// Tigerlily, It really is tough to teach any sort of heelwork with the lowriders //
no doubt!! that would
have to be true!! Love that term, Sara, "low rider"!! Perfect!
BUT, i still
wonder, if my
Easy Cheesy method
(reply #4 above) could be taught to a low rider.....i'd so so love to know.
Would the small dog be TOO small to even see, and then follow a treat held at the human's waist?
IF ANYONE has a low rider dog, and tries to teach doggie-dancing style of heelwork, (where dog watches the human's face) i'd so so so love a report if the
EAsy Cheesy way worked
on a low rider dog.
I'm thinking, unless i'm really wrong, that
no bending would be involved at all,
if one uses
Easy Cheesy method,
except for the occasional treat after the clicks, same as any other trick, except, you'd probably want to hand the treat, (rather than toss it, as is done with some tricks), which, of course, would involve bending. I treated quite a bit at first day or so, and then only after every 10 feet, every 25 feet, and so on...fading out the
frequent treats, cuz dog had the concept, by 2nd day or sooner, really.
After that, it was just sharpening the precision of his positioning, and then, in next weeks, we learned backwards, and turns, etc, while maintaining the exact positioning, with no forging, etc.
Maybe i should go try it on the mini-schnauzer across the street....
i thought of a target stick, too, but, no idea how you can get the dog
to look up at the human if he trained
on a stick...probably could be done, but, i'd have no idea
how to get dog to transfer his gaze from straight ahead----up to human's face, but maybe someone else would know.