lagging on a heel - Page 4

in my experience common causes of lagging.


1- not a great dog to start with

2- overly harsh correction

3- endless hours of boring heeling practice (what could be more enervating?)

4- uncoordinated handler

5 - too many steps without a change in direction


Imo: 
Keep sesssions under 5 minutes, no more than 2x a day
Figure out what makes your dog get excited and use it to get the dog to watch your face (if you can't find something to motivate the dog- give up)
NEVER take one step if the dog isn't looking up at your face.
Don't take a first step if the dog isn't looking up at your face.
Stop correcting the dog - correct yourself

imho

Foxy
Now you have said it the Dog heels perfectly well at home
Do you know Why, if not then i will tell you
When you do the heeling at home the Dog thinks it is the training ground but when you train it at the place you want it treats it as a Game time to do what it wants or to play not as a training ground
 I once did this with a Dog years ago it would heel perfect at home or the area i trained it When i got to the club it was all over the place
What did i do i stopped all training at home nothing just took it for walks, The only training it got from then on was in the official training field, It took two months or so to get it right, to break the habit but these training times of focus were kept short, you cannot expect a dog to have its head up at an angle and focus which is not natural for any length of time, Plus keeping the training sessions short keeps the dog focused and even in between the sessions of focus it is broken off by dropping the Ball in my case or whatever the dog likes to have. this builds up the drive and we do a few minutes more training then the Ball again to finish off then it is thrown for the dog as a reward, taken away and we come to the edge of the work field at a heel, because as soon as you put one foot on the work field it means work same going off once it is off the ball is given again and into the car Box
So my advice to you is to stop all training at home Play and walk nothing else not a hint of training or heeling when you get to where you want it to heel then you work no other place
Steve1

Just an update.

I have been taking Roxy out to strange places everyday and working her.  I believe she is more worried with what is going on around her than being attentive to me.  So, I am going to take her out everyday and build up her confidence out in public.

Foxy
That is what is known as working with distractions, Your Dog will have to get used to it and i am sure she will but a little at a time not too much at one go
Steve1