Struggling training your dog HEEL?

Struggling with over excitement when training HEEL? This video goes over how to work on heelwork when your dog is too excited, over aroused, frustrated or if you've not trained in a long time and you want to warm your dog up before training heelwork. This training video goes over 3 games to play to warm your dog up and build focus and impulse control to train the heeling behavior using positive reinforcement.
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[@kikopup]

Made a BEGINNING game today for getting started with heelwork kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKLbgYmsopqeaKs for tall and SHORT dogs too!

[@hhlagen]

The connection and attention span of your dogs is amazing.

[@kikopup]

awe thanks so much.

[@cherylsalvador950]

Amazing focus and impulse control! You know sometimes I feel like giving up, thinking I will not be able to train my dogs to learn heel or walk on a loose leash and then I’ll see a video that you post and I will be inspired again to keep trying. Thank you! 😊

[@kikopup]

Awe I am glad it inspired you.

[@tedjack9184]

Thanks,, Halo and Wish are great. So glad you are feeling better.

[@kikopup]

thanks Ted! :)

[@archidadk]

Perfect timing for this. I am looking into improving my GSD’s heel work. Thank you for sharing!

[@kikopup]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dianedodson296]

Amazing training!! Your dogs are spot on thanks to your consistency.

[@emma_s.234]

I love all of these heelwork games! I also go back to watch your 20+ minutes long Heelwork Games member's video frequently too. So much helpful info! I couldn't help but giggle seeing Wish's response each time you released Halo to the frisbee 😂 I'm glad you're feeling better!

[@kikopup]

Yeah hehe, its like she is living through Halos moves

[@cyborg8623]

A great example of making heelwork fun!

[@williambeldham3056]

Glad to know that you are feeling better! Very fun to watch your connections with Halo and Wish!

[@voiceofreason452]

I watched your videos almost 7 years ago for help with my first dog. And here I am again with my 3rd!! :) He's a little collie and I needed a refresh from your awesome videos! Thanks so much and appreciate your hard work and time! I know this video from 2 months ago but hope you are healthy again and doing well!

[@GiantParfait]

Glad you're doing better after being sick for so long. That must've been rough. Please take care of yoruself and thank you for the video.

[@kikopup]

Thank you, I will

[@jjsolly5039]

Bravisimo! Sounds like you've studied Claudia Fugazza! 😁 So glad you are feeling better, Emily! I sent you prayers, as God nudged me to, as a comment on another vid. 🙏💕🙂🐕‍🦺✝️ Love Bliss and Wish's focus! I, too, teach Heel as a starting position. You and your dogs are such a joy and encouragment to watch! Thank you, Emily! God's best blessing, Love and Hugs, JJ and Ruthie-puppy

[@kikopup]

Oh hehe! I did 3 seminars in Italy so I picked it up there :)

[@jjsolly5039]

Ah, that's why your accent is so good! Moto bella!

[@Flutterby411]

Your timing! :) My dog is doing Level One dog obedience, we are on Summer holidays in Australia, and your video is a reminder to get back to practice! At the dog club it's been about teaching my dog to find her calm, quiet, and loose leash walking. We are slow on recall at 4m because it's not challenging enough (she's good at recall from 10+ metres) and so she veers off to go say hi to other dogs in assessment 🤦‍♀️. Thanks for the inspiration to get back to training practice before dog club resumes :)

[@kikopup]

Awe! Happy training!

[@carolepivarnik9316]

That was really helpful, thanks! Your dogs are awesome!

[@kikopup]

Thanks!

[@DianneCarrington]

Emily, so glad you are feeling better. The attention Halo and Wish give you are inspirational. Is there a Playlist of you training either one of them in the skills you demonstrated today? Your videos and explanations are improving all the time. You seem so comfortable and confident.

[@kikopup]

Oh thanks this comment means a lot! I actually have extreme social anxiety, and Bliss is actually my service dog for it and ptsd, I work hard on myself, maybe not as much as I do with my dogs, but I am improving a lot with self confidence. I do have a video on heelwork for my members, if you email me at [e-mail] I can explain more about the way i train heel

[@JamieAmos]

Thank you for this! My high energy teenage pup is struggling with heel so this is super helpful xo

[@kikopup]

You're so welcome!

[@paintparkspaws]

My goodness! 30 days sick! So glad to see you up and well. It’s as if you read my mind with this video. Impulse control features large with one dog I walk & train,a 10 mos old Bernedoodle. I need to get the owners on board with games for her but they want quick fixes. It’s a conundrum. She’s a fabulous young dog, eager to please and full of excitement (apartment dwellers and both parents work full time so a lot falls to me on walks). I keep nagging them to always reward/treat her at their side instead of in front of them. But…. If only people were as easy to work with as their dogs.

[@kikopup]

For just a normal person who doesnt do fancy heelwork and just wants to have their dog not put them over, they could play a game where they walk and then stop and then mark and feed multiple tomes for stopping, then go then stop, so the dog starts offering stopping, and gets more interested in seeing what the person is doing. Well thats what I do with my dogs when they get pully, we play the stop and go game

[@paintparkspaws]

@Dog Training by Kikopup thanks for this. And apologies for not responding sooner. Something is wacky with my KZbin app.I will give this a try

[@csc-photo]

In the first 10 seconds you've described my exact situation 😆 Thanks! 🙂

[@kikopup]

Its the situation of many :)

[@alysoncartledge9257]

Your dog's are gorgeous 😍 I love your training videos, you explain everything so well to understand 😊

[@kikopup]

thanks so much! I try my best to make them that way sometimes I dont always achieve it when I am doing a one on one cause i get in my head or over excited etc

[@alysoncartledge9257]

@@kikopup I have a amstaff foster boy and training him. I hope I can build a connection with him and get him trained well before we find him his forever new home.

