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#16 GottaDesigner

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Posted 17 January 2010 - 11:07 PM

Heel is sticking by you when on the lead, Jay still hasn't quite got the hang of that himself but we're getting there!

What we've found is if you walk briskly and keep talking to the dog to keep their attention, they naturally start to heel without much correction, when they do this give the 'Heel' command and praise for it. Another sneaky, sneaky is to keep a little something nice in your nearest pocket, they'll catch the scent and stick to you like glue for it...this typically works best with puppies. Once again, when they're where you want them, give the 'Heel' command and praise and possibly the tidbit or clicker if you're using one.

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Posted 17 January 2010 - 11:10 PM

Heel is sticking by you when on the lead, Jay still hasn't quite got the hang of that himself but we're getting there!

What we've found is if you walk briskly and keep talking to the dog to keep their attention, they naturally start to heel without much correction, when they do this give the 'Heel' command and praise for it. Another sneaky, sneaky is to keep a little something nice in your nearest pocket, they'll catch the scent and stick to you like glue for it...this typically works best with puppies. Once again, when they're where you want them, give the 'Heel' command and praise and possibly the tidbit or clicker if you're using one.


Very good suggestion, didn't think about hiding the food, very sneaky!
Another way could be target training your puppy to your hand, so when they do wonder a little away, yu get them to target the hand and they can come back to that point.

#18 sambarnes

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Posted 18 January 2010 - 05:54 PM

Thanks Goldie. I was speaking to a freind today about it and he said another way to heel, similar to that of gottadesigner said, is by holding a treat in your hand, letting her know its there and then walking slowly with it so she follows.

I will keep you updated on how everythings going and try all of the ideas mentioned.

#19 sarah67

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Posted 09 June 2013 - 07:07 AM

Hi I have a 9 week old springer and I am having problems with him biting peoples legs in quite an aggressive way how do I stop this sooner rather than later ?






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