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