Puppy Obedience Training Is A Must While Heeling
Rather than walking ahead or behind you, your puppy learns to walk by your side when it learns the obedience exercise of heeling.
It is very important to teach the dog to focus upon you rather than getting distracted by every second thing that comes his way, so it knows where you are going.
Heeling is a part of dog obedience training and teaching other commands such as sit, go, stay and others are less complicated.
Especially if you know how to go about it house training puppies is not that difficult a task.
Whether you take it out for potty or for an evening walk be sure that your puppy keeps with your pace, you can teach it to heel during the puppy obedience training.
You can put a snug collar around your puppy’s neck and walk it with you, as heeling often begins with puppy leash training.
To control his pace put a little strain on the collar, if he is trotting ahead or being left behind.
Even without the leash your puppy with start listening to you once he has learned the basic lesson of his obedience training.
To make use of the reward technique it is also advisable to keep some nice smelling sausages in your pocket.
Your puppy will walk close to you with the help of the smell, without it being distracted by the butterflies and cars on the road.
You can also walk a little faster for drawing the attention of your puppy and when he starts gaining pace to walk with you reward him with sausages and his favorite food items.
Clap your hands and appreciate his efforts once he has learnt the art of walking with you, replacing the food with words of praises such as ‘good boy’.
Initially your little pet might get distracted by cats or other dogs, but do not get impatient and punish them as house training puppies does not take very long, especially as they want to please you and would follow your command most of the time just because they want to keep you happy.
