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Old 18-11-2009, 09:18 AM
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Re: How long to teach heel?

I have had ray for over a year and like you, I am not the only one that walks him, however, with me I expect him not to pull... He already did my tendons in when we first got him!

You also need to look at the reasons why he pulls, ray used to pull like mad when his way back and whenever he is hungry so it occurred to me to feed him a bit later on then usual and that kind of put a stop to the reason he was pulling so madly... Yet he does not walk to heel, ray had medical reasons for which he should not pull (elbow dysplasia), so it's a must.

A Mekuti Harness is what I am using now and results happened within the first 10 minutes of the first couple of walks. It works on him being thrown off balance a bit so he can't rely on the pulling for that.

When I don't use the mekuti he pulls again so it will take him a long time to get him used to this way of walking. If he walks right in front of me I actually drop the leash and he stops looks at me puzzled and eventually walks back to re-allign with me (only do it if you can trust you dog not to keep going!!!! ), also if I walk extremely slow he tends to heel better... then you can pick pace gradually, but if he pulls slow right down again.

I also use Hutch method, but I use it as stage 2 after the dropping the leash and walk slow because he is in a more responding frame of mind
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