Reading through all entries in the contest was a real joy! Here are a few of your thoughts: Biggest challenge is to keep it fun

The heelwork challenge that we’ve had the last couple of weeks has been so much fun! We’ve really enjoyed following all of you in your

Last day of the heelwork challenge! I hope that you feel that your heelwork has improved – at least mine has. I would like to

Initially, I talked about different parts of the heelwork – details, endurance and distractions. I often train them separately, but they must of course also

Something that often happens when walking to heel is that the dog gets a bit too excited and moves around like a bouncing ball –

Many dogs quickly build an expectation of who’s really in charge – it’s that interesting person with the gun or the dummies .All of a

I like to teach my dogs “default” behaviors, things that they should do even though I don’t say anything but the situation itself tells them

Something we talk a lot about on our courses is reward expectation and reward placement. Used properly, they are great training tools, but they can

Many dogs are happy to walk properly for a while, but then they get tired. The heelwork is something that needs to last for quite

Some dogs get very excited as soon as something happens – they walk nicely when you turn away from the distractions but get excited again

Besides being able to walk for a long time at my side when I walk straight ahead, the dog needs to be able to follow

“My dog can walk to heel for a long time as long as there are no distractions nearby” is something I hear often. And that’s

“Dull heelwork” means that the dog just tags along by my side. The dog will not be able to heel by anticipation a whole hunting

When the dog can find it’s position by my side when I walk it is also good if it can come to my side when

With mistraining I mean training that counteract what I actually want to teach the dog. Something that happens when I forget to maintain my criteria

Since the heelwork consists of many parts and should work in many environments, we believe more than one way is needed to train it. We

I start to train heelwork as soon as I get the puppy home and continue practicing practically every day of the dog’s life. What I

Something Lena and I usually distinguish ourselves with is that we want to practice what is most important right now to achieve the result we

Heelwork is something that a lot of people struggle with. It requires a lot of training and focus to become good. Therefore, I’m going to