Okay I've searched this site and google and still can't seem to put two and two together.

My pup is 14 months old. I want to train him for competition obedience and agility (not schutzhund, but this was the only forum I saw with an obedience section).

He hasn't had any real formal training, but we did an obedience class and he is the typical graduate, i.e. will offer a sit or down for a treat.

I'd like to start getting serious so we could maybe start competing next summer.

I've never trained a competition dog before, and I've just started with clicker training - we do simple things like "touch" (with his nose), backup, and watch me. (Ed's new video is on its way!

I want to start training the heel. I want 3 different heels from this dog. 1 - "let's go": loose leash walking; 2 - "heel": walk directly beside me, no lagging or forging but not super formal; and 3 - "fuss": schutzhund style formal attention heeling.

OK I have no idea how to go about this. I kind of started with our clicker training sessions by having him sit beside me, then we walk together and I lure him with a treat to look up, then click/treat after a random small number of steps. However, his butt swings out sideways, and if I walk next to a wall, he doesn't look up the whole time because he pauses to look where he's going. (If that makes sense).

How do I train the different styles of heeling? can it be done all at once or should I start with one of them? If I start with one style, which one?

Since you are not supposed to give a command until the dog has the behaviour down pat, I'm confusing myself on how this should be done.

Hey Angela I think I would just go with training the fuss and the heel the way you mentioned and then the lets go walking will probably just fall into place. When I walk Andy in his casual walk he stays next to me and when I release him he'll still move in the direction I'm going without pulling but he may be 6' from me or 15' depending on the leash he's on.