[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,

Here is the first session with the tip-it. I had fresh ground peanut butter but he was not licking it all off. It didn’t seem like he was comfortable staying there so he self exited. I’ll try again tomorrow to see if he is any better about it. I also think maybe I should put a sand bag on the tip-it.

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
I have the tip-it now. I got it on Saturday. It does not have the food plate so I will keep using what I have. So let me know how to proceed.

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Back to winter weather. He scared me when I walked past the end of the board and he scarfed the food and was about to launch himself off the side. So I didn’t spend too much time taking extra steps at the end of the board as you suggested. I added the tugging. He was crated at a trial today so he is full of energy. We did short work at the practice jump as well as spent time ring side tugging and asking for sit/down, spins etc.

Arlene Spooner measured him for practice….15″

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
I found someone that has a tip-it that I can borrow. 🙂
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
I hope you don’t mind scrolling thru my videos. I do not know how to edit and I see that other people are very good at it. Even though I waited until 6:30 to go outside it was still humid and warm but at least not in the sun.
Round 2 of the see saw: he definitely prefers to do a left U turn on the board. I have an older version of Max200 sanded board see saw also. Jess has Galacan at UDog. Not sure who might have a clip n go. I’m lucky enough to have the clip n go dog walk and A frame though.

Straight Lines – we took breaks to get thru this game. I already know you will say don’t stop when a mistake happens but it’s like I can’t help myself and I realize it too late when I already stopped but I will keep working on that! SMH! The clip n go jumps are too tight to lock in the bar at 4″ so when he knocked the bar that one time, I just put it on the ground then so as not to have to worry about it. My RC mechanics need a lot of work but I trying to be mindful of where my feet are pointing because the one time I got the back side. However,I am amazed at his backsides because I haven’t done it since the game in Max Pup 2! First wrap to the left I said the wrong verbal. Sigh. Hopefully there is more good than bad here. This was the first time he responded to “tunnel” without hearing “break” first. Yay!

I don’t have a big FB page. If you can put it out there for me regarding the tip-it, that would be great. Otherwise, I can look at those adjustable saw horses…knowing my husband we probably have one around here somewhere.

Thanks.
Sandy
PS we are signed up for your seminar at JAG so you will meet Brioche in person!

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Since I don’t have that tip-it device, how will we be adding some tipping to the teeter when it comes time. Is it something worth investing in or not necessary?

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Here you go, motion override on both sides 🙂 However, he’s so used to heeling on my left that when I switched him to my right side initially didn’t go so well with him staying by my side.

And here you have the raw footage of his very first time on the see saw other than the end of plank things we have done so far. I decided it was best to pause the video and give him some breaks because it was really challenging for him tolerating the height. But he does seem to get past things like that fairly quickly. I forgot to tell you that Jess put the dog walk down at the lowest setting and he was hopping off at first but after less than 3 minutes he was putting himself on it and trotting all the way across and down the other end. So much so that when I tried to get him to stop on the plank and do a turn around or a sit, he just wanted to buzz past me. LOL If the target isn’t what you like, please let me know how to improve upon my idea.

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Started on week 3 games. Kept them shorter. Gave him a break in between each one. Pretty hot today so we waited until after 5:00!
We did have one leaf chasing episode…

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Tried the blind cross game today. All I can say is OMG…I cannot do things on the one side vs the other! The video seems long but lots of toy play, rewards and stay rewards mixed in. I feel like this was way harder than doing BC on course with Benni because of the tighter spacing of the jumps. I had them at about 17 ft from the tunnel and from the center jump. On the last rep I did the best on that side (I think) because I put the toys away. I think trying to remember to reward across my body and then the toy isn’t in the correct hand just throws me off. But no excuses, we did our best here 🙂 Brioche had fun no matter what and he’s a bit sassy!

Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,

Here is a peak at what we did at U Dog today:

Not perfect but showing what the future holds!

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Started on week 2:

We’ll be leaving tomorrow afternoon for a trial so he won’t be jumping for a bit. We do have a lesson with Jess for half hour tomorrow but we work on various things including his running contact work.

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Finishing up week 1 games:

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
I was all set to work outside today and progress the lazy game but the weather had a different idea. Boo!

I have Benni and Brioche taking turns on the small wobble disc on the tile and have been able to get him to where he doesn’t need the muffled sound. Just quick reps but watching Benni do it is very motivating!

Teeter work:

Raised Plank: Not only slightly elevated but wobbly because the board is warped

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

The tugawaycuwin product is very similar to what Jess has but hers does not have a food plate. What color is best for the dogs vision or doesn’t it matter for the target?

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

I’m curious as to what you use as the end of see saw target for training? And how do you secure it? What are the approx measurements of it? Jess has a prototype from clip n go but they aren’t marketing it yet.

Thanks.
Sandy

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