You guys helped recently with focused healing for Marco. This isn't exactly a question about that or marker training so I decided it should go here. The other day, my 10 year old son decided to take Marco outside to play. For some reason he got the idea to ride his bike with Marco on leash walking next to him. So Marco pretty much stayed in a perfect healing position, not focusing of course but right in the exact position. So I'm guessing that it's probably because of the faster speed opposed to me walking with him, which he tends to forge ahead of me alot. I know he's supposed to stay in the correct position in the long run no matter what speed I'm walking, but I'm wondering if maybe I should speed it up for the time being so that I can more easily/often mark and reward for the correct positioning. He is doing quite a bit better with the focus.
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IMO, you will be better off in the long run if you don't train at any one given pace. Part of forging is anticipation. You need to mix things up so that he has to focus on you.
I do lots of heeling exercises to polish position and entry into the heel. I started out against walls and fences, forwards, backwards, stops, starting with focus, etc. One thing I work on is having her start on the left foot, and not when I move my right foot. This enforces position on the left leg.
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