Question regarding position of head during heeling for BH, IPO1, etc. - Page 2

You teach the heeling like that because you get more speed in the auto sit at halts and also the motion excersises and about turn. It also looks better..lol.

I teach my dogs pet commands and sport commands. Example in real life when called to heel my dog heels on the right side with his head down. In sport, on the left with head up prancing.

Fuss for fancy heeling, Heel for normal everyday boring stuff, though usually a command is not needed there, she thankfully stays next to me pretty naturally.

I do "fuss" for an attention heel and "heel" for a non attention heel. At the club level, it won't be that many points lost if you don't have an attention heel. Just take the point loss and continue on.

All the more reason to switch to Rettungshunde (RH). The BH is still the basic obedience pattern for the RH and a dog with an RH2 equivalent title can still qualify for a breed survey, just like a dog with an IPO1-3 title.

For Dexor:
Bei meinen Bewertungen habe ich besonderes Augenmerk auf eine korrekte Vorführweise nach den Vorgaben der Prüfungsordnung, sowie auf eine natürliche Gangart von Hundeführern/in und Hunden gelegt. Rueckwertig ausgerichtetes Gehen, das heißt nicht mit dem Schulterblatt auf Kniehöhe was für mich ebenso ein Bewertungskriterium wie der sogenannte Froschgang, bei dem der Hund fast auf dem Sprunggelenk läuft.

While doing the ratings I tried to focus on correct performance according to the trial rules, and on natural movement of handlers and dogs. Walking backwards, this means not walking with the shoulderblade ( dog ) on knee level ( handler ) was a rating criteria as well as the so called "frog walk", this means the dog is almost moving on its hocks.

I hope this makes sense - I tried to translate as accurate as possible.

Heeling in ipo is 10 points so you can certainly pass with the dog walking by your side with head down.

@Skyhorseranch - Heeling is worth much more than 10 points... Your only looking at teh initial part of the Phase B, but you have to also heel to and from the dumbells and you heel into the build up of the send out. Heeling is also judged during the protection phase :)

 

Kind of on topic...Paraphrased from the WUSV Team Captain and Judges meeting:

• Obedience Judge report – Gunther Diegel (Germany) Gunther Diegel said we must have balanced training. We cannot train only with love and rewards. We need pressure but it must be balanced, and at the end of our work it should not be possible to see pressure. When the dog has really understood what he must do, then he loves his work. Gunther Diegel raised two issues in obedience for consideration/discussion. Attention – what is attention to the handler? – not just staring at one part of the body (waiting for a toy) but real attention / communication with the handler.
• Protection judge report – Josef Vonarburg (Switzerland) ....The trial regulations emphasise obedience. We must also have this in protection. Now there is a high standard in protection obedience along with power. There has been lots of development in all countries, even where IPO is not so big. They have made great progress in the obedience/control part of protection.