finding the leg - some help please - Page 1

i almost got this, how to square it up?

training is intermittent and not really to a plan.

If you want it to be perfect, I would marker train it, not lure it.  The toy might be distracting or pulling the dog out of position (along with your body).  Train him so he *knows* it, then reward it (or correct if it's not right). I trained my first dog like this (with a ball in that position) and it took much longer for my dog to actually understand what I wanted, not just follow a toy.  My body was out of position a lot which caused problems with the dog's position.  Also, each time you reposition yourself it just enforces the habit.  I also did that too often.  From now on, I train it so the dog understands where heel/fuss/basic position is, and once they know it they can be corrected for not doing it, but I don't want to constantly re-adjust my position to have to lure them into a correct position, if that makes sense.  Make sure you are standing tall and square/forward, not leaning down or to the side at all.  You can do perch training (also called brick training) - plenty of examples on YouTube - to work rear-end awareness or do stuff like heel along a wall or fence to keep the dog from crabbing sideways.  But, if the dog can work like this without the toy lure in sight all the time, I'd say it's pretty good.  If you aren't formally training for anything competitive, keep it fun.

looking at the vid i see yr point about leaning over and being out of position, might try the mirror thing. thanks for lead on perch/brick training, will follow it up. 

no comp goals just back yard fun, no need for corrections here.

thanks for comments and tips.

Working crowded next to a fence or wall always helped my dogs learn to sit straight. 

the sit i don't think was the point of the video or the problem, it was getting to the left leg position and staying on it; sit, stand, walk or otherwise. 

What was the point of the video then? Weren't you asking how to "square him up"?   Nice looking dog.

actually don't really know what i was asking TBH, i will take the nice dog comment and cut my losses, thanks.

Smart move and he is a very good looking dog IMO.

will personally i think the shine of the handler would make any dog look good.......