I've been watching this one carefully too because we're also working on focused heeling. Hope you don't mind if I jump in with additional questions...
Is it ok to have the dog touching you? I reward him against my body to keep his head where I want him and to keep his body close to me. My dog likes his personal space and likes to creep back from me a bit. This becomes a problem with wall exercises because he either "squirts" out the front or shrinks backwards so I don't crowd him. So I started bringing him in as close as possible with my lure and rewarding on my waist. It keeps him closer but I didn't know if this would be ideal.
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I have a separate heeling question, does it matter which way the dog moves to heel position, example around my back vs. swing and back up.. is there different requirements for different sports is one better than the other or is it just a handler/trainer preference....
I have also wondered about having the dog touching you, Something tells me that it is a no no, but then I see videos like the one Elaine posted and that dog is clearly touching the guys leg.
It seems like it would be easiest for Loki if I marked his shoulder touching my left leg in various positions.
On the other hand chad was outside with him last night and for whatever reason loki was doing this beautiful natural heel, stuck to his side like glue.....sigh.
"Crowding" is lost points in AKC and Schutzhund. More so in AKC.They can be pretty anal about it.
How the dog returns to the heel position doesn't matter.
Yrs back I trained it by walking into and bumping the dog out of the way with my knee. That was common at the time. I created a dog that would lean in anticipation of the knee. That's when I decided to train both the flip and the go round. It took all the pressure of off the dog because he had to wait for which command I would give him.
Now, with marker training that problem is no longer.
Thats kinda what I was thinking but then I watched that video and it looked like the dog was glued to the girl's leg. I will need to be careful that I'm not encouraging him to actually lean on me while still attempting to lure him closer to me. What a complicated thing this focused heeling is! This has been a real challlenge and brain teaser all at the same time!
It is a hard habit to break.
I rewarded "sit" at halt too soon, did not wait for the
proper sit. Now I don't seem to be able to get a proper sit
consistently.
Is that a fixable deal?
It is a hard habit to break.
I rewarded "sit" at halt too soon, did not wait for the
proper sit. Now I don't seem to be able to get a proper sit
consistently.
Is that a fixable deal?
Sure... with patience. Go back to square one and begin again, using a different word if necessary. Do you use Marker Training?
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Conan does the perpendicular sit too, Betty. For me, he just hasn't started to understand the position on the left side. Right now he knows it's the left side. I'm hoping he gets it sooner than later.
I do use marker training, and have tried taking steps to the right to get him to correct, to get closer, and closer. I seem to be able to get his nose closer, but his butt swings out.
It's a winter project!
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