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What do you use as an elevated touch pad when working inside? I have slippery floors and haven´t found something to use that won´t run to the other side of the room when the dog doesn´t raise the feet all the way up. With the dachs I have used cardboard boxes but the dobe crushes the whole elevation thing out of those with just a few reps. They don´t really last very long with the dachshunds either so I have actually paused the whole touch pad traning for now because I just get frustrated and the dog is confused...
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The mousepad is a good idea for the stage I get over the "elevated" part of training. Thanks! But the ones I have are slippery on the top. How could I make good use of one at the moment?
(sorry if I am missing something obvious- it is 2AM here and I m VERY sleepy but who could resist watching Sleepy Hallow just one more time :P )
At our local feed and seed store they carry pretty substantial black, heavy rubber feed/water bowls. They are approximately 6 - 7" tall and around 18" round. Would something like that work for an elevated touch pad? They would not be crushed by a heavy paw... or two.
The mousepad is a good idea for the stage I get over the "elevated" part of training. Thanks! But the ones I have are slippery on the top. How could I make good use of one at the moment?
Just curious, Jaana, but what are you using the touch pad for? I've only used them in my agiiity training, so my knowledge of using them is limited. I am very curious about the "elevated" part of training, what that refers to?
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I want to use it for different things including agility, sendaways and the first thing is teaching butt control a.la THIS. The reason for the elevation is so the do feels something under his paws in the initial stages of training. It was the idea that dodged the problem I had- dogs didn´t understand what I wanted and started to add stuff to the mix. The mutt for instance didn´t get the point that I just wanted her to put her feet on the pad but did a jumping bow to the pad and was absolutely certain that this was what she was supposed to and I didn´t figure out how to convince her otherwise...
About the feed and seed store... I am sure there are some places like that in my country but unfortunately I have no idea where they might be or do they carry stuff like that. None around my town (that is 4th biggest in the country). I guess I´ll have to moan to a salesman at a hardware store...
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You could tape several frisbees together for desired height and then remove them one by one when you want to lower the touch pad. Or cut out circles out of a yoga mat - nonslip, light and has a very distinct texture.
I want to use it for different things including agility, sendaways and the first thing is teaching butt control a.la THIS.
I love Sylvia T! Such a creative trainer...
For send aways, I just use a lid from a quart yoghurt container. Eventually, I use smaller lids. But, I teach a nose touch (call it "target") for this, as opposed to having them put their feet on the pad. So, you can use "target" at the end of contact obstacles, etc.
You must be working on this indoors, so that an overturned bowl won't work on your slippery floors? I like another poster's idea of using some kind of non-skid stuff you could stick to the rim of the bowl. Over here, there are strips you can buy in the hardware store for putting on the bottom of a shower or tub to provide some traction, which have sticky stuff on one side and a textured non-skid surface on the other. Perhaps you could use something like that on the rim of a bowl or pan?
I'll want to see videos when you get it figured out!
(Thanks for the video...it really enabled me to understand what you're trying to accomplish...)
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