[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
After reading thru the feedback I tried to to do better with repeating a couple of games. Let me know if these are any better.

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Hi Tracy,
Started with the serpentine refresher and the second angled jump:

Teeter Games. I do have a question on the mountain climber. Jeri Prekop sent me a couple of videos of her training one of her dogs and she was asking him to lie down at the end of the teeter while he ate the food. You haven’t mentioned teaching that behavior so just asking if there is a reason to do that? I know she is probably doing it to keep the center of gravity low for the dog. Also, I happened to have yellow duct tape so I am using that. First rep the bits of roast beef bounced off the board so I switched to peanut butter again for the bang game and then he stays on there forever!

Thanks.
Sandy

[Sandy Mainardi]

Next question. I do not have a target cue for anything. I say “hit it” for both dog walk and A frame as he approaches them. I say “see saw, see saw, see saw” for the teeter. Benni was taught the see saw using the 2 table method so I did not do these games with Benni as they were not incorporated in Max Pup at that time. So just say “ready” then?

And do I continue keeping the board about that high off the ground for the bang game? Do we ever make it a bit higher or there is no point to that?

Also, because of the shape of my teeter board, the red band does not fit snuggly at the very end. I was using that small container to take up the slack but that will not work when the teeter is actually hitting the ground. It was fine for mountain climber.

Yes, Brioche got a modified German clip. His tail is also clipped straight without the plume effect. He has very heavy coat and his ears were very thick and messy. This will be good for summer at least.

Thanks.
Sandy

[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

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