- I have something pretty cool to show you guys today.
And I can't wait to show you this.
It's this.
Well, I mean, it's not this exactly, but it's this.
(barking)
We're in the McCann Dogs agility arena
and today there's a disc dog tournament going on
and I generally don't associate the ice cold weather.
There's a snow storm outside.
With playing disc.
With playing Frisbee with my dog.
But today it's a different story.
And check out some of this action.
It's a lot of fun.
(marching band music)
I wanna mention that I am of a firm belief
that anytime you put a costume on,
you're gonna have more fun.
Some of our parties, they're costume parties.
- Always a costume party.
- Cause it's more fun.
Check out the amazing costume here.
Check out how much fun these guys are having.
I mean it just puts a smile on your face.
You can't help it.
- We were just joking that agility people
would never do something like this.
- I know.
- Frisbee people seem a lot more care free.
- Yeah, there may be a tugging hazard on some
of those costumes.
Check these costumes out.
It's really great.
- I think I may have found the best spot
in the house to see this Frisbee competition.
I'm up on the balcony in our arena.
And I can like see down and I'm getting
some great shots.
And these dogs are pretty remarkable.
This is not a sport I know much about.
And I'm getting so excited watching it all.
I'm here with my buddy Mark.
- Hey.
- And we were just talking about how we wanted
to train our dogs to do some of this stuff.
It just looks so cool.
- So I'm really interested to know Carol.
What did you have to do to get our agility arena
ready for a disc dog event?
- So I came to help Janelle, who's running the trial.
A few of us did.
So we cleared the field.
And then we had to lay out lines
because it's indoor turf,
you're not painting on it.
So we took tape.
We marked one end, ran tape measures,
that we got parallel lines
and then ran tape across the field
so that all the quadrants are marked.
- Now if you guys have been on the channel
you'll know that Kale is 21 time world champion
of dog agility.
But you might not know that instructor Carol
who's behind me here.
She's just about to her run.
Is actually a two time world champion of disc dog.
So let's check out her run
and then we'll talk to her after
about what we're seeing here today.
(chill music)
It's really cool to see all the different breeds
out here today.
Everybody's having a blast.
And it doesn't matter what size or shape
or breed of dog you've got.
You can come out here and compete.
So Carol, I've noticed that the,
some of the handlers will roll the disc
rather than throw it.
What's that about?
- Rollers, Uptown's one of the few organizations
that does allow them as a full throw.
So you have your choice,
but you have to do an obviously roller.
And some people can throw them 100 feet no problem.
So you have to acknowledge it's doing a roll
not a throw that's rolling.
And it's full options that allows a lot of dogs
that might not be able to get air
for physical reasons to play
and be competitive.
- There's a little hop in his step
every time he catches the Frisbee.
So Carol, I thought it was pretty amazing
watching you work with Thorp.
And something that's even more impressive
is the fact that he's deaf.
So just talk to us for a second about
how you changed your training with him
when you discovered he was deaf
and working with him being totally deaf.
So initially,
I didn't realize he was deaf.
And then thought, man,
he's been out with an injury and thought
he's forgotten things.
Then realized something didn't add up.
So we found out he was totally deaf.
And now I train with signals.
He makes it easy.
He is so aware of me.
And disc, like agility, is very much based on body language
so in my routine,
there were two I did not signal well
and didn't set him up for.
But normally he can read where I'm gonna throw,
or I can use signals for a lot of my training.
- One thing is for sure.
These people are having fun.
They're four-legged family members are having a blast.
All the costumes and the music and feeling really great
I urge you to check out UpDog when you get an opportunity.
Maybe there's a local trial that you can check out yourself.
Starting to wonder if we should either bring Rat
or Beeline out here.
I think they'd have a lot of fun.
I hope these guys come back soon.
Now if you enjoy the disc dog stuff,
make sure you hit that subscribe button
and some future videos, instructor Carol's
gonna be showing us how to do some of these
really cool disc dog tricks.
You see that video beside me there?
That's actually a video that YouTube thinks
you wanna watch next.
On that note, I'm Ken, happy training.
(chill music)