Discdog and Agility Practice this week

[Jess041]

My parents do frisbee competitions with their border collies... unfortunately the discs they use seem to be a bit too big and intimidating for Missy. She's just now starting to catch the fabric frisbee in her mouth. Are you using the standard size frisbees or pup size? I think I might buy some pup size to see if she likes those better... I don't think she would be a super competitive frisbee dog, but it's just another fun activity to do with your dog!

 

[Toffee's Mom]

My parents do frisbee competitions with their border collies... unfortunately the discs they use seem to be a bit too big and intimidating for Missy. She's just now starting to catch the fabric frisbee in her mouth. Are you using the standard size frisbees or pup size? I think I might buy some pup size to see if she likes those better... I don't think she would be a super competitive frisbee dog, but it's just another fun activity to do with your dog!

I completely agree they are big for a soft mouthed Sheltie and Toffee is even a large one, he's about 18 inches tall and he never liked the competition style Frisbee. But he is too big to compete in Mini, I had to work him up to a competition size Frisbee, which is what you see in my video above.
https://skyhoundz.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=05LCS83030900

I started out this Summer, first with getting him to chase it rolling on the ground... when he kept catching it before it stopped rolling I started throwing it low over his head (if I could.. lol). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omG10F7FtYc&feature=plcp It's from canada day this year, I had posted it in another thread before, just if anybody is interested in Disc dog stuff, which I am starting to really enjoy watching and training for...

I started with a soft, small one and not competition disc similar to this:https://corp.wham-o.com/default.cfm?page=ViewProducts&ProductID=268&Category=2
This seemed to have been building confidence for him to the point of what we see now... as you said I don't think it'll ever beat the Border Collies like your parents, but it sure is fun!!!