How To Teach Your Dog To Walk To Heel In Seconds 

As much as I wish I had sent my dog to Brandon for training before bringing him home ru-vid.comUgkx1_veP7CApJK_GWy_TczaMciuG64PqJeU I am so grateful for this down-to-earth, practical guide. His training techniques and tips really work. Thank you as well for dedicating your life's work to rescue dogs, and to rescuing those of us who want the very best for our 4-legged family members.

Great distinction... correction to correct unwanted behavior, reward to reinforce desired behavior. Your engagement drill is such a game changer. So far the dogs I have had the honor to foster, get such a kick out of the accomplishment and fun game we make of this. Thank you.

Gave my daughter your puppy course for Christmas and the change is incredible. The 'scatter puppy' has gone, and been replaced by a happy calm puppy (still abit inquisitive at time) that is no longer anxious about what is expected of him. I never would have thought that by training a dog you relieve the dog of stress.

So loving your positivity which is past on and felt by the dogs you train with

I just want to say thank you this is a mirror of my 40kg boy that the answer was castration as he pulls to smell. Hes under a year and nervous so it wasnt right for us. So pleased to find balanced trainers despite being made to feel guilty. My trainer helped us the same way and we are about to learn like this. Your videos are helpful in me having confidence so grateful x

Do any other Will fanboys and girls find themselves saying "good girl!" with a British accent? I just can match his inflection so much better that way 🤷‍♀️😂😂 Your tune up drill is everything Will, I always knew I was supposed to do it and why but the how never made since till I found your videos. It's all about the balance! I'm nerding out on them these days! 🤓 Thank you!!

Your teaching videos and explanations on them have been a great help on controlling our dalmatian from pup tot now 1 year old. Since these are very strong high energy dogs we were a bit scared at first but your videos have helped a bunch. She's not perfect but she's very managable and well socialised!

I just love how you dress mate. You should start your own brand. Itd be a money tree. It should be branded with yr name, high end quality and pricing

Beautiful stuff mate. I grew up with a gorgeous ladrador called Cleo, one of the conditions of us getting a dog was my ability to look after her. this was before the internet so I had to work it all out myself. I love watching guys like yourself teaching others. thanks.

Absolutely love your training advice Will. I've learnt and implemented so much from your videos. My lovely mannered Basque Shepherd and I thank you so much!

Will your videos are absolute god sends. They are invaluable to a large strong breed dog owner. My Sasha was a female Rott who I was lucky to have for 9 years before she succumbed to Osteosarcoma she left and took my heart with her but I know I didnt train her properly. She was a puller and ijumper. It took me 8 months before I could bring myself to get another Rott. My breeder has a female for me she is 5 weeks old today. I will be getting her in 3-4 more weeks. I'm not going to make the same mistakes Ive been watching all your videos and I know I will be a confident and consistent dog owner this time around. I just love this breed they are the most affectionate and protective dogs I ever owned. Thank You for sharing your knowledge with me.

"Positive-only trainers refused to work with her" -- absolute bullcrap. There is nothing about this dog that would lead any dog trainer to refuse to work with her, positive or not. I have never, in over two decades working with dogs, met a trainer who follows any philosophy who would refuse to work with a dog just because she pulls on the leash. Either you're fibbing here, or more likely the owner left part of the story out when they told you this (like perhaps the owner was insisting she ONLY be trained using a prong collar, which of course a positive-based trainer isn't going to do -- but it's dishonest to make it seem as if they refused only because she pulls rather than because the owner was demanding they use a certain technique that the trainer does not employ or agree with).

That Little Miss would break your shoulder! What amazing work!!

Sooooo glad u add footage when u work with dog. Much better for us trying to use this methods

Wonderful work!!!! Safety for pup and humans in focus! ❤️

this guy is seriously helping people! he is also extremely handsome!! so I watched these videos last night and had the success with the methid of planting the flag this morning on our walk! it was short, and eventually my dog got annoyed but it did work, and I can see it wil lwork if I keep doing it.

Its a good idea to start this in the middle of the road like Will shows, then as you progress, getting closer and closer slowly to the edge, where the grass and distractions are

just tried this with my golden and had so much progress in 15 minutes. its hot so shes tuckered out now and is properly stimulated. thank you!

