10-30-2010, 12:48 AM
Just as an update to this....
I have gotten the "spare" float tube (looks like a 30 yr old "Float-n-Fish") and have cut a platform for it. The carpet went on tonight (blue outdoor) and I fitted it on the tube (Tied onto 4 tabs on the tube with parachute cord). Spent about 15 minutes training the dog on it.
Thirty minutes later he was laying on it himself without any prompting. Grabbed a picture of it but will take me a bit to get the phone off my cell phone.
He did well when I started wiggling the platform but was still a bit unsure of it.
Next step...out to a local pond with it and me just standing in the water next to him!
It's working so far! [
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I have gotten the "spare" float tube (looks like a 30 yr old "Float-n-Fish") and have cut a platform for it. The carpet went on tonight (blue outdoor) and I fitted it on the tube (Tied onto 4 tabs on the tube with parachute cord). Spent about 15 minutes training the dog on it.
Thirty minutes later he was laying on it himself without any prompting. Grabbed a picture of it but will take me a bit to get the phone off my cell phone.
He did well when I started wiggling the platform but was still a bit unsure of it.
Next step...out to a local pond with it and me just standing in the water next to him!
It's working so far! [
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