I've been having an interesting conversation with Johann's mum. She has two great video clips of how she trained Johann to succeed with the wooden Nina Ottosson Dog Casino.
First she taught him to focus on the little pegs that close off the drawers.
Then they moved on to pulling the pegs out of the holes.
So far we've practised Penny touching the peg for a reward from my hand. We moved on to clicking when she knocks the peg off the game, because I thought that might be closer to what we need finally, when she'll have to pull up the peg and throw it off the Casino so she can pull out the drawer to get the treats.
Johann's mum has mentioned the command 'pick it up' and Penny knows that well, so we experimented with that.
(I just can't seem to co-ordinate using the clicker and stopping myself from saying 'Yes!'. Luckily Penny's used to my muddled training methods, lol.)
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Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Nina Ottosson toys for intelligent dogs to play with
Hooray! The toys from Clean Run arrived last Friday.
The one toy I am really waiting for is the super duper Dog Tornado that my friend is bringing from New York. I didn't think I could afford the postage, so she said she'd bring it in her luggage. She arrives tomorrow!
And then Johann told me there was to be a free postage offer from Clean Run for a short while, so I ordered the Spinny, the Brick and Dog Magic. I ordered them through Johann's site. (Now that I know the toys are lighter than I thought, and come so quickly, I'd be keen to order more things in the future.)
I ordered them on the 4th of December, so it took them only eight days to come to Australia. I'm amazed. And excited.
The first one Penny and I played with was quite easy - The Dog Spinny.
When Penny was confident with it - which took about three minutes! - I added a plastic bone that makes the task harder. She had to figure out how to get the bone out before she could turn the Spinny and get the treats.
Today we advanced to the second game, The Brick. We've only played the simplest version, so far.
When she is confident, I'll place more of the plastic bones in the middle spaces, to make it hard.
I can't wait for the Tornado - it looks like the hardest of them all.
The one toy I am really waiting for is the super duper Dog Tornado that my friend is bringing from New York. I didn't think I could afford the postage, so she said she'd bring it in her luggage. She arrives tomorrow!
And then Johann told me there was to be a free postage offer from Clean Run for a short while, so I ordered the Spinny, the Brick and Dog Magic. I ordered them through Johann's site. (Now that I know the toys are lighter than I thought, and come so quickly, I'd be keen to order more things in the future.)
I ordered them on the 4th of December, so it took them only eight days to come to Australia. I'm amazed. And excited.
The first one Penny and I played with was quite easy - The Dog Spinny.
When Penny was confident with it - which took about three minutes! - I added a plastic bone that makes the task harder. She had to figure out how to get the bone out before she could turn the Spinny and get the treats.
Today we advanced to the second game, The Brick. We've only played the simplest version, so far.
When she is confident, I'll place more of the plastic bones in the middle spaces, to make it hard.
I can't wait for the Tornado - it looks like the hardest of them all.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
free shipping of nina ottosson toys over the next couple of days
Johann's mum added a comment on my post about intelligent toys for dogs and told me that the US company Clean Run is shipping items with free postage until 8th December, if you spend more than $100.
I just had to give it a try, even though the Australian dollar is so bad compared to the US dollar at the moment. It sure seemed as if the items are going to ship to Australia with no cost for postage. To say I'm excited would be an understatement, as I've ordered THREE of the Nina Ottosson toys. I ordered them through Johann's own site, where part of the profits go to shelters and rescue organisations.
If they come by sea, I guess it might be months before I see them, but it will be fun waiting for them. I can't remember who said it's the journey that counts, not the arrival. Similarly, we Australians are experts at enjoying the anticipation of a parcel sailing across the planet to us.
I just had to give it a try, even though the Australian dollar is so bad compared to the US dollar at the moment. It sure seemed as if the items are going to ship to Australia with no cost for postage. To say I'm excited would be an understatement, as I've ordered THREE of the Nina Ottosson toys. I ordered them through Johann's own site, where part of the profits go to shelters and rescue organisations.
If they come by sea, I guess it might be months before I see them, but it will be fun waiting for them. I can't remember who said it's the journey that counts, not the arrival. Similarly, we Australians are experts at enjoying the anticipation of a parcel sailing across the planet to us.
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