Week 5 Homework Notes and Video

 All homework remains the same on Week 5 except to do training on leash walking as below.


First part of the walk, we stopped when Maggie put pressure on the leash and then went when Maggie came in a little.   So we started with the easiest on Maggie and her handler first.


DO NOT do this one if you have balance issues.  The leash is held behind your legs when a dog is not quite ready to heel or walk loose leash.  We do this when we want to train mostly on distractions and not form per say.  

In about the middle of our walk, we worked Maggie on lured heels both step 1 and step 2 as needed (depended on her level of distraction).


Then we worked on Maggie's still sit stays to get her used to staying still with outside distractions.







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