The Sweet Spot: An UpDog Podcast

Dre is on the road. Kat fills in and, along with Jack, give final updates about UPDIF 2026. This is a must listen episode, especially for UPDIF 2026 competitors.

Aaron Dagres joins Dre and Jack to talk Fireball. Aaron holds one of the top scores in Fireball and shares his winning strategies with us. This is a must listen before UPDIF 2026.

Should the amount of time it took to train a Freestyle trick earn you points? What if that trick, now fully trained, is easy to execute in competition? Dre and Jack discuss this, Dre's Freestyle pet peeves and many other Freestyle scoring nuances. Listen in, find your points!

Jack misses his first podcast. Kat fills in and talks dancing with Dre and special guest, Di Preat Matteson. This is a can't miss episode!

Dre and Jack are joined by Kat for a special "What's Up?" episode. They talk about what's up in the world of DiscDogging with a focus on hot topics (Get it) for the upcoming 2026 UPDIF. This is a can't miss episode!

Are you ready to level up your game? Of course you are! That's what UpDog is all about: Play, Achieve, Expand!Listen in as Dre and Jack share top secret plans for which game will be leveled up at UPDIF 2027 and played at Level 2. This is a can't miss episode!

The Freestyle Skills episodes continue. Next, Dre and Jack dig into two skills in the Human category: Throw Diversity and Difficulty and Throw Placement and Flight. Listen in to find out what the judges are looking for in these two skill sub-categories and what you can do to Find Your Points!

Dre and Jack discuss strategies they have used to help dogs (and their owners) struggling to play with multiple discs. Listen in and share your own successful methods in the comments below. This is a can't miss episode!

Dre and Jack go through the changes to the Freestyle rules beginning February 2026. This is a can't miss episode.

Dre and Jack run down upcoming events, seminars, training, and hot topics in the month of January/February. The topic of borrowed dogs comes up again as this has come up again on the DiscDog discussions page. Jack and Dre don't hold back and give their hot takes on the subject. This is a can't miss episode.