How I Taught Cookie to Catch Frisbees

Alas, I've lost most of my old digital pictures (from late 2006 and early 2007), including the ones of Cookie first learning to catch Frisbees, so I won't be able to use any old pictures as examples. (There are some on my dad's computer, but I can't get to it right now.)
I first tried to teach Cookie to catch Frisbees when she was about 5 years old. She was afraid of the Frisbee back then, so I gave up. I tried again when she was 8, and thought that she'd never get it. I tried to get her to grab it out of my hands as a start. She just stared at it and/or pawed at it (I'd taught her several tricks that involved pawing things). I almost gave up and thought maybe I could teach her to hit it with her paws if I threw it since nothing else would work.
But, a little light bulb turned on in my head and I came up with an idea! Cookie is VERY food-motivated, so why no put food on the edge of the Frisbee? The only food that I could think of was cheese (I wasn't allowed to use peanut butter or cream cheese), so my mom made me buy my own pack of cheese to use. I squished cheese onto the end of the Frisbee and held it in front of Cookie saying "get it". She did of course, and I praised and rewarded her. She wouldn't CATCH our plastic Frisbee, so I asked my mom to buy her a soft one. I eventually started tossing them to her from inches away. I built up to a foot, two feet, etc.
That is how Cookie learned to catch a Frisbee, soft or plastic. She'll also catch just about anything else you toss to her too.

I was able to make this video in May 2007:

I made several mistakes in the training, and should have research more on Frisbee training than I did. I'm just posting this so that anyone who wants to teach their dog to catch a Frisbee may get a couple of tips from my teaching Cookie.
Now, my other dog is another story. He'll catch a Frisbee in the air sometimes when we're playing, but most of the time he just wants to tug-a-war with it.