[@jessicalowery8035]

Inspiring work with your dogs!

[@kikopup]

thanks :)

[@LindsayHaven]

I wish my dogs liked toys as much as yours. Very impressive. 👏 Thank you for sharing your techniques.

[@kikopup]

You can also put treats in dishes on the ground to get :)

[@LindsayHaven]

@@kikopup two things 1) that's a very good idea. 2) I still wish my dogs were as toy motivated. 🤣

[@hamstermelody4902]

​@@LindsayHavenI know this is pretty old, but have you tried scented toys?

[@yogawithtamaranadine6128]

Ohhh, what's a scented dog toy? Mine might like that.

[@Anisky123]

Confession, we haven’t really done any heel work..when we are walking I just say walk together. Well we did around a table way back when he was little. Going to try this inside, try to work on his ability to wait with more duration for a toy. Glad you are feeling better!

[@kikopup]

Ive not done it with my two youngest either, its just a trick, for fun.

[@anna_murawski]

jaw dropped at 6.43 lol

[@solomonreisberg6010]

Emily, love this! I would love to get your take on going the opposite direction with arousal -- how do you build up arousal if your dogs are looking a little flat in the heelwork?

[@kikopup]

Thats a good topic.

[@ingridlou5041]

Wonderful, thank you! Something I'm struggling with at the moment is playing with and training with my two dogs seperately. My reacue isn't quite reliable with the Place cue yet and when either of them heae me use the clicker for my other dog, even in another room, they get too excited and they get involved. Do you have a video that relates to this sort of thing? Also do you use different cue words for all your different dogs or do they know who you're talking to by you saying their name on every cue or having the other in place only? :)

[@kikopup]

I have a tutorial on that kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5e1o3V-lMeYjpo but until you work on it you can train one while someone walks the other, if thats possible. or walk one at a time and train when out on the walk.

[@jaimewerner4265]

Hello Emily! Your videos are so helpful. I have been watching and using harness the hunter video for my border collie mix. My question is this type of training/heel work needed for walking on a loose leash? Or for hiking in the forest? Another question, do you have a video on training "bring" the toy back? My dog doesn't fetch, not super toy motivated.

[@kikopup]

I have this one on fetch kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX_QZZqletp1qpY but sometimes teaching hold first helps kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6rMfJptbZhgj9k no you really don’t need heelwork besides it being a fun trick. 😃

[@jaimewerner4265]

@@kikopup Emily, thank you! Super helpful. Is there a platform to ask question on the Harness the Hunter and Reactivity videos? I have a couple of question in regards to those videos. My border collie mix is similar to your Lacy and Trish (kind of a mix of personalities).

[@myklijn]

Do you have a video to teach the tight?

[@litafenton4795]

That's hard

[@steveconkkin9363]

Just seeing this - I realize that Heel has different levels. For me and my Terrier mix, I want shoulder at knee. I noticed 2 commands that you use 'Tight' & 'Push' the latter get's the muzzle up tall on your hip It Looks Intense! Do you have video that talks about these advanced positions?

[@kikopup]

I do but its one of the member videos. Yeah, for little dogs its a whole other behavior really. Because I do heelwork on different sides, I use Tight to mean the left side, and Push is the cue to touch something with duration (like close a door, or hold the nose on a target stick thats moving)

[@kavitadeva]

Wow Emily nice work. Everytime I watch you or other trainers I just feel like a terrible trainer for my Service Dog in training.Your dogs are ALREADY highly trained so I can Never learn anything. Your dogs are extremely Advanced. My dog is struggling with me. I am struggling to even get him to heal at all. He's a Miniature Schnauzer mix and beyond stubborn. You're starting off showing us a Lamborghini and my pup is a VW. I can never learn from trainers on KZbin because everyone shows an already highly trained dog. I'm frustrated. Have a good night and glad to see you are feeling better.

[@kikopup]

Awe. It was for advanced dogs sorry. I suggest this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ambPnGeVqdqXb7s I’ll make a video with bliss- he doesn’t know any heelwork and he’s over a year. I just have him loose leash walk at my side calmly for service dog work

[@kikopup]

Actually! I have this video already that’s specifically for service dog training about getting into a default position using a border terrier and also bliss who was just learning it. Service Dog Training - Public Access Training Episode 3 - Find the Default Position kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKq5i6NrfrCAhJo this is what I suggest doing not the trick stuff in this heelwork video. I mainly want to show how +r works for more andvanced flashy stuff but I’ll be back to do service dog videos too ❤️

[@kavitadeva]

@@kikopup you are so helpful Emily. It doesn't help that I am Chronically I'll, the energy and pain make it hard to really dig in. Thanks for the links!!!! I've just had to choose what's most important. He picks up anything and will bring it to me, and he gets on top of me when I am having a "meltdown", I have Complex PTSD. I am still looking for a SD trainer to help.I found a cool Organization than has them all over. For now he's a wonderful pup. Take care Emily, I truly appreciate you.

[@litafenton4795]

How do you even start that? Lol

[@kikopup]

i just made a video for getting started kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKLbgYmsopqeaKs