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Doggyman
Feb 3, 2004, 4:45 PM
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Re: [PSD, ALL] To Heel or Not to Heel
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Hi All, PSD : Wildgunsr got his working pup already ? Totally agree with you all but I personally would like to have the sequence go thsi way, get the FOCUS/Attention first thing first. I will do tihs by calling the dog's name and when he/she look at u or run toward u, then wait no more and praise/reward. Continue to do this for few days and ur pup should be able to get u, when u call, he/she will sure come to u (sit infront, stand infront does not matter at this stage, so do not reinforce) and u can 'make' him look/focus/pay attention longer before u praise/reward. After this focus work, u can start train the pup with sit, stand, down, stay or which ever u think is appropriate. This FOCUS work will help u very much in getting your dog heel with his/her head up and always looking at u when on command and in the later stage u can combine the heel with focus as 1 exercise. my 1.5 cents worth of heel work with focus or i would like to call it 'Knock the wall heeling'........lol............ Boon - I Love Fast Dogs That Hit Hard You Ask Me To Fight For You, I Give You Freedom & Protection And Then You Question The Manner In Which I Provide It, I'd Rather You Just Said -- "Thank You" --
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