Disc Dog Pod

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill discuss how participating in other dog sports can improve your disc dog skills, build better training habits, and strengthen the overall partnership between you and your dog.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill talk about how they structure their practice and training sessions.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill yap and whine about disc dog terminology.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill talk about the importance of appearing confident while playing freestyle and ways to improve your confidence on the field.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill debate Toss & Fetch vs. Freestyle and why some competitors prefer one game over the other.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill share some funny and unexpected encounters from competitions and daily life.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill talk about hand offs in Toss & Fetch, the importance of them, and how different strategies can work for different teams.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill answer listener questions about disc dogging, training, competition strategy, routines, dogs, and life in the sport.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill chat about inspiration, creativity, and how experiences beyond the sport influence training and performance.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill chat about mental game in disc dogging.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill put each other on the spot with blind questions about disc dogging, covering competition strategy, judging, trends in the sport, and a few honest takes they didn’t have time to rehearse.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill stir the pot by ranting about the age-old, somewhat controversial topic of borrowing dogs and competing with them.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill think out loud as they plan and ideate a pairs routine for Flare, sharing the creative process in real time. This episode offers an unfiltered look at how Flare’s pairs routine is developed before competition.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill reflect on the early days of disc dog competition and compare them to today’s game, discussing how rules, styles, and the sport itself have evolved.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill reflect on the 2025 disc dog season.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill play a game of blind guessing disc types, talking about historical discs, and different types of discs from Hero Disc, Hyperflite, and Discovering the World.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill talk about the joys, advantages, and disadvantages faced when playing with small disc dogs.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill talk about what motivates them to practice.

Kirby McIlveen & Jeff Hill talk about getting started in the sport of disc dogs.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill discuss the risk vs reward of varying difficulty in disc dog freestyle.

Jeff Hill reflects on a memorable double podium placement. Kirby McIlveen tells her infamous double foot fault story.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill discuss the advantages and disadvantages of traveling to dog sport events in RVs.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill talk about how they prepare in the week leading up to an event and what their competition day warm up includes.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill discuss the nuances of freestyle judging.

Kirby McIlveen and Jeff Hill discuss the nuances of freestyle judging. (Part 2 will be available on 8/14.)