Love the can do attitude for big dogs

fantastic videos dude, we are getting a rescue whippet tomorrow so I've been watching a lot of your videos recently. cant wait to employ the techniques you teach. thanks a lot for sharing!

Thank-you, Sir. This video is very useful.

Love the videos and how you go about it. I would however like to see a bit longer sessions with extreme cases.

Unbelievable... Amazing!

Really nice job, thank you for the pro advice!

We have been recommended to us. I have a strong, energetic adopted two-year-old puppy. We've had all sorts of trouble. He's calming down, but I'm not so wonderful at managing him.

Thank you so much for this lesson! My miniature schnauzer is like another dog now. 😁🤗😊

Love the videos! wondering if you teach your dogs non verbal commands such as hand gestures or facial expressions etc..? and if so, would you make a video on it if you haven't already?

I really enjoyed watching this short video. I am still amazed every time I see a quick transformation but it definitely can be that easy on some dogs.

Always good content! Thanks

Brilliant videos pal, I’ve picked up loads

You are Dog Magician Sir!

Thank you so much for all you advice. It's so helpful. Really appreciate it. 🇦🇺

I know this was a year ago but I just re homed a 1 year old female Doberman. Makes the one you got there look tame. The pulling is insane, don’t even have to be moving! Hope this video helps me

Thank you.

Thank you Will, you saved my sanity, and probably my marriage. About six weeks ago, we adopted a 10 month old German shepherd cross bitch, from our Vets (I am a Brit Expat living in Colombia), we knew very little of her history, other than she and her sister had been abandoned, and she was with her sister when she was killed by a car. Nala is a loving dog, but on the lead she was a 'She Devil', I'm similar size to you, I was having trouble holding her, and she tried to attack anything that came near us, animal, pedestrian, vehicle. I was at my wits end, having had dogs man and boy, now 65yrs, so decided to research YT, and found your channel. As a result I tried a slip leash, which made no difference, then came upon this video, I was one of those who had always thought pinch collars were cruel, but on watching you decided to give it a go. The collar arrived last week, the first day, I let her wear it around the house to get used to it, she wasn't bothered, day two our first walk, a miracle in every sense of the word, jumped at two motorcycles, realised her mistake, and has improved daily. She now walks to heel, ignores all traffic, foot and vehicular, and is nothing short of an Angel, you are indeed the Messiah 😂 Nala thanks you, she now gets excited when the pinch collar comes out! ru-vid.com3IiCaDFruIE?feature=share

What if your doberman gets so distracted on a walk they pay zero attention to food?

My 7 month old lab/beagle puppy pulled me over on a walk 4 weeks ago and I have broken my shoulder. So wish I had seen these videos beforehand. We were doing some work to stop her pulling but it didn’t seem to be working brilliantly. I think she will respond really well to this when I can start walking her again. Had to get a dog walker in the meantime. Live and learn and still love my dog to to bits

lovely doberman! ❤️

Positive reinforcement love it man

I would love to see these kinds of videos with greyhounds (and whippets in particular). I am having a hard time outside where my whippet does not seem to even want the treat. Thanks and love your videos!

Nevermind the great advice, your outfit is dapper!

Impressed, will grab one of those collars today! really enjoy your video's Will thank you

Watching your video, I decided to go right this moment to buy such a leash and a prong collar because I have a year and a half female belgian malinoas that pulls a lot on walks. Ordinary collars and slip leashes have not worked so far, so I will try the dual stuff you did.

Just adopted a dog who is a horrible puller. With so many channels I picked yours. Need good results 😎

Thanks Big Ibai

That's absolutely mind bottling. My wife started doing A Place for Rover (side gig dog boarding) last year while she was pregnant and she took on a few dogs that she was worried would hurt her or the unborn baby. I wish I would have found your channel back then! This will help significantly with our future boarders.

Excellent 👍👍

Can you do a video for a sighthound that you can’t use prong collars on as their necks/skin are too thin for it. You’d cause permanent damage to them. How would you work with any breed of sighthounds to stop pulling and heel work ? Would love to see a trainer tackle these breeds traits.

