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Table of Contents HEELING means that the dog accom-panies his guide, walking at the guide's leftside. All too often we find that the noviceguide follows after the dog, allowing him-self to be pulled here, there or wherever thedog wills to go. That habit of letting thedog take the lead will have to be broken andthe dog taught to HEEL, in other words, tofollow the guide with no pulling or strain-ing at the leash. Fasten to the dog's collar, (a training collar if necessary)a good, strong leash of about three feet in length. A leashlonger than three feet would give the dog more libertywhich is exactly what we wish to avoid. The dog will betaught to follow closely at the left side, therefore the longleash would prove a handicap by allowing too much free-dom of movement. This would tend to confuse him withregard to the use of those signs and signals which later onreplace verbal orders. |
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