About Us
  • We are a bunch of disc dog enthusiasts, who meet intermittently at various locations around the state.
  • Our goals include promoting the enjoyment and satisfaction of playing disc with our dogs, in a healthy and safe manner.
  • We freely share ideas and training tips with each other, to enhance each teams experience and to advance the cause!
Ground Rules to Play With Us
  • We welcome dogs of all ages, levels and training. Whether you know anything, or everything about canine traning/disc, we'd love to have your company!
  • Keep Smiling! This is supposed to be FUN - for everyone!
  • Overly aggressive dogs may be asked to leave the field, at the discretion of the events coordinator.
  • Be responsible for the safety and welfare of your dog(s). If at anytime a dog's health or safety is questionable for any reason, the events coordinator, judges or any respnsible party have the right to deduct points, ask the team to stop their activity and/or leave the event.
  • Abusive language, inappropriate or unsportmanlike behavior towards any of our four or two legged friends will not be tolerated and is grounds for lowered scores, disqualification or dismissal from the pack - depending on the severity and circumstances at the discretion of the events coordinator or authority having jurisdiction.
  • We WILL encourage & assist anyone in preparing for competitions or events.
  • When attending events involving other disc dog groups, we WILL abide by the rules of any sponsored competitions and/or rules of any venues that the club has access to.
What You Need to Know and Do
  • Cleanup after your dog so that we'll always be welcome wherever we go.
  • We offer socialization time before and after each playdate/clinic. At all other times, if your dog isn't performing or warming up, it must be crated or onleash.
  • Be aware of what your dog is doing at the end of it's leash. Even the most well-socialized dog will react to another dog in their space.
  • Obedience, agility or other types of training certainly come in handy, but aren't requirements. We'll show you how to teach the retrieve and other basic skills or more advanced moves like vaulting and flips.
  • For those members who need assistance learning to accurately throw a frisbee, we meet to practice throws with the WVU Ultimate Frisbee Club on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons from 5-7 PM.
What You'll Need
  • Bring proof of rabies vaccination with your WVDND Agreement (see below).
  • Your dog(s) unless specified, ie. throwing skills with the Ultimate Club.
  • Leash
  • Water - for both you and the dogs
  • We have always offered a complimentary fastback or K-10 disc to anyone expressing a desire to start playing. Additional discs are available from $4-6 each. Any money that is made on the sale of these discs goes 100% into our disc dog rescue, support of public initiatives (BOPARC, Dog Park, etc.), or to canine-related causes or groups we choose to support
  • Mark your discs to avoid confusion
  • Shade from March-Sept. During this time our Morgantown group meets at the WVU Intramural Field, and shade is in short supply, especially from June-August
  • Chair - unless you want to sit on the ground!

PRINTABLE AGREEMENT

Just right click on the form below and select 'Print Picture'

A Short History of Our Founding...

(As told by Whitey -of Whitey & Clare, Birkie & Mac)

Around 1997-98 Paul and Fiona McCormack (Paul is Clares' brother) were competing in local disc dog events around their home in Winston-Salem, NC. Having no one else to call that would be even remotely interested in their success in this area, they started calling Whitey & Clare in Morgantown. Here's a couple of shots of Skye, their Aussie (the disc pic was made into a 'Team Skye' hat, which Whitey still wears at all 'official' functions to this day!

About this time, Birkie had gotten his first frisbee tossed to him, and it was not "all good". So, we got a floppy disc, and both Birkie and Mac started chasing that down. And it really was more down than up at that point - we ALL had a lot of work to do (little did we know at the time!)

The 1999 World Championships were held in Washington DC -(on the Mall!), and Paul talked us into going to watch with them. WOW!!!! Along with everything else going on, Whitey saw someone wearing a really cool looking t-shirt, and of course, went right over to her to find out where they were selling them. The answer? Jacksonville FL! A few months later, Whitey and Clare were actually at a clinic for the Greater Jacksonville Disc and Dog Club - (and yes, we bought the t-shirts!) We also bought some 'real' dog discs, along with a few videos, and headed back to WV to start REALLY playing with our dogs!

In August 2000, we headed down to Charleston WV, for our first Skyhoundz Local Championship - which was being run by Paula Martin!. We'll skip all the details - like how many dogs were involved, but the bottom line was, Mac took 3rd place, and we were hooked!

That fall, we talked BOPARC (in Morgantown) into letting us do a Disc Dog performance/booth at the Mountaineer Balloon Festival, and based on the response we got, we held our first club session in November 2000. We had around 20 dogs that first day, which blew us away!

Since then, we've conducted and hosted numerous contests, demonstrations, clinics and playdates. It's starting to seem hazy already, and speaking of that - we met up with Taylor Runner! in 2002!

...And they all lived Happily Everafter!

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