Certainly the title says it all. I free-shaped a forehand pivot on "the brick" a 7" diameter octagon made of 2" thick wood. It's painted blue and has sand texture. Gimme is very very good at her pivot. Tonight I decided I needed to get in gear and fade the brick prompt and get this on a simple verbal cue.
So thinking to take a shortcut, I cut a 4" octagon of blue paper. We did several warm up pivots with the brick, then while her back was turned I moved the brick and replaced it with the paper. When Gimme turned toward me I cued "pivot" and waited to see if she'd make the connection.
She looked at the paper, looked at me, looked around and spotted the brick on the arm of the couch where I'd laid it. She jumped on the couch, knocked the brick to the floor and then neatly did the pivot where it landed!
I've always said you have to be smarter than a dog to train one... with this kid there are definite times I wonder if I measure up.
Anyway, this weekend, I'll cut a brick out of 3/4" thick wood and some thin panelling and get them painted. While I'm painting, I'm going to paint some sandpaper too. So I'll be able to fade from the brick to a thinner and then thinner one. From there to sandpaper bricks, in gradually smaller sizes.
I will save all these, because I really want to get the forehand pivot in the other direction, as well as rear pivots. Meanwhile, I'll continue pondering my place in the universe.
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