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Hello! Thank you for sharing your work!!!!!! This is so helpful!!!!!
My thoughts are that it might help to utilize command structure for a direction change so that the dog has predictable communication that a direction change is coming and when corrections do and don’t come.
I use leash manners to teach dogs how to be comfortable on a leash and generally hang out on leash, but when it is time to walk, it allows the dog and handler more freedom and control to teach a heel.
I agree teaching heel is helpful for dogs that are expected to walk on a loose leash as it reduces needed commands and therefore corrections.
I have found that not giving a dog the option to avoid the correction with command structure can cause side effects (meaning the change and pop comes without the safe word “name…command”). I do have a command for a directional change but it follows the pattern of command structure. If I am teaching a phase 1 lesson there are no leash pumps, as escape conditioning has not yet been done.
https://dogtraining.world/knowledge-base/command-structure-chart/
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Command Structure Chart – DogTraining.World
Command Structure Chart – DogTraining.World
