Dog Obedience – Heelwork
14 Jun 2010
This is my dog Indy, competing in Championship ‘C’- aka ‘Ticket’. Here, he is doing heelwork, which consists of 3 paces, normal, slow and fast. Also postitions on the move, down, sit and stand. This is known as ASSD (Advance Sit Stand Down). No commands or body signals are allowed.
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21 Responses
2010 Jun 14
wow
wow
2010 Jun 14
If you can’t use a …
If you can’t use a verbal cue or signal, how does the dog know when to sit, down or stand? Or am I missing something in your explanation?
2010 Jun 14
This is fabulous. I …
This is fabulous. I like the hand held up, looks fantastic to me.
2010 Jun 14
jumpit11, although …
jumpit11, although I am not Mad4dogzz, I do live in the US, and I can tell you that if your dog is purebred you can register it w/ the AKC (if not already) The AKC does many Obedience Trials similar to this.
2010 Jun 14
Mad4dogzz…. …
Mad4dogzz…. PLEEAAASE tell me how I can get into this kind of sport. I want my dog to do exactly that. This was amazing. I am absolutely stunned. I have never seen such obedience. Is there something like that in the US? I don’t live in Finland… Please let me know!!!
2010 Jun 14
Good heelwork! And …
Good heelwork! And in the UK that’s how it’s done
2010 Jun 14
Hi…The dogs got …
Hi…The dogs got to focus somewhere…Whats the difference if the dog looks at your hand or your eyes? It’s two different countries…different horses for different courses.
2010 Jun 14
But guys…we’re …
“To each his own” is a good saying.
But guys…we’re not IN Finland or Sweden.
2010 Jun 14
Very Nice! You did …
Very Nice! You did great, good work.
2010 Jun 14
IMO, that HW looks …
IMO, that HW looks awful, messy and inattentive, rushed turns – looks like marching not walking…..
2010 Jun 14
Well done you. The …
Well done you. The hours of training that you and your beautiful dog must have spent have certainly paid off. I thoroughly enjoyed watching your video.
2010 Jun 14
oh thats reli great …
oh thats reli great how did u get ur dog to do that
?????
2010 Jun 14
In Finland you …
Cuz this way you might as well teach your dog to look at your hand instead of your eyes. And yet, even we hold our hands naturally, swinging, the left hand doesn’t touch the dog’s face. Search “Vilman tokokoe” that’s a Finnish peep w/ a great groendendael in Winner class (or wateva u call it 
) We have Beginners, Open, Winner and Special Winner.
In Finland you would lose points too if you held your left hand like that. Your dog’s good but you holding your hand like that, it bothers me
2010 Jun 14
Excellent Heelwork …
Excellent Heelwork ! super sticks to you very well! well done!
2010 Jun 14
Very nice Heelwork
Very nice Heelwork
2010 Jun 14
Really? That’s …
Really? That’s interesting. The trouble is, if we held both hands naturally, ie swinging, the hand would be waving in the dog’s face, and push him wide.
2010 Jun 14
In Sweden, you …
In Sweden, you would lose points, by holding the left hand like that. Both hands must be held pending naturally….
2010 Jun 14
Alright. That makes …
Alright. That makes sense then. When I saw you say no verbal commands or hand signals were allowed, I thought that was pretty extreme.
2010 Jun 14
Of course you are …
Of course you are allowed ONE command when you give the postition, and also another like “Close” when you collect them again.
2010 Jun 14
How does the dog do …
How does the dog do the ASSD if there is no communication allowed? Dogs cannot read our minds.
2010 Jun 14
Go cousin Indy!!
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Go cousin Indy!!
Cousin Ethan x