Nintendogs Disc Competition

Disc Training And Competition
Training For Discs
The disc competition is one of the three main areas of competition for your dog, and arguably the easiest. After you obtain a plastic disc to throw to your dog, you can train it in the park or in your home, then bring it to competitions to earn moolah.
When you get a disc, you'll have to train your dog both to catch it and to bring it back to you when they grab it. It's easiest to do this in one of the parks, which you can reach when you take your dog out for a walk. There are two parks near your house, one of which will have a couple of dogs in it, and one which will be empty. You'll be able to know which is which by looking at them on the map; the one with dogs in it will, oddly enough, have a pair of dog icons on it. For the purposes of disc training, the other dogs will be a bit of a distraction to your dog, so head for the empty park to get some good one-on-one time in.

If you go to a park with other dogs, they'll wind up going after the disc as well, thus hurting your training efforts.
When you arrive at the park, bust out your disc and start throwing! In order to give your dog the best chance to catch the disc, you can't throw it too hard, or it'll fly faster than they can run and it'll drop to the ground; in a competition, this will result in zero points. It's also best to throw it as straight as possible. To do this, grab the disc, hold it near the bottom center of the screen, then move your stylus straight up towards the top before letting go. Varying your speed will affect the speed of the disc, so try to get a good smooth stroke without launching the thing into orbit. After a while you'll start to get a feel for how far you can throw it and still give your dog a chance to actually catch it.
After your dog retrieves the disc, it'll initially just play with it and whip it around in its mouth instead of returning to you. You can ask it to return by double tapping on the touch screen, which should get its attention. When it does finally bring the disc back to you, pet it. Rub that little noggin until you get the satisfaction stars popping off; doing so will train it to bring it back to you automatically, instead of being forced to call the pup every time it catches the disc.
Disc Competitions
If your dog's good at disc training, then it should be fine to take into competition, at least at the lower levels of competition. You have sixty seconds to work with here, and you'll be given points each time your dog successfully catches a thrown disc. You'll get more points the farther you throw the disc, and you get a bonus if your dog manages to execute a jumping catch.
If you've trained your dog in the park, then getting it to catch a frisbee shouldn't be overly difficult; just make sure you don't try and stretch its range too much, or it'll have a hard time getting to the disc before it falls to the ground, and if a disc hits the ground without being caught, you get zero points for it. A good amount of practice will be required before you get a feel for how far you can throw the disc without overextending your dog's reach, but when you get into a comfort zone, you should be able to pull off multiple jumping catches within the 60 seconds allotted to you. Of course, the more difficult the competition, the more points you'll be expected to score if you want to take first place, so do your best to reinforce your training by taking your dog to the park.

If your dog consistently wrestles the disc instead of returning it to you, then you'll have less time to throw it.
As you get towards Championship difficulty, you'll find yourself having to achieve 45 or 50 points within 60 seconds in order to get first place. In order to reach these marks, you're going to have to get all the way to the blue zone of the board consistently and quickly; a jumping leap here will net you 10 points. This requires a good amount of practice to hit, though, due to the fact that the park isn't labelled for competition distances. You may have to shuffle yourself up and down a bit between the various difficulties as you try to figure out precisely how to throw your disc so that it winds up in the blue zone of the field, without going too quickly for your dog to catch. Luckily, your dog should speed up as you continue practicing in the park, so you'll hopefully be fit for competition by the time you reach the upper echelons of the contest.
Lastly, keep in mind that time won't run out until you complete your last throw, or if the disc falls to the ground. Thus, if you get the disc back with a couple seconds left, you'll probably have enough time to throw it one last time; if time runs out while the disc is in midair, your dog will still be able to catch it for points. Kind of like sudden-death overtime.