DE20101339U1 - Containers for objects for motivational play with dogs - Google Patents

Description

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Container for items for motivational games with dogs

The invention relates to a container for objects as well as food for motivational games with dogs and other animals .

V. j In addition to exercises such as retrieving, motivational games are carried out with dogs. These are carried out as free play or as target games, ie as a reward for a previously satisfactorily completed exercise and thus serve to educate and build up training. Different MCPs (motivational objects) are used for this purpose. These include chew sausages, pieces of wood or sling objects, which for example have a bite body made of a rubber-elastic material and a rope attached to one end of the bite body or similar traction device for slinging the object (cf. German utility model no. 299 17 816.1).

In the motivation game, the dog should be stimulated as constantly as possible and made curious. If the motivational object is put in a bag, the dog will guess this early on from the familiar hand movements of the trainer towards the bag. This creates an unwanted false association: the dog concentrates in its expectation only on the hand or shoulder movements of the trainer. If there is no more food or object MO in sight, the dog loses interest in the trainer and as a result either carries out the task listlessly or often not at all. For this reason, holding the object in the hand is counterproductive.

For optimal, stimulating communication, the dog should constantly look up at the trainer. This goal will not be achieved if the motivational object is constantly held in the hand.

The aim of the invention is to provide a container that ensures that the dog believes the MO (either partially visible or not visible, depending on the level of training) is in the container. Using modern play and motivation practices, the trainer ensures that the dog not only expects the MO, but also tries to decipher the trainer's facial expressions and mood, because he knows that the game is announced by the trainer's facial expressions. This has the advantage that the team leader becomes the focus of attention and over time the dog carries out exercises with spirit and reliability even without a visible MO.

This is achieved according to the invention by using a quiver that can be worn on the chest and holds the bite object, food, slingshot object or similar motivational or training object, the quiver having two loops for carrying, namely a loop attached to the upper end of the quiver that runs from the quiver under one armpit over the back and over the other shoulder back to the quiver, and a belly loop attached to the lower end of the quiver that is looped around the waist.

The quiver can be worn visibly on the body, for example, during the first phases of methodical game building, or invisibly under a vest. This way, the coach keeps his hands free for natural body posture and movement.

At the same time, the position described offers optimal conditions for a quick, unhindered, uncomplicated and individually comfortable ejection of the MO housed in the quiver. This is achieved according to the invention by the quiver being carried either vertically downwards or more or less diagonally, depending on the ejection technique used. Experience has shown that this is an angle (deviating from the vertical plumb line) between 0° and 90°.

The shoulder and/or belly loop can also consist of a band, a rope, a line, a chain or similar traction device. While the shoulder loop is preferably not very stretchy, the belly loop is preferably made of a rubber-elastic material, for example a rubber cord or a wide rubber band.

The strap, rope or other pulling device that makes up the shoulder and/or belly loop can be fastened by passing it through holes in the quiver and connecting it to its end sections. The connection can be made using knots, snap fasteners, clamp fasteners, carabiners or similar. The length of the shoulder and/or belly loop can also be adjusted and the quiver can be held sufficiently stable on the body.

To make it easier to insert the motivational or other object into the quiver, the quiver can be funnel-shaped at the top. The quiver can be formed by a tube, for example a plastic tube.

In order to prevent the motivational object from slipping through, the quiver can be provided with a bottom, a corresponding taper or with a support which is formed by guiding the belly loop through at least four spaced-apart holes in the lower part of the quiver.

An embodiment of the container according to the invention is described in more detail below with reference to the drawing.

Fig.l a perspective view of a quiver; and

Fig.2 A view of the quiver carried by a person with a slingshot object.

According to Figure 1, the quiver 1 consists of a tubular body which is widened in a funnel shape at the upper end 2. A slingshot object 3 is inserted into the quiver 1 (Figure 2), which consists of a bite body 4 made of rubber-elastic material, which is provided at one end with a rope or similar traction device 5 in order to be able to hold the bite body 4 and sling it away. Such a slingshot object is described in the German utility model 2 99 17 816.

The quiver 1 has a shoulder loop 6 attached to its upper end and a belly loop 7 attached to its lower end. While the belly loop 7 runs around the waist, the shoulder loop 6 runs under one armpit over the back to the other shoulder, as shown in Figure 2.

The shoulder loop 6 and the belly loop 7 each consist of a rope, band or similar traction device. While the traction device for attaching the shoulder loop 6 to the quiver 1 is guided through two holes 8, 9 arranged next to one another, the traction device for the belly loop 7 is guided through four holes 10 to 13 arranged opposite one another in pairs, so that the traction device of the belly loop 7 forms a support for the sling object 3 in the lower area of the quiver 1. The ends of the traction device for the shoulder loop 6 are connected by a knot 15, while the ends of the traction device for the belly loop 7 are connected by a snap hook 17 that can be hooked into a ring 16. While the shoulder loop 6 consists of a material that is not very stretchy, for example a rope, the material of the belly loop 7 is preferably rubber-elastic, for example a rubber cord or a wide rubber band.

Claims (6)

1. Container for objects for motivational games with dogs, characterized by a quiver ( 1 ) which can be worn on the chest, to the upper part of which a shoulder loop ( 6 ) running under one armpit over the back to the other shoulder and to the lower part of which a belly loop ( 7 ) is attached. 2. Container according to claim 1, characterized in that the shoulder and/or belly loop ( 6 , 7 ) consists of a band, rope or similar traction means which is guided through holes ( 8 to 13 ) in the quiver ( 1 ) and can be connected to its end sections. 3. Container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the belly loop ( 7 ) consists of a rubber-elastic material. 4. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the belly loop ( 7 ) is guided through at least four spaced holes ( 10 to 13 ) in the lower region of the quiver ( 1 ) to form a support for the object ( 3 ). 5. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper end of the quiver ( 1 ) is funnel-shaped. 6. Container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the depth of the quiver ( 1 ) is between 5 cm and 20 cm, depending on the object to be accommodated, and the diameter is between 2 cm and 12 cm.