Category: Performance Events ¤
  Author: Multiple Authors ¤
   Title: 786 Heeling Exercises ¤

Subject: clicktrain=> Re: 786 Heeling Exercises

OK - let's get started!  These aren't in order, and you might have to
teach Exercise #312 BEFORE you can teach Exercise 9:

1.	Watching (face or whatever part of body is designated).
2.	Targetting.
3.	Spins on your heels (to stop you from taking steps) to the right.
4.	Spins on your heels to the left.
5.	Right squares:  Dog in heel position, take one heeling step straight
forward, then IN THE SAME LINE pivot 90 degrees to the right and HALT.  Do
it again, and again - dog gets instant feedback for coming quick around
the corner, and instant feedback for finding the correct halt position.
6.	Left squares:  Dog in heel position, take one heeling step straight
forward, then IN THE SAME LINE pivot 90 degrees to the left and HALT.
This helps both handler and dog practise and understand the swing finish
as part of heeling.
7.	Swing finish.
8.	Descending left spiral.
9.	Descending right spiral.
10.	Descending left spiral, when you get to the centre and are spinning
left on your heels, stop and start spinning to the right and do an
ascending right spiral.
11.	Descending right spiral into an ascending left spiral.
12.	Heeling backwards.
13.	Slide right (handler moves one step sideways directly to the right, dog
stays in heel position.
14.	Left turns.
15.	Right turns.
16.	Left about turns.
17.	Right about turns.
18.	Slide right followed by an immediate left about turn (THAT separates
the women from the girls!).
19.	Sidewind butt in - try moving your focal point back but continue to
walk straight ahead - you should be able to get the dog to sidewind by
pulling his butt in behind you.
20.	Sidewind head in - move your focal point forward but continue to walk
straight ahead - get the dog to sidewind by pulling his head across in
front of you.
21.	Slow.  Practise everything in slow motion.
22.	Fast.  Practise everything faster than normal.
23.	Lead changes ( ;-D - not really) - SPEED changes - try changing speed
every two steps.
24.	Judge following - practise everything with another person walking tight
up behind you.
25.	Judge beside - practise everything with another person walking tight up
beside the dog.
26.	Judge beside - practise everything with another person walking tight up
beside you.
27.	Dog following - practise everything with another team walking tight up
behind you.
28.	Dog beside - practise everything with another team walking tight up
beside the dog.
29.	Dog beside - practise everything with another team walking tight up
beside you.
30.	Judge staring - practise everything with another person standing still
in the ring just staring at you.
31.	Backwards left circles.
32.	Backwards right circles.
33.	Trot on cue.
34.	War is good for business.
35.	Peace is good for business.  oops, wrong list...
34.	Get cue control over heel position re spine direction.
35.	Get cue control over heel position re sideways distance from
handler.
36.	Get cue control over heel position re forward/back distance from
handler.
37.	Get control over amount of enthusiasm dog puts into performance
(with Giant Schnauzers, this is a BIGGIE - I'm betting it won't be quite
as big a deal with the PWD).
38.	Gain conscious knowledge of all your cues for all the Heeling
Exercises.
39.	Sit.
40.	Sit on stopping cue.
41.	Sit in heel position on stopping cue.
42.	Find out when your dog must eat in order to give his best
performance.
43.	Find out what your dog must eat in order to give his best
performance.
44.	Find out how much your dog must eat in order to give his best
performance.
45.	Find out how much warmup your dog requires in order to give his
best performance in familiar surroundings.
46.	Find out how much warmup your dog requires in order to give
his best performance in unfamiliar surroundings.
47.	Condition the CR.
48.	Condition a minimum of 2 other CRs.
49.	Find a minimum of 10 Unconditioned Reinforcers.
50.	Move the Unconditioned Reinforcers out of the working area.

Well, that's a start - I was going to list 10 and let everyone else take
it from there, but I got carried away.  Take it from here - I left out
almost ALL the really basic stuff...

Sue eh?
ailsby@duke.usask.ca


Whew!

51. Clover leafs: heel forward one step, left turn, heel backward two steps,
repeat until dizzy. (Teaches dog to get butt in after left turn.)
52. Catch-up: Sit dog, walk forward several steps without dog, stand still
for a short time, command "Heel" and start walking forward, C/T when dog gets
into heel position. (Teaches dog to catch up if it gets lost in a heeling
pattern.)
53. Catch-up (double time): Same as Catch-up only run instead of walk after
the Heel command.
54. Figure eight heeling backward. (Allows you to show off)

George Keith
GeorgeBK@aol.com
Elgin, TX