How to Teach your Dog to Pivot

Pivoting is a showy skill that is commonly seen in canine sports such as freestyle, obedience, rally, and agility. Also known as rear awareness, perch work, or heeling, pivoting requires your dog to change directions by moving their rear end and keeping their front feet in place. In this video, we'll teach you how to train your dog to pivot. You'll learn how to use positive reinforcement techniques, such as treats and praise, to motivate your dog to learn this skill. We'll discuss how to break the behavior down into small steps and how to gradually increase the difficulty as your dog becomes more comfortable. Whether you're a seasoned dog trainer or a beginner, this video has something for everyone. So if you want to teach your dog the showy skill of pivoting, this is the video for you!
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[@cathyimatsumoto935]

Aloha Jamie I SO enjoy watching your videos and I just thank you for putting them out there on TH-cam so that I can learn from you thank you for all your work thank you for sharing Your knowledge my breed is German shepherds but I love all dogs.... I did subscribe and gave you thumbs up excellent training thank you❤❤

[@TheBjj_skater_mom]

Amazing video…. Thank you!!

[@franjohnston9492]

Very well explained thankyou

[@maddyhall4171]

Can you do a video on using a pocket hand and how to keep your dog engaged with the pocket as well as how the handle should be moving their hand to encourage the position they’re wanting?

[@johnemery1096]

Really well explained and deliver Jamie, thanks👍👍

[@SagetheMutt]

I’m working on teaching my Belgian MAL German shepherd mix also named Sage this ❤

[@insanechimpanzee]

Great video, very well explained!

[@patspice5323]

Thanks a lot

[@nccountry1412]

This is my struggle right now

[@cheryllavoie3290]

Thank you very much for this video. It is extremely helpful. I trained my dog to do this by following each of your steps, and having a lot of patience. Thanks for such a clear, direct video.

[@joshuaroberts5784]

I did it a little different. I taught my GSD 3YRS to "paws up" and "paws down." I used a swivel chair without rollers. And i tell her to swivel the chair to my left or right till her butt is to my side of choice. Once that butt hits my side i mark.

[@Bosgeit]

It's was so hard for my dog, he only rotated his head and did nothing with his rear end 😂
It's getting better though, had to teach him pressure work so I had to use a stick to guide his rear end.

[@mymalinois1965]

👍

[@stefanvujnic4742]

Is it okay to use the clicker method on this behavior

[@o_0vivi57]

Mine gets on, but can’t get him to sit with out taking paws off

[@Hobozakki]

Just wonderd… if ur feeding them so many treats for everything they do will they not get pretty overweight eventually?? Just wondering becasue inuse there meals for training but everyone thats a dog trainer seems to use treats? Is that a concern if there getting like 50-100 treats trying to learn a skill??

[@Sly_Wolf_1]

It depends what treats you are feeding them. If you use really high reward treats like fresh chicken then you use smaller pieces because it's tasty. I plain cook chicken fillets on a baking tray, they cook in their own juice which I can then drain off, as treats I use them as is, in their meal I add some of the chicken juice.
Chicken is low fat high protein and has low calories. Feeding processed dog treats can cause weight gain. If using kibble as a training aid then weigh it out, for example 60g and just remove 60g from their daily kibble dinner intake.
As mentioned earlier I use chicken, however this is not permanent, when my dogs have start to understand commands I then start wean them over from chicken pieces to a toy like a ball on a rope, eventually the ball on rope becomes the only reward with play. This means that you avoid obesity problems or lack of appetite, but also don't have to take treats to the park where you can play and train with distractions.
Never had an overweight GSD or ESS in 46 years. Hope this helps.

[@slate2720]

Im about to start this with my dog in hopes he will be able to heel and eventually prance. I bet my husband i could teach him to prance

[@Moderatblue]

Unclipped nails 🙈🙈🙈

[@maddyhall4171]

Dog is 8mo old and maybe had a hard time having feet handled. Something to work towards comfortably!