airbear Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I had so much fun rigging Lou up with a helmet cam, that I thought I'd try with Wick and the agility equipment. She took one look at the headgear and made a beeline back to the house. That left ... Rex. The sequence is tunnel-teeter-weaves-dogwalk. If you are at all prone to motion-sickness, you do NOT want to watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_llbDZTYBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoe11 Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 That's awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryP Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I have GOT to get me one of those. But, yeah, I'm feeling a little nauseous right now. The funny thing was when he was looking at you, it made it look like you were dancing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbear Posted September 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Rex does this little dance where he hops back and forth like, well, a spaz. I am actually standing still and he's doing his weird slalom dance. And not to be an enabler or anything but ... awesome bluetooth headset video camera. This is Candy Kennedy's fault, by the way. Both Laura and I were forced to buy this camera after she posted her video on FB. I think I am the only one crazy enough to strap it to a dog's head though. #winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretBC Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 That was great (if not somewhat nauseating, lol) -- Did I miss a previous dog-cam video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbear Posted September 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 The first iteration (and the impetus behind purchasing the camera) was Sheepdog Cam, starring Lou. This one gets pretty bouncy too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RmvFYc9ZCg What I'd like to see is Wick through 12 poles (she is a fairly fast weaver) but she has made it clear she wants NOTHING to do with HelmetCam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporflowers Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 The weaving part was the coolest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretBC Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Way cool -- How do you attach it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryP Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Which camera did you get? I'm not sure how tolerant Charlie would be of it, but I may just have to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbear Posted September 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Here's the first version, used for sheepdog cam: For the agility version, Rex is wearing the top of a stocking - you know those stay-up stockings that have the elasticized lazy top? The things you wore when you still had a life and weren't spending all your time doing dog sports and making videos? Yeah, so I sewed some velcro to the top of the stocking, and then made a little elastic tube to hold the camera. The elastic tube has velcro on the the bottom, and I just attach it to the dog's head once he's wearing the headband. I have no idea why Wick didn't want to be a part of this! The Looxcie is meant to be worn on the ear, like a bluetooth headset (actually, you can use it as a BT headset). You can either control the recording by pressing a button on the device or through your iPhone/iPad. It is so much freakin' fun! Well, the dogs probably wish I hadn't bought one, but *I* think it's fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretBC Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 What a fun toy! Next you should make a video with you wearing it while running a course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Flyball is next, Kristi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbear Posted September 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Actually, my first video was of a bunch of us eating hamburgers. It's pretty awesome, actually! I think flyball will make people even more car-sick than the agility one. And at least Rex has running contacts - can you imagine what a lawn-dart a-frame would look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickif Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 THANK YOU! I can now understand why a baby dog can be confused by the upside of a DW versus teeter, they certainly don't see much do they? Wonderful, wonderful doggies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnfrank Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Quite a fun video. Lots of people have also mounted the GoPro HD camera to dog harnesses. It is not quite a "dog's view" as one sees the back of the head but does look to be a bit less bouncy than head mounted. For example, Rose the three legged BC: (lost a leg due to a bad porcupine encounter, operation was actually featured on the show 'animo' on CBC-french) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbear Posted September 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I can now understand why a baby dog can be confused by the upside of a DW versus teeter, they certainly don't see much do they? In AAC (our main venue), neither the dogwalk nor the teeter has slats so they look absolutely identical to the dog on approach. That's why I set them up side by side (and yes, sometimes I do move the dogwalk to the middle of the yard and put the teeter closer to the fence). His verbal for dogwalk (giddyup) is quite different from his verbal for teeter (the very original "teeter"), and that's all he has to go on to figure out which piece of wood is which. Sometimes, he takes very big air on the teeter, and I'm not sure that he's not enjoying himself as he catapults through the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickif Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 I have the opposite, a more cautious dog who is slower up the DW til she figures out which one it is. Now I'm thinking of some sort of body cue I could use for one or the other, considering body cues are stronger than verbals, more to think about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach BCs Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I think I'm going to have to get one of these cameras! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushdoggie Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Really neat! But yeah, kinda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcv-border Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Yeah -- agree ^^^^^ But still a great video even though it gave me a slight headache. Jovi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligande Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 What fun, I think it gives you a great look into what it is like charging down the dog walk, wonder what the a frame looks like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serena+Eluane B.C. Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Hahaha, what a crazy roller coaster view. I was so dizzy with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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