Heelwork

Many dogs are happy to walk properly for a while, but then they get tired. The heelwork is something that needs to last for quite

Some dogs get very excited as soon as something happens – they walk nicely when you turn away from the distractions but get excited again

Besides being able to walk for a long time at my side when I walk straight ahead, the dog needs to be able to follow

“My dog can walk to heel for a long time as long as there are no distractions nearby” is something I hear often. And that’s

“Dull heelwork” means that the dog just tags along by my side. The dog will not be able to heel by anticipation a whole hunting

When the dog can find it’s position by my side when I walk it is also good if it can come to my side when

With mistraining I mean training that counteract what I actually want to teach the dog. Something that happens when I forget to maintain my criteria

Since the heelwork consists of many parts and should work in many environments, we believe more than one way is needed to train it. We

I start to train heelwork as soon as I get the puppy home and continue practicing practically every day of the dog’s life. What I

Something Lena and I usually distinguish ourselves with is that we want to practice what is most important right now to achieve the result we

Heelwork is something that a lot of people struggle with. It requires a lot of training and focus to become good. Therefore, I’m going to

Follow the leader – or follow the handler Heelwork is something that recurs in all field trials and working tests (and also in obedience trials,

The difference between an easy marked retrieve and a difficult blind retrieve Last summer when we were in England at  Philippa William’s Castleman’s gun dogs

When I was in England visiting Phillippa Williams last summer (www.dogsforlife.co.uk) we got to try a slightly different way of training heelwork. Simply put we