Monthly Archives: March 2012

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Exciting workshop opportunity!!!

March 3rd 2012

Great news!!!!! Yukihiro Sekiguchi, Hiro, is offering to do private, semi-private and group lessons Sunday, March 11th at Gary’s. Please private message me if you are interested. A 45 minute private is $30, a 2 hour group lesson is $45. He speaks primarily Japanese but expresses himself well when teaching if you are patient. This is a great opportunity to learn from an established judge and dog trainer. He has been an official Judge for Skyhoundz World Championships since 2008, he is the HyperfliteJapan representative and a college professor teaching about dog and animal training. Hiro also has a dog training school where he teaches obedience and frisbee. Please message me right away at discdogempire@gmail.com. I think spots will fill up FAST!

Saturday, February 25th

February 28th 2012

The club had a great time at our play-day on Saturday!  We had pairs distance and accuracy, bulls eye, spot-landing, and time trial!  The club enjoyed a nice lunch from Papa-Johns and a friendly visit from he Helpful Honda Crew who were so generous, and brought us water!

David was happy to see the Helpful Honda People after judging 2 events for 4 hours!

Congratulations to the top three in each category!  Spot Landing: 1st place with a score of 21 Lylaclare and Buckeye! 2nd place with a score of 6 Nikki and Maverick! 3rd place is a three way tie with scores of 5 Cj and Brisbane, Steve with Kiwi, Steve and Molly!  Pairs Distance and Accuracy: 1st place is a tie with a score of 9.5 Steve and Pam with Kiwi, and Pat and Lylaclare with Lupe! 2nd place with a score of 7.5 Michael A. and Erin with Kaly! 3rd place with a score of 7 Gary and Lylaclare with Pepper! Time Trial: 1st with a time of 23.9 Michael R. with Sniper! 2nd place with a time of 32.9 is Nikki with Maverick!  3rd place with a time of 36.7 was Steve and Kiwi!  Finally Bulls Eye: 1st with a score of 32 was Pat and Lupe!  2nd with a score of 28 was Cj and Melbourne!  3rd was a tie with a score of 27, Jeff with Tooney and Ellie with Preston!  Hope all who participated had a wonderful time and those who missed it, we hope to see you soon.  Official times and ranking will be posted in the near future.

Michael and Steve figure out the best way to mark the field accurately

Julia, A.J., and Chica had fun practicing pairs D/A

 

Sunday February 12th, 2012

February 13th 2012

We had an awesome friendship and fun day today! There were two games we played in preparation for our competition March 10, Spot Landing and Bullseye. It was nothing less than epic to have so many people participate! I hope everyone had as much fun as I did. Congratulations to the following people and their placement! Spot Landing:  1st (score of 21) Ember and Pepper. 2nd (score of 15) LylaClare and Bucky, LylaClare and Elsie, Julia and Bucky. 3rd (score of 12) Ember and Auggie. 4th (score of 7) Michael and Candy. 5th (score of 5) Ellie and Preston. Bullseye: 1st (score of 47) LylaClare and Elsee. 2nd (score of 35) Ember and Auggie. 3rd (score of 28) Steve and Kiwi. 4th (score of 27) Ellie and Preston. 5th (score of 26) Mike and Candy. We had a few new members join us and they were amazed with what David showed them what their dogs were capable of with the right disc placement.  Hope to see you all again (and hopefully more) at our DiscDogaThon clinic on February 25th!!!  

Exciting news about the upcoming Bark for Life

May 14th 2011

We are providing entertainment for this exciting and worthwhile event! http://blogs.inlandsocal.com/pets/2011/05/corona-bark-for-life-set-for-m.html

New disc dog family?

April 29th 2011

David, LylaClare and Julia met a great family with a Staffie tonight when practicing in the park. They were very interested in David’s instructions to get started in disc dogging. They are excited to start the prep work for disc dog. Hope they come out to the play day this Sunday to take it to the next level…catching! So exciting to see people who want to, as Kyra Sundance says, “do more with their dog”

Jam Camp Fun! Saturday’s fun

January 30th 2011

East L.A? Really? Yes, and it was great fun and great weather. Lots of new throws and theory’s.  So many superstars of Freestyle were there to play and teach. The big take away lesson seemed to be, what ever the throw, make it your own! Ember, LylaClare, David, Nate, Michael, and our visitor and honorary member Laura from Canada rotated through the learning groups adding to their skill all day. Our lunch potluck was such fun bonding time too!  Put Jam  Camp 2012 on your schedule now! January 14th and 15th.  Disc Dog Empire will be there again!  Thanks Tita for organizing it!  http://freestylejamcamp.us/

Jam Camp Fun, Sunday Fun

January 16th 2011

Go Gary!!

Today started with a workout by Todd.  Gary was the big surprise. Balance it on your knee and “Pop”

What a great ‘Friendship and Fun Day’ we had!

January 11th 2011

Yesterday, 1-9-11 was the first fun day of the year and what a great way to kick off the year. We started with some dog and people socialization and then lots of toss and fetch for the dogs. We then discussed the importance of having your dog connected with you even when they are excited and focused on the disc. We also discussed the value of your dog knowing that when you point, the dog should look ‘out there’ not at the tip of your finger. To work these skills we practiced one of the ‘tricks’ in our new game invented by Steve. The trick is called “Directed Retrieve.” The idea is that the handler puts out 3 discs and directs the dog to retrieve the disc of the handlers choice. We let the handler put the discs as close or as far as they choose because it is important to set the dog up for success when learning a new skill. The dogs amazed all of us! Lots of laughs and cheers as we watched our brilliant dogs. The fun was followed by a group picture. After lots of giggling and jumping dogs I think that Michael and Steve worked together and got at least one shot. It is exciting to see the web site take shape and a new group picture will help. We were missing quite a few of our usual teams but we look forward to seeing you all at “Jam Camp” next weekend or the next scheduled “Friendship and Fun Day” on 1-29. Keep a look out for changes to the web site and for the calendar updates as we schedule out fun days. Julia

Jam Camp this weekend. R U ready???

January 11th 2011

So who’s coming to Jam Camp this weekend??? This is one of your only chances to team up with some of the best Freestyle Frisbee Competitors and learn their secrets, better your throwing techniques and just have a great time playing Frisbee. Supposed to be nice weather (mid 70′s).

Events Information

December 28th 2010

The Disc Dog Empire Friendship and Fun days are appropriate for all levels of disc doggers. The only requirement for attendance is that you and your dog are friendly. Fun Days are held at Gary Rogers fully lit and enclosed field at: 3968 Temescal Ave Norco CA 92860

Get of the 15 freeway at 6th street and go east. Go Left on Temescal and Gary's private field is on the left in back of the house. Pull in and go all the way down the long driveway to the back.

There is a $3 per dog fee payable at the entrance of the field by the sign in sheet and the waiver/guidelines form. We will have a snack table for pot luck snacks if you like to share. See you there!