Do you need a special command for walking your dog losely on leash vs. heel, or can you just say "Let's go." ? We have used let's go when he's off leash and lagging behind, meaning get going. So would that be confusing to him if we use it for loose leash walks too?
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Mike J Schoonbrood Webboard User Reg: 04-30-2005
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Alot of people have seperate commands for a "competition heel" and "walk on a loose leash".... my dog doesn't do "competition heeling", heel is heel... but when I don't care what he does I just tell him "ok go play" n if he stops walking i'll tell him "c'mon" n he keeps moving.
Voet (foot)= stay close and follow
Achter (Heel)= glued to my leg
Lang lijn (long line)= when he is on a leash and he can take advantage off the lengt of it without pulling
Vrij (free)= Do whatever you want
And this in 3 languages Dutch/ French and Spanish for 3 (2,25)* dogs
Confusing isn't but they cope
* you can't count a papillion as one dog or can you?
I use 'let's go' with Siris. Aussie, my ACD, thinks 'let's go' means 'pull on the leash--not hard, but still pull' so instead of taking the extra time to retrain him (since mom was not very good at getting the message across the first time), I picked a new command--'with me' which, actually, is fairly close to heel for him.
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I use "fuss" for a heeling command & "walk with me" for just a stroll. I usually walk both my dogs together (1 on each side) for a stroll. They know that a 'walk with me" command means a walk...& we don't stop to sniff or pee or anything else....we walk. They 'take care of business' before & after we take a walk at home, not on the neighbors' lawns.
"Fuss" means perfect attention heeling (position and eye contact). If we're just strolling to the field or walking around, I just let them know their free with body language, tone of voice, maybe patting my dog's side and encouraging him to potty, and a different leash. I use a short tab for work and a thicker 6 ft leash for walking. My dogs don't seem to have a problem and have generalized this to other training fields as well.
If you're going to do Schutzhund then I wouldn't say fuss for just keeping you dog near you during a walk. I say "lets go" and tug his leash to let him know when it is time to keep on moving on.
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