Heeling video 11 –
Adding Tuck Sits to Heeling
Adding Halts to Heeling
Halts are not added to heeling until the dog understands how to do a tuck sit, understands the halt cue footwork, AND the dog understands how to heel and maintain proper alignment aligned with the handler’s body.
All skills are taught and polished independently before integrating them.
- If your dog understands the TUCK SIT add to short straight line heeling i.e. a few steps 2-4.
- Heel ONLY 2-4 steps.
- As your left heel is getting ready to hit the ground (1/2 step)
- Say SIT
- Your dog should quickly SIT!
- Make sure your dog keeps his head up as he is moving forward and into the sit.
- When working on the tuck sit, you will be taking a few steps forward in a straight line and the dog should sit on your verbal and body cue and NOT AFTER you stop.
- The goal is that the dog sits BEFORE you actually stop.
- Release and play with your dog between each sit