When I ask my dogs to heel, they are not allowed to sniff or move away- if I allow them to do so then they stop concentrating and try and do as they want.

On shorter walks at the moment they are getting off the lead one at a time so both (or all if Fraser and Bullseye are there too) at heel until I let the first one off and whoever is still on lead has to stay at heel until the first has done their business and is swapped over. Once they both have done their business the first gets off the lead to the top of the hill and the other on the way back.
Any other instances where they are maybe not getting off lead I give them ''free lead'' where they are allowed to do what they want until I call them back to heel.

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