RIGHT ABOUT PIVOT
Intro, Handling and Teaching
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HANDLER CUES: RIGHT ABOUT PIVOT FOOT WORK
The Right About Pivot is a foundation skill for your about turn in heeling. In additions, it can be used for your turns for the Scent Articles, Gloves, as well as many turns in Rally.
When doing a Right About Pivot:
- Stand with your feet together.
- Shift your weight to your right leg.
- Look down past your right foot and back onto the line of travel you will be turning on.
- Step 1, move your left foot to make the “T” step by placing the ball of your left foot against the toe of your right foot.
- Step 2, place the heel of your right foot against the heel of your left foot and point your right foot in the direction you will be going or sending the dog.
- Step 3, bring your left foot up to your right foot.
Teaching the Right About Pivot
- Review the weight shift from the Right Pivot section before continuing to train the Right About Pivot.
- Hold your leash the same as in the right pivot so you can rein your leash as you shift your weight and start your turn.
- With your dog on your left side, start to rein forward on your leash as shift your weight to your RIGHT leg.
- Bring your LEFT foot to a T in front of your right foot.
- Turn your right foot so that the heel of the right foot is touching the heel of the left foot.
- Turn your left foot so that it is even with your right foot.
- Praise and release your dog up to a treat or toy BEFORE the sit or completion of the pivot.
- Only add a sit to the pivot once the desire is built and your dog understands how to move on your weight shift and turn while keeping his head up and focused on you. This can take many training sessions.
- Use a high value toy or pocket to place under your left arm. Drop it on the first step or as your dog starts movement for a number of repetitions. Once your dog will keep his head up on the first step, start to drop the toy on the second step and so on. Do randomly reward each step during practices to maintain the heads up behavior.
- Keep training sessions short. Use HIGH VALUE rewards and use games with any effort your dog offer to build desire.
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