I have tried for different reasons, and have just seen some Mals do it in Ring sport and love it. Presently I am working with a mix (Dobe/Aussie), and I know that aussies can do it (maybe it is the herding breed?) and want to know if I may as well wait till I get that GSD before even bothering with this?
Ummm.... i doubt the breed has anything to do with it
check out this Web Page and click the third picture from the top, then defense of handler, you will see - its not impossible
Thanks, good to know <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Just seemed to go against the breed since they are into protecting the owner and thus seem to want to go forward into the "danger" instead of walking backwards (hope that made sense!) ...
But, yeah, if I make her see that she should watch my back end and still continue with me ... Never thought of it that way :rolleyes:
Walking backwards is against any dogs nature. The directions for teaching this are 2 fold as I have seen it described. First is to teach the dog to walk bacwards. Associate it with a command and create a "shute" to direct the dog with. Start with a few steps and increase over time. Then teach the dog to be in the heel position with you and the dog facing oposite directions. You walk backwards and keep the dog in the heel position. After the dog has that down, get into the position and start walking forwards for a few steps. After a few steps praise and move to something the dog is more comfortable with. Increase the distance over time.
If you can't be a Good Example,then You'll just have to Serve as a Horrible Warning. Catherine Aird.
That makes sense! Sometimes things are right in front of you but you can't see it for the forest ... :rolleyes:
And it is always best to have a separate command for this one, eh? Anyhow, I will try it using the French commands for the backwards "Heel" -- if only to keep it clear in my own head :rolleyes:
After you do that, you can do the reverse send-away. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
I saw that on the video of the dancing Golden Retriever that periodically floats around the Internet. The rest was mostly heeling set to music. However, when I saw the dog take off backwards, I just went, "Hunh? How did she teach that?" Then the dog did the 'reverse come' <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
The owner/handler is Carolyn Scott of Houston. The dog's name is Rookie.
I think I remember that one <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
I had actually tried some freestyle to get my dog to do some backwards heeling ... hey, have to try new things, eh? Didn't work too well :rolleyes:
All I found out is that my dog likes the waltz and the swing, but would rather if I did all the backwards walking LOL (so, I guess she was doing the leading, eh? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> )
However, I did get some great heeling patterns out of it, since I ended up following horse dressage patterns. She (my dog) seems to like that <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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