[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Bang Game. He kind of looked at the board as if to say “don’t we usually climb up hill on this one?” Do they get confused by switching back and forth from bang game to mountain climber?

Do you notice anything different about Brioche…? 🙂

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Just watched the target game at the end of the board. Brioche will have running contacts except for see saw which we are currently training going all the way to the end of the board and eat all the food placed there. How does the foot target training get incorporated into this? Should I do the foot target at this point in time? If so, I am assuming I will not be using the actual see saw? And would I use the same exercise band target for this or something different?

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,

So…I think I will be using “dig” for backside (push to the backside) circle wraps. It will be a DIFFERENT verbal for threadle wraps correct? I think this is the technique where Jessica uses “me-me” and I’ve heard some people say “flip”. I think I prefer “me-me”. But before I go outside and try this, I want to make sure this assumption is correct and that I start using the right verbal.

It blew my mind to see the threadle wrap (not to mention after a spread jump!) in the STANDARD course at the NAC in CA! I would most likely not have been able to get thru that with Benni. I never taught it to him. We have done it in slow motion in training but have never used it nor seen it on a regular standard course. Geez. If I wanted to do these things, I would do premiere. I don’t choose to do that. We can do all the other premiere type things because we are seeing backsides here and there now. He’s good with that.

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
I hit pause instead of stop so you will see one rep of the see saw (I have not moved it yet) and then we go into the double crosses. It would have helped if I actually remembered to say the verbals for the left and right turns to go back into the tunnel. Oye. This was very hard for me!

one rep see saw…get your microscope out…it did tip every so slightly…

Tandem turns. I was saying “here, here” a lot. Is there a verbal I’m supposed to be using? I don’t use my outside arm for this.

I tried to do the things you suggested on driving ahead game (staying closer to the tunnel and let him run ahead, sending out to the tunnel and running ahead of him past the jump). I’m not sure how successful I was at it but here you go:

Hopefully, I posted the correct videos. Guess I’ll find out when I hit send!

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Sunny day…rain the next 2 days so we tried a couple of different games. One is back from week 2 that I never got to.

I kind of drifted away from the wing unintentionally.

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

PS I practice with Benni first and I still have to do a little rehearsal before sending Brioche into the tunnel. Easier for me with the wings on the right side I think… 🙂

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
We were at U Dog today with Jess. Brioche did the mountain climber on 3 different see saws: max 200, galacan, desert paws. The first one was Max 200 and he declined the first attempt to get on but then after getting on he was fine for everything we did after that on all 3 see saws. Jess really liked my red band! And those see saws it fit much better around the board because they are thicker. So we did our homework on that.

Here is the next Wingin’ It game:
I see that he goes wide coming out of the tunnel to go around the first wing. What am I doing to cause that? I must be encroaching on his line too much to push to the backside?

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,

Here is our one rep on the stationary see saw today:

Modified end of board set up:

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Rainy day today. Update – giardia negative.

On the see saw, the end of the board tapers and the band wouldn’t be tight. Not sure what else I could use. I tried a small, flat rubber bungee at first but that wasn’t lying flat on the board.

Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Sadly, Brioche seemed to be a bit traumatized by the set up on the teeter that I had yesterday. Here is how I modified it:

And here is one rep after we worked thru him not wanting to go to the end of the board and kept turning himself around. I had zero tip today and everything was very solid, quiet and immobile. Hopefully, he will work thru this fear quickly. I went downstairs to my other see saw and played the bang it game a few times after this and he was good with that.

And then we worked on the wingin it to tunnel. Personally, I hardly ever do spins. I did practice with Benni first to get my spin mechanics better. It could have been better with Brioche but I did my best! Plus I aggravated my hamstring doing stupid gardening last week with the nice weather. Won’t be doing that anymore. So I didn’t do much running here.

Thanks.
Sandy

[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!

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