Melissa Hoyer Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2005
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Hi all,
Anyone have any tips on training small dogs to heel? I am going to be helping out a friend with her Pomeranian who pulls like a maniac. I am so used to big dogs! I have started charging the mark with Esme and we will learn some basics with marker training first.
Here is a picture of her with her new best friend, my Vigo, who weighs about 80 lbs more than she does:
With my daughter's shih tzo, Balto, we just stopped if he darted ahead to pull and waited until he came back to us so we could use the marker to mark walking beside us. To help get the position correct, we used a dog coupler to tie him to one of the big dog's collars since he always walked right beside them and wouldn't dart ahead of them, tell them both to heel and started walking. We also changed directions and pace frequently. Anyway, he heels beautifully now. If anyone can tell me an easy way to deliver a treat without stopping to bend over constantly, I'm all ears.
Melissa Hoyer Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2005
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Quote: Dawna Provancial
If anyone can tell me an easy way to deliver a treat without stopping to bend over constantly, I'm all ears.
Me too!
Thanks for your advice, also My Grace (best at heeling ever, simply because she loves to be near me) taught both Kira and Vigo how to heel in the same way.
I guess you are wanting calm, loose leash walking rather than an actual heel?
In my formal heeling, which I trained using ME techniques, Mitzi has her head pointing up at me and the bending over is minimal, as I deliver the food directly over her head.
But in our general loose lead walking, as well as other ob commands, well, bending over is just what you gotta do...
Mitzi, however, often jumps up for the reward out of excitement, after her release command, but she's a bouncy little thing anyway
Doesn't Michael Ellis talk about using peanut butter on a spoon attached to a stick so you don't have to loom over the dog? I know I've seen it somewhere...
Still, it would be hard to do timely, multiple rewards while out walking on the road if you have to juggle a leash, a stick and a jar of peanut butter!
Funny visual, though, lol.
Still, it would be hard to do timely, multiple rewards while out walking on the road if you have to juggle a leash, a stick and a jar of peanut butter!
Funny visual, though, lol.
Seems like you could load the spoon up pretty heavily, so you'd get several rewards out of it. And honestly, having a little jar of peanut butter in the pouch can't be much more difficult than portioning out handfuls of treats & the leash. Works for some, I guess. My back is getting to where I'd give it a try.
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My Grace (best at heeling ever, simply because she loves to be near me) taught both Kira and Vigo how to heel in the same way.
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