Heeling tips and tricks # 7
REA – Moving to side
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REA Progression dog moving to side
The progression of teaching hindquarter rotation is for your dog to understand the value of placing his front feet on a box, and anticipate going to the right or the left.
REMINDERS
- The speed in which he runs back to the box tells you the DESIRE your dog has for skill.
- Place 3-5 treats in one Hand, and with other hand is over the box, with the back of your hand is facing down and your PALM is facing up and your hand slightly higher than the dog’s head.
- Reward A LOT when your dog first gets on the box.
- Use delay of reward to get your dog moving more and more.
- Restart often by tossing away from you
- Dog runs and puts feet on box with immediate reward.
- After a few treats, hesitate rewarding to kick in frustration factor.
- Dog moves, praise and reward, hesitate again. Feed again for motion.
- Restart and repeat, feed, hesitate, feed hesitate, restart.
- Work with both hands and dog moving to either side.
- Keep training sessions short.
- Work with dog going to both right or left side
- Immediately pick up the box after training