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Boxwork/Heelwork Foundations (Patreon)

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2024-08-05 14:30:44
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Hey Folks!


So here's a quick primer on the beginning steps I use to train boxwork or heelwork or whatever you want to call "independent hind end movement" that can be parlayed into a fancy "spin into heel" position.

While I'll start off with a little bit of foundation work with Whip to get you caught up to where Byxbee is in the training, my goal with this video is to show you a real training session with Byxbee and then Byxbee's handler (shoutout to my friend Eve for letting me use this tape).

Byxbee's handler was using a slightly different method to get hind movement that I believe had a bit more of a luring component. Instead, we switched it up, and used a steady, elevated hand to mark for independent movement. Notice how the hand only flips over to feed after the mark.

This portion of the method is adapted from Hannah Brannigan's book Awesome Obedience, which I highly recommend if you're into obedience, or rally, or just like nerdy training things. It will go into the protocol for this method in more detail, and it's always nice to learn the skill directly from the source of Hannah's genius.

In this video I use an upturned 4 qt rubber feed bucket that I got at a farm store. Heavier dogs may need two of these buckets stacked on top of each other for additional support.

Happy Training!

Front Foot Target Shaping: https://youtu.be/cvg5xe1zyEo


P.S. The video on why I chose a male vs. a female for my next puppy will be out on Monday next week. This one had to go out this week in conjunction with Thursday's public YouTube video which will be on a related topic :)

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Windy

Great I never thought of doing that way. I use a feed bowl, buy there's always more to learn.

Eve

Aww baby Byxbee! 😍 I already knew you were a great trainer, but seeing your mechanics with Byxbee in person totally blew my mind. This has also come in handy with some fitness stuff we're doing.

Earth2Wendy

Very cool to see you guys doing this! Thank you! I remember having a little trouble translating her written instructions in my head to conceptualise what I should be doing. A video demo-with-explanation like this to consult would have helped a lot! It’s remarkable to see you achieve such quick and impressive results. Very helpful as well to see how you used strategic resets, and adjusted your clicker timing to nip unwanted behavior “drift” in the bud. I saw the jumping, and also a little bit of “bowing” behavior that were both very quickly dealt with. What a cute puppy! Thanks!!

DOGGY•U
>>146011376

You always notice the nuance Wendy ;) Glad it was helpful! Will be doing a much more broken down tutorial when I get baby dog :)

darci escandon

I wish I could get Finn to do box work. He’s good at thinking “little dog thoughts” and tucks wherever we go

DOGGY•U
>>146237885

Start with that front foot target. It's one of my favorite things to shape and dogs tend to love it. Just use a smaller non-slip bowl :)

Alyssa Hart

Oh I love this! We have been primarily luring and my boy does great coming into a left heel toward me, but will get stuck going to his left/my right. I am excited to try this!!

Zeke or Storm

I had to wash out a service dog from public access a decade ago (I'm getting one already mostly-trained from an organization this time), but she tasked really well at home, and this sort of stuff was her favorite training "game".

DOGGY•U
>>146285618

Definitely start going in the "off" direction facing him to start so he can get the muscle memory while luring, then switch over to the shaping aspect :)