Puppy Obedience (and some dogwalks)

This is a video of Squid from the first obedience seminar she has attended. Today, we started to work more seriously on heeling and got to do our first short sequence in a trial setting. It is very important to start early doing sequences where the dog has to do a few things before getting rewarded. We did also split it up more and worked on entering the ring and focusing before the first exercise.

I added some of the dogwalks I was working with Shejpa on at lunch as a bonus in at the end of the video

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• border
• collie
• puppy
• emenems
• lunachick
• fanny
• gott
• obedience
• agility
• running
• dogwalks
• contacts
• heel

[LiaChien]

Okay well my dogs are all rescued and I use Clicker training only...and there is no method more positive-based than clicker training. What methodology do you use in precision heeling? Ear pinches?

[klickerklok]

Then please tell me how clicker training is bad for a four month old puppy?! My puppy does not NEED precision heeling, but why can't she do something she thinks is fun?! It's all clicker training and it's maybe 10 minutes a week.

[LiaChien]

What is wrong with letting a puppy be a puppy?? Puppies do not need precision heeling to be well mannered at four freaking months of age!

[klickerklok]

My puppy definatly gets to be a puppy and I think she feels that precision heeling is one of the best things a puppy can get to do. Your attitude tells me something about the methods you use to teach heeling...

[port2miles]

squid is absolutly happy he is doing obedience and obedience heel work is defenetly like that!!!

fantastic work for start :-)

and maria hagstrom is a tremendous help. hope to meet you and to see you competing soon :-)

eduarda and miles

[Drakonit1]

Great video and great method, thank you for that :)

[Sambasue]

There is no problem training puppies in a positive manner. And even positive training isn't all positive...sometimes you don't get the reward ...whaaaaa!!

Puppies are always learning, if they wake up and have a day ,then they have a day of learning...so learning and training is not bad for a puppy. If its bad training, then its bad to train on any day with any age dog.

[2manyk9s]

Shame someone had to make a negative comment on your puppy vid.  I think you are great. Have already picked up a few tips off you. I like the way you swing your arm. I have tried to adopt this with my pup as I am mainly training circlework for agility. It reminded me not to be stiff with my heelside arm. Also love your Greg Derrett seminar vids. You are an awesome handler.

[HeartsongforGod]

Great video, very cute puppy. I don't see why anyone needs to criticize a video that has nothing wrong with it. Jealousy maybe? Whatever. Great job on your training.

[LiaChien]

You may want to take note of the HAPPY HAPPY dog in my Agility trial and practice videos. One miserable dog huh?

Actually that is pure happiness from a rescued dog doing what he loves.

[LiaChien]

Good God...I am SO sorry I dared to criticize anyone's training on Youtube! I forgot that to criticize any other trainers preferred methods is a freaking cardinal sin in the world of dog trainers! Such people cannot handle any criticism whatsoever.

My dogs heeling is in the early stages as my dogs are rescued and heeling is not completely familiar to them (him) yet. Nevermind I do not even have any competitive footage of my dogs in trials when heeling is on full display.

[Knoxl]

Hmm - Fanny´s puppy looks happy, proud and not stressed at all.

But when I look at your heeling videos I can´t see very motivated dogs, so perhaps you should think more about your training.