Dog........Stupid.........Help!!!!!?

Question

My dog is kinda stupid.How can i train her to heel!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Heeling is when your dog walks calmly on your left with his head next to your left heel. Once trained, he will be at your heel whether you are walking, running or stopped. He will not be trying to run ahead or off to the side, and he will not be yanking as hard as he can at the leash to pull you along.


Attach the leash to the choke chain collar, and put the collar on your dog. (Go back to Getting Started to see the kind of collar to use and the correct way to put the collar on your dog.) Give him a few minutes to relax and get used to the collar. When he tries to walk too far away, just stand firm and let him see that he can't go any farther. He may try this a few times. Don't yank on the leash but do talk to him and pet him, and he should soon figure out that the collar won't bother him if he stays near you.

While training your dog, your praise is his reward. Praise him every time he does the correct thing, even if you had to force the correct thing to happen. The more he hears good boy!, the more he will try to do the correct thing so he can hear even more praise. Your approval and praise are what he lives for!

Hold the leash tightly with your right hand, and let it be loose in your left. With your dog on the left side of you, say heel, give the leash a quick tug as you start walking, and say good boy! as soon as he starts moving. Keep walking - different directions - different speeds - all the while saying heel with a quick tug of the leash and saying good boy! every time he stays with you. You might have to tug heel, tug heel, tug heel, three times or so before he gets near your heel area and you say good boy!. If his mind starts to wander, his attention will go back to you the first time you make a turn and he doesn't. Left turns are great - walk almost into his head, kind of pushing it and him with your leg while saying heel and good boy! It won't take long at all for him to realize that he has to pay attention to where you are at all times. This is the essence of heeling - paying attention. After he seems to be getting the hang of go straight and making left turns, throw in a right turn. Yeah, he will not be expecting this, and he will probably need to tug heel, tug heel, tug heel before he gets to hear good boy! Keep this first session down to about 20 minutes of actual heeling. Finish up with an extra happy and excited good boy! and lots of petting and hugging. This is the signal that this session is over. And, now is when you healthy training treats on hand.
What about tomorrow?

A dog has a very short attention span. You will need to have a heeling session once or twice a day for 15 minutes everyday for the next week to get him to remember what to do.

Your dog may get the hang of this early and improve more and more each day. Or, your dog may be one of the tougher ones and will need a full week - or even two - to really catch on. If your dog is one of the "slower" ones to catch on, it may actually be that you are not being consistent enough, or not saying good boy! like you really mean it, or you are not tugging hard enough to get the message through. It may not be his fault.

Answer 2

Go to a training class or read some great books on training. (Try not to pick books randomly - there are a lot of bad books out there also!) These are some of my favorites and you can get them on Amazon.com
What All Good Dogs Should Know – Volhard http://www.volhard.com/
Good Owners, Great Dogs - Brian Kilcommins
Training Your Dog: The Step by Step Method - Volhard
Dog Problems - Benjamin
Cesar's Way - Cesar Millan
Also, watch the Dog Whisperer on the National Geographic Channel. Cesar Millan is the best trainer I've ever seen on TV.
http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com/

Answer 3

Do Not Use A Choke Chain!!!! Look For A Pinch Collar And Spend As Much Time As Possible With Your Dog. Walking, Praising, Loving.

Answer 4

Walk the dog at the side of u on a short lead telling it to heel and every time it trys to walk faster tug on the lead to pull the dog back while saying heel. Eventually it will get the idea

Answer 5

Make sure you tell her to heel, not ask her. Use one syllable words wherever possible and always use the same tone. When she doesn't do it, don;t change your tone at all, and just ignore her. When she does it right, wait a second whilst maintaining eye contact then bend down and praise and pat her like mad. When you say heel, do you mean getting her to come to you? Heel is a command dog trainers actually use on the lead to get the dog to walk in line with their heels, when they want their dogs to come, they use the word "come". Commands like heel and come should be said in a lighter tone than those like sit, down, wait and stay.

Answer 6

Watch how a wolf pack travels; the pack leader is in front and not one of the subordinate wolves walk to heel. They are spaced out to either side. That's the most effective way for a group of hunting animals to cover a lot of ground looking for scent trails.
We ask our dogs to heel because we walk along narrow pavements and have to pass other people who don't want to be bothered by our dog. And working (service) dogs walk to heel because it demonstrates to trouble makers that the dog is trained and makes them think twice, and because the dog is placed where his handler needs him.
If you want your dog to walk to heel you have to be pack leader and someone he is prepared to listen to. That involves you putting in some work, and knowing how to do it.
Go to training classes and check out the dog training books from the library. But beware, your dog may not be stupid; she may be what trainers call 'hard' or 'stubborn'. That means that habit is important to her, once she has learned to do something a certain way then that will be her preference, and it can be hard work to get her to change the habit. Either that or she may have 'gone deaf' in response to half hearted or conflicting signals from you; she may have decided that since she can't make any sense of what you say she'll just ignore you.

Answer 7

I put mine on a leash and pulled him near me saying heel the rewarding him with a lot of praise. When he walked away I pulled him back still saying heel. i did the same with sit. Now if he would stop stealing my clothes and shoes he would be pretty cool

Answer 8

oki, put a leash on ur dog, and as soon as it goes in front of you, or tryes to drag you somewhere, just pull the leash, and say like your in charge "HEEL", and after a while you don't have to pull (but dont choke the dog), and u just have to say heel, and soon enough u can take the leash off and u just have to say heel to him!! but remember as soon as he does good, pet him on the head or give him tread (dog candy, not too much thou), so the dog will learn that it is the right thing to do,

hopefully this will help!!!

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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