Remote Collar Heeling Class
Have you trained your dog to come when called on the remote collar and now you would like to be able to walk with your dog past a distraction while off leash? Congratulations! If you are here, you have reliably trained your dog to have FUN with you when off leash, now let’s fine tune your skills. This course will build on what you already know about teaching your dog new behaviors.
What you can expect from this course.
Disclaimer: This course will not focus on formal, head up heeling!
Heeling is when your dog is next to you, behaving calmly, on your left side. Your dog can be sitting, standing or moving with you. Heeling will allow you to walk with your dog positioned next to you – either on leash or off leash. Proper on leash heeling requires a loose leash. Below is a general guideline of our class workflow.
Class 1 – Luring & Shaping the heel position, marking and rewarding.
Class 2 – Moving in Heel position on and off leash and layering the remote collar
Class 3 – Heeling with distractions
What to Bring & How to Sign Up
5′ or 6′ leash with nothing attached to it. Properly charge and fitted remote collar. Your leash should be attached to a flat, buckle collar or a prong collar if you use one. Food. A toy that your dog likes if your dog plays with you.
The course will run for 3 consecutive weeks meeting at our place in Woburn. Each week has an opportunity for you to attend 1 or 2 classes per week either on Thursday evening or Saturday morning. You can attend one or both sessions each week. If you miss a week, you can catch up the next week. You can repeat the entire course if you’d like. You will most likely NOT get the hang of this in 3 classes. This skill is difficult and will take time. This is a small group so please take advantage of this opportunity!
Plan to practice in between sessions. Attending classes provides guidance, you must do the work at home to see results!
When you fill out the form, pick all dates you can commit to. Once you hit submit, you’re signed up! Note the dates you sign up for before submitting, you won’t see a copy.
Each session is 45 minutes and the cost is $30/session. Cash/check day of class but I need to know who’s coming, so please fill out the form. I will run the classes even if I only have one team signed up. If you want to start by committing to a few days, you can revisit the form to sign up for more.