have to chase it far. Praise him for getting it.

3) This may be a step after #2 or a step before it...not sure. When you get him all excited about the frisbee...wave the frisbee up high..swing it above his head and behind him...do different things that require him to jump for it so he gets used to the idea of jumping to catch it. The whole time you are holding it though...and if he catches it praise him and let him tug with you on it a bit.

I think if you vary the difficulty of #1-3 then after he's getting really good you can start rolling the frisbee farther..then tossing it into the hair close to him. Maybe having him sit and then walking a few feet in front of him and tossing it TO him so he can catch it. Then tossing it away from him a short distance. Then tossing it straight up in the air...do variations until you think he's ready to run after it at normal frisbee throwing speed =)

Good luck!

[Adina T]

I read or heard about this at one point. Here is what I remember:

1) Get your dog really interested in the frisbee as a tug toy. Wave it around its face, side to side, up and down...just like you would entice your dog to tug or grab a toy. Get him all riled up to WANT it and follow it with his eyes and get ready to grab it. When he he grabs it reward him with praise. Do a few repetitions of this.

2) Roll the frisbee on the ground like a wheel after he's all excited about it. Roll it just a short distance so he doesn't have to chase it far. Praise him for getting it.

3) This may be a step after #2 or a step before it...not sure. When you get him all excited about the frisbee...wave the frisbee up high..swing it above his head and behind him...do different things that require him to jump for it so he gets used to the idea of jumping to catch it. The whole time you are holding it though...and if he catches it praise him and let him tug with you on it a bit.

I think if you vary the difficulty of #1-3 then after he's getting really good you can start rolling the frisbee farther..then tossing it into the hair close to him. Maybe having him sit and then walking a few feet in front of him and tossing it TO him so he can catch it. Then tossing it away from him a short distance. Then tossing it straight up in the air...do variations until you think he's ready to run after it at normal frisbee throwing speed =)

Good luck!

[Adina T]

I read or heard about this at one point. Here is what I remember:

1) Get your dog really interested in the frisbee as a tug toy. Wave it around its face, side to side, up and down...just like you would entice your dog to tug or grab a toy. Get him all riled up to WANT it and follow it with his eyes and get ready to grab it. When he he grabs it reward him with praise. Do a few repetitions of this.

2) Roll the frisbee on the ground like a wheel after he's all excited about it. Roll it just a short distance so he doesn't have to chase it far. Praise him for getting it.

3) This may be a step after #2 or a step before it...not sure. When you get him all excited about the frisbee...wave the frisbee up high..swing it above his head and behind him...do different things that require him to jump for it so he gets used to the idea of jumping to catch it. The whole time you are holding it though...and if he catches it praise him and let him tug with you on it a bit.

I think if you vary the difficulty of #1-3 then after he's getting really good you can start rolling the frisbee farther..then tossing it into the hair close to him. Maybe having him sit and then walking a few feet in front of him and tossing it TO him so he can catch it. Then tossing it away from him a short distance. Then tossing it straight up in the air...do variations until you think he's ready to run after it at normal frisbee throwing speed =)

Good luck!

[Natasa]

i am just responding to keep track of this question because i want to learn too

my pup will retreive but he doesn't like to catch anything in-flight at all

[Lance f]

Put some peanut butter on your nuts/snatch. Every time she makes a catch, give her a lick. It'll be fun for both of you.

[Lance f]

Put some peanut butter on your nuts/snatch. Every time she makes a catch, give her a lick. It'll be fun for both of you.