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Build Suggestion: Automatic Dog Ball Thrower.

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Former Member over 9 years ago

My dog Nahani loves to play ball toss. I get a sore back tossing the ball all the time and also when I am doing yard work she is always insisting to play ball. Please help.

 

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    Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to beacon_dave +1
    I found another that looks interesting but doesn't have the "smarts" like the counting and the remote etc. But that could be added I guess to this one. https://youtu.be/V9UOcUKazSA
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    0 beacon_dave over 9 years ago

    Something along the lines of this perhaps ?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PcL6-mjRNk

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    0 Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    That's an awesome robot tosser for indoors..... my lab cross is an outdoor dog ....

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    0 beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

    How about this one then ?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7AOy1DbvYw

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    0 Former Member over 9 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    This is a much better option. Do you think Ben could put some Heck-yah in it but still make it something  we can make at home?

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    0 beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Some enhancements might be to:

     

    • have some sort of range and direction limit controls so as to avoid the greenhouse/neighbours pond.
    • dog tracking mode so that it always launches away for the dog for maximum exercise or  toward the dog if it likes to jump and catch the ball.
    • garden chair mode to allow the dog owner to interact and operate it from the comfort of their chair using a mobile device.
    • auto loading from a bucket. If you can train the dog to return the ball to the machine then great, but I suspect a lot of dogs will return the ball direct to the owner, so you probably just want to be able to toss the ball into something like a bucket which then reloads the machine.
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    0 beacon_dave over 9 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Some enhancements might be to:

     

    • have some sort of range and direction limit controls so as to avoid the greenhouse/neighbours pond.
    • dog tracking mode so that it always launches away for the dog for maximum exercise or  toward the dog if it likes to jump and catch the ball.
    • garden chair mode to allow the dog owner to interact and operate it from the comfort of their chair using a mobile device.
    • auto loading from a bucket. If you can train the dog to return the ball to the machine then great, but I suspect a lot of dogs will return the ball direct to the owner, so you probably just want to be able to toss the ball into something like a bucket which then reloads the machine.
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