How to Teach Your Dog to Walk to Heel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- Struggling with your dog pulling on the leash during walks? Master the art of teaching your dog to walk to heel with Chirag Patel’s expert guidance. In this tutorial, we explore gentle, effective techniques to keep your walks enjoyable and stress-free.
⚠️ Important Viewer Note:
Before diving into training, it’s crucial to understand why traditional pulling occurs-often due to excitement or a lack of structured training. This video focuses on correcting leash pulling through positive reinforcement, not punishment.
• Techniques That Work: Discover how to maintain a loose leash by using a “smiley” lead technique to reduce tension and encourage your dog to stay by your side.
• Engagement Tips: Learn how to use a clicker or verbal cues to capture your dog’s attention and reinforce good behaviour instantly.
• Practical Demonstrations: Watch step-by-step as Chirag teaches a dog to heel using these methods, even in distracting environments.
This video is perfect for anyone who wants to transform their walking routine into a bonding activity rather than a tug-of-war. Whether you’re in a park or on a busy street, these methods will help you and your dog enjoy your time together to the fullest.
Chirag Patel is renowned for his humane approach to dog training. With over two decades of experience, he emphasises positive reinforcement and understanding animal behaviour to foster better relationships between dogs and their owners.
Tried these techniques? Share your progress and any questions in the comments below! Like, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more tutorials like this from WotDogTV.
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As a Dogteacher myself I'm stunned everytime, how you teach things, because your approach is THAT different than anything els I've seen before you. You are awesome, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you 😊
For anyone reading this: I know that dog training can be difficult sometimes, but you're doing great. Keep up the good work, and your dog (and your own sanity) will thank you for it! ❤️💕
I taught my dog to stop chasing sheep. It was difficult and lengthy. Like you say, I kept up the good work. That first time his ears pricked up at some trespassing sheep in the woods and I said, “Leave it” and he did and I said, “Good boy!!” was magical. It was unimaginable to have him off lead on the heath where the sheep live. Now he completely ignores them 👌
@@ness-ee Thats amazing! Go you!
We are grateful to have your kind and inspiring comments! Thank you
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@@wotdogtv thank you! I'm just trying to spread some positivity. We're all in this for the betterment of the dogs and their humans. ❤️💕
@@ness-ee I love that story! Those moments when you first start to really see your hard work pay off, and you start to see the dog really understand you, are amazing. Best feeling ever. ❤️💕
I like this method. I'm going to try it on my dog that still pulls and see how it works. Wish me luck
Amazing!
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🎉 after our webinar series on separation anxiety related behaviour my training was enhanced by watching your methods of observing the dog and human. So, grateful for your work spreading awareness of these techniques!!!
Thank you for taking the time to share this, it's so rewarding to hear and thank you for your support.
Super patient with the handler. Nice.
Thank you! Kindness is free so we want to sprinkle it around, especially when coaching people and in turn they may want to speak some kindness to their learners too. 🌈
Beautiful coaching as always, and what a fab dog dad. He learnt so fast! Love it. 😍
Steve was such a pleasure to work with and Benji is gorgeous ! Thank for you your kind words and support!
Thank you so much for this training session. I have a dog that steals balls and then only wants to sit and chew them, I had an awful time where it seems that everyone was throwing balls at him on purpose. I felt like crying. Today I thought change of tack lets leave the drop it for awhile and do something else, we both loved it and we are both much happier dog today.
You are most welcome! Thank you for taking a moment to share your comments! Your comment is inspiring! Love that you tried and loved it! We just uploaded a video on this topic, teaching a dog to share their ball. You can see it here: th-cam.com/video/o8VyqvTW01A/w-d-xo.html
I have a 3 year old border collie. We´re out and about 5 hours a day, sometimes 6 during the weekends. I´m in the process of teaching him that when the harness is on, he gets to pull. I normally will be power walking with him or running so it does me no harm whatsoever.
When I clip the leash onto his collar it´s different. He knows we´re are going for a well paced walk (increasing your pace can help greatly when training to walk to heel depending on the breed you have). It´s not natural for a border collie to walk slowly like a human, and so upping the tempo to something more akin to him walking fast makes a lot more sense. He´ll walk much closer to me this way, not perfectly but if I can get him to 90% then mission accomplished. It´s meant to be the joy of the day, not chore of the day as they say. I only go for walks with him after he´s been running around, burning off some of his insane levels energy. The calmer he is, the easier he is to train
Great Idea!
It's excellent to see a non-trainer try this for the first time. It can be very difficult to get the timing right and remember all the steps initially. Practice makes proficiency for all of us!
Yasss! Great point about building up the skills with practice. Was such a pleasure to work with Steve, who just happened to be walking in the park when he volunteered to do this.
If I hear one more u tube trainer say
“Dogs pull because they have four legs & move faster.” Lol
I hope we were able to share some useful practical tips.
@@wotdogtv yes very much so
Thank you 🙏🏻
Dr Uhde from Belgium or Brussels has a great video on how harnesses are better as far as the healing T-cells being in the neck area. Plus most people don't use a slip lead correctly, let alone put it on correctly anyway. Will fwd this to my students - thank you so much! Hope that helps.
But it teaches them to pull .
@@ThePyrshepnBelgn are you talking harnesses? Usually back clipping harnesses do tend to encourage pulling. It can be done, just takes a bit longer than a front correcting harness. Nigel Reed has a video on getting dogs with back clipping harnesses to not pull. My Beagle/JRT mix has a collapsing trachea so we use a back clipping harness, but she stays beside me on a loose leash. I do use a front clipping harness (DiDog padded belts with just a girth strap) for my 100lb Dobes - 2 fingers in the loop - works like a charm. Victoria Stilwell has videos of using harnesses on big dogs and she's only 110lbs. Some of the dogs are 150lbs. Hope that helps.
@@ThePyrshepnBelgn Hi we have a video that covers some of our thoughts and experiences with harnesses here if you are interested: th-cam.com/video/1w3_TuckiIc/w-d-xo.html also this video may be helpful: facebook.com/chiragpatelconsulting/videos/616434760368156
Thank you for sharing that tip re: the video will check it out!
@@robinrutherfordcost4748 We have an example here too 😀 facebook.com/watch/?v=616434760368156
can you cover what to do when the dog pulls backwards from you?
Thank you for the suggestion, we will definitely add it to our filming list for future episode ideas!