Has anybody had any experience with the ball dropper vest? I just got one and I'm kind of wondering about the most effective way to use it. It has the 2 holes in the front of the vest but I thought it would have a hole leading to the inside of the pocket. Obviously I was wrong, so is there a good way to rig the cable so the dog doesn't see you pulling on it?
I don't think the cable is long enough to go that far but then how would you pull it sufficiently to get the flap thing to open?
I guess I could add extra cable, but I guess I was thinking that I could do this kind of more covertly so the dog wouldn't see me telegraphing when I was rewarding him.
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If you are talking about when you have the pocket placed on the left side of your chest (for fusing): I run the cable in through the hole below the pocket then out through the hole on the other side. I hold the cable in my right hand. It's long enough that my right hand stays on my side & the dog doesn't see my pulling it also because he's focused on the pocket. Also, I wear the vest without the pocket a lot too so my dog just never knows what the heck I'm going to do!!!!
Susan,
This is what I did initially but the dog can see me periperially pulling on the cable and it distracts him just for that split second before the ball drops. I'm thinking about going back to just holding it on my left shoulder and dropping it. I'll give it a little time first though and see how things develop.
The vest I saw had a cable long enough to run down the right sleeve. A ring was placed on the end and a very minor flip of the wrist (hidden from the dogs' view) pulled the flap open.
Howard,
My cable will only go to about maybe mid forearm. Maybe I can attach another one to it and make it a hair longer. If I was pulling straight down on the cable it would probably take little effort but having to pull it across my body puts it at a bit of an angle and I have to pull a little harder. I have arthritis in my wrists and don't have very good range of motion. Thanks for the help.
Add the extra cable, or make another one for it. Set up the length so that it will pull open the dropper by straightening out your arm from a slight crook. That way no wrist action is needed and moving your arm from a slight crook to straight out looks natural when you are heeling with the dog. Of course if you move the dropper from your left shoulder, or wherever it is when you set the cable up, the cable will be too long then and you'll have to figure something else out.
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