...and all this time I've been trying to get my dogs to heal the sick! I even bought a big canvas tent and a motor home, and just finished selling off all my worldly goods! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
My take: it teaches the dog to focus on YOU. Plain and simple.
There are times when having a dog that knows he must focus on YOU when the command is given can come in very handy. I once used a "Fuss!" command to keep my dog from running down a sheep. It worked, too. It was a trick I was glad I had in my arsenal.
You don't just "Fuss" your dog down the street, at least not normally. It's an obedience command connected to a specific behavior at a specific time--get over here to my side and heel, right now. For the same reason it's a good idea to differentiate the commands "Come" (drop what you're doing and move in my direction) and "Hier!" (get here as fast as you can and do a correct finish in front). Competition obedience vs. general canine good citizenship.
p.s. the point here was the element of surprise. I used "Fuss!" with the sheep because it was the last thing the dog expected to hear. Would "come!" have worked? Maybe, maybe not. I didn't care to find out.
Thanks for the reply, I have a few more questions if you can bare with me.
So, the primary goal is for the dog to focus on you? correct?
Whould the dog be able to focus as well while heeling with his head by your knee? In my mind, I want my dog to remain by my side and alert to my movements; yet aware of his surroundings both audible and visual. I don't think he could "see" danger if he was looking me in the face all the time. Whereas if he's using his peripheral vision to watch my movement, he can still focus on his surroundings. Is there an obvious flaw in this logic?
There is absolutely no flaw in your logic. What they are all talking about is competition heeling. If you are not planning to compete in obedience, don't worry about it. Focus/power/SchH heeling has very little use in real life. For one thing, if you try to sustain it for a long time, your dog will end up with a terrible pain in the neck <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> .
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