Most dogs, and especially athletic canines like Vizslas, require vigorous exercise. Shortchange an energetic canine in the exercise department and you just might bid farewell to anything from sheetrock to sofas. Being highly intelligent creatures, dogs have a knack for “communicating” to you via your most valuable or cherished possessions. A chewed up pair of shoes says, “hey, you haven’t walked me in two days.” Damage that escalates to a large piece of furniture or family heirloom might signal even more desperate attempts at communication. Pay attention, because your canine is telling you that even angry attention from you is better than no attention at all. Once more for emphasis – a bored dog is a destructive dog.

O.K., so you have a busy schedule, or perhaps the weather has been less than ideal. Maybe you don’t have time to take Phydeaux on a two-mile walk everyday. And throwing that slimy tennis ball just doesn’t jazz you like it used to. There’s an easy solution to your dilemma … and here’s the good part – it only takes a few minutes of your precious time.

That’s right. You heard me. You can obtain the exercise and mental stimulation equivalent of several miles of walking in a mere fifteen minutes of canine disc play.

Canine disc sports are as popular as ever, and thanks to modern technology and space-age polymer formulations, canine disc play is more affordable than ever. In the olden days, competitors with “hard mouthed” dogs might go through half a dozen discs in a single practice session. Many enthusiasts just couldn’t afford to participate in a sport that cost five or ten dollars every time it was played. Things changed about five years ago, when a new flying disc company, Hyperflite, decided to fly in the face of thirty-plus years of the status quo. Starting with a clean sheet of paper, Hyperflite did nothing less than reinvent the canine disc. Hyperflite rapidly churned out more than 10 variations of its patented K-10 canine disc to meet the needs of every canine. Most significantly, Hyperflite developed an ultra tough, competition quality puncture-resistant disc called the Jawz. “With the introduction of the Jawz disc, “the days of gnash it and trash it” are over, reports Hyperflite co-founder and former world champion Jeff Perry.

Let’s say you’ve gone out and picked out a disc that you and Phydeaux approve of. What next? As with any endeavor, the most difficult part is getting started in the first place. You can visit the Hyperflite website at www.hyperflite.com for some basic tips on how to get started with canine disc play. For more detailed guidance, Hyperflite has created “Disc Dog Training DVD,” an hour-long and widely acclaimed instructional tool developed by World Champions. Disc Dog Training DVD is a perfect tool for beginners as well as for more accomplished enthusiasts who want to improve their skills. And speaking of improved skills, you and Phydeaux may have so much fun at the park with your new-found hobby, that the competitive juices may begin to flow. When that happens, Hyperflite can help.

It wouldn’t make much sense for a company to make competition-quality canine discs and then not provide competition venues for their customers. Once again, Hyperflite leads by sponsoring the Skyhoundz World Canine Disc Championship Series, the largest disc dog competition series in the world. For a competition schedule and rules, visit www.skyhoundz.com. Skyhoundz local competitions are free and provide a wonderful opportunity to view other canine disc teams in action, while giving you ideas for tricks to teach your dog.

You owe it to your canine to give canine disc sports a try. Remember, a bored dog is an expert at communication – but it may not be the kind of communication that you want to hear.