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Heeling Tips & Tricks #39 – BOX Drill – Circles – Teaching & Building  DESIRE – Perfect Heeling

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Box Drill Circle Work
 
How to TEACH & PEFECT Heeling

 
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BOX DRILL – Circles Teaching – This is a great way to start adding circles to this set up.

  • Begin by placing 4 objects such as cones or chairs about 6-10 ft. apart in a box layout or pattern.
  • Start each repetition with your dog moving into heel position from play. NO SITS or starts for a sit!
  • Practice at a slow pace if needed to ensure your dog is confident.
  • Start by rewarding your dog every time you do one turn.  Release your dog, upward either during or after the turn.  Doing so will build and maintain DESIRE and Focus during turns.
  • Work on all right circles or all lefts circles at a time. Do not mix turns together at this stage.
  • Be sure to cue your dog for each turn and use reining the leash as needed.
  • Repetition of circles will help your dog see and recognize your cues for each turn as well as adding duration in heeling.
  • Increase to normal pace ONLY only number of circles after you have built duration and desire at slow pace doing all four turns.
  • If your dog is distracted by the cones/chairs.  Move further form the cones of chairs when teaching and make it easier for your dog to succeed while concentrating on the turn.
  • If your dog is not using his rear end on left turns.  Practice more Rear End Awareness found in the Must Have tab.  Make sure your dog is offering the motion before progressing with turns.  Also, use reining the leash to help teach your dog the cue.
  • If your dog is dropping his head on right turns. Play more games in the middle of the turn. The Thumb Touch found in the Must Haves tab, is also a great tool to teach heads up on turns. TT in the middle of the turn.

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Heeling Tips & Tricks #38 – DIG Right Turns – Teaching & Building  DESIRE – Perfect Heeling

38 Dig right
Right Turn DIG

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REMINDER – DIG= DISTRACTIONS INITIATE GAMES 

Often a distraction can cause your dog to lose focus, to worry, or even create a negative experience for your dog.  However, distracting situations are a perfect time for you to turn a possible “negative” experience for your dog into a “positive” one.  If trained appropriately, not only will your dog become more confident, but he will “try harder” and learn to focus more intensely on you no matter what the situation.

DIG is an introduction into proofing and can determine how your dog responds to pressure. It is teaching your dog how to be successful when faced with new locations, environments, and or people. In addition, it is teaching your dog that distractions both visual and auditory, are a rewarding cue to your dog.

This skill cannot be rushed! Work on the DIG skill a few minutes in every training session.

DIG ~ Introduce RIGHT Turn

  • BEFORE training the DIG with the RIGHT Turn, make sure your dog needs to know the RIGHT turn concept.
  • Start heeling out of play.  RESIST the habit of always starting your heeling with your dog in an SIT!
  • Heel forward staying at least 10-12” laterally from barrier.
  • As you do the RIGHT Turn, reward and release your dog DURING the turn.  The idea is to make the heads up in the turn desirable.
  • PRE signs of a head drop/lose of focus, can include: your dog dropping his head, changing his gait, ears going back, his mouth closed or opened, etc. Basically any sign that he knows you are approaching something.  Your dog may not actually LOOK at the barrier.  In most cases a dog gives “PRE” signs before actually looking. Your job is to be able to see the PRE signs!
  • Please take your time when teaching and training DIG to your dog.

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