I can say for sure this works. I have a very powerful 100+ lb dog who was out of control, especially when distracted. I used these exact techniques I learned from Will and others. I now have people telling me how good my dog is.

Brilliant - love the before vs after display, lol, poor victim being dragged behind before, and then, sheer leash-walking beauty after :-)

love the training advice, and purchased a Fenrir slip lead.... but what if the pup gets to the point where they don't respond to treats anymore?? Our boy does ok, with the slip lead, but when he gets distracted (such as looking for his brother), he will not accept a treat and seems extremely anxious. Great videos.

Loving the braces and the country gent look 😎

What additional tips would you advise on dogs with super high prey drive like huskies? They can walk normal until they see a woodland creature and then forgets all training.

What a good gail! 😋 😂 just a harmless joke. Love the channel. I've ordered multiple Fenrir products.

Hi will love the videos, I recently had a 9mth old male mali and I couldn't get him to walk good which I've no idea how as I keep this breed but I honestly couldn't get him to do anything yet I can with my other 2 malis. Like you and your friend jason I love my dogs but this pup maybe had a bad up bringing yet I tried and tried with him but I still couldn't get him to be good but he loved everyone wasnt nasty for a mali he was harmless never aggressive to anyone.

Lovely ❤💕

Yeah, my two mutts (littermates) pulled me down more than once. I still struggle with recall and leash pulling. Insights gleaned here are helpful.

a 85 pound mutt and a 55 pound aussie walk great but i did exactly what u are doing with the prong collar they walk great now.

Just in time, the prong collar came in yesterday. Will get out there soon.

What I like about his training he takes dogs that haven’t been trained yet and shows the process.

Great video, makes so much sense. My 5-year-old fox lab has become fearful of traffic, will a slip lead help?

Thank you for your videos! They have helped us start leash training our approx one-year-old whippet that we recently adopted. If you don't mind I have a question, what should we do if she is walking to heel well while training in our driveway but it doesn't translate into actually walking in the neighborhood? I have watched this video and the one with the Golden Retriever Sandy so far and am not sure that is the next step.

I have tried absolutely everything with my English springer and a slip lead works abit but his eyes still popping out his head due to the excitement of going for a walk and the sniffing and chocking himself, off the lead he's fine and has good recall

Another great video - thank you. Wondering if you have any tips for my wife and I who own two smaller dogs, both of which are big pullers when going for walks, and we've been trying to train them to do loose lead walking for 2 months with little progress. When separated, they do a bit better but all prior training seems to go out the window when we take them out together. It's incredibly frustrating.

another great video Will. we have just rescued a 10 month old dobe, and while he isn't that bad with pulling I am looking for a prong collar to help with his training. Could you point me in the right direction to finding one please?

Hold on, hold on! Is someone losing some weight there? Love what you're doing Will! Keep it up.

Can you give an example to get to this without a prong collar ?

I find putting some tuna in my left trouser pocket makes my dog heal instantly...closely followed by stray cats & even the odd bodybuilding gym nut.

Is it summer in England? Great work as always!

Great upload your training session is really helpful, I think the prong collar is an essential training aid for dogs that pull.... Thank you for sharing this with us. 👍😁

Dude thank you, I was able to do the same with a long leash I had around and my Border Collie seems to be getting a hang of it a lot better. He even goofed of and made me laugh then went back to doing the right thing lol.

I started doing this with pup today, already with 1 walk, I see the difference 😲🙏

Your outfit is so good 👌

My 10 month old cane corso called Enzo, has been using a prong collar for months. It works great , but, last Friday evening I was just starting his walk he spotted a cat and pulled me up some stairs and across the path a bit. It all happened in a flash. He ran away ,but came back. He broke my ankle. I'm wearing a leg brace now and have crutches. So be careful out there X X X ♥️

Great vid, as usual! Say, can one teach a dog to always walk to the owners left side? Would be great if you could show us some hints how to achieve it.

Can you do more videos with small dogs please

I need his boots !!!

My only issue, how do you separate the focus heel to regular heel with lose lease.

I have a cairn terrier, pulling very hard. Would like to see training with smaller dogs.

Good gerl

Interesting

Wow!! Hollleee cow!!

I REALLY APPRECIATE that you showed a dog who was not already trained and how to do it from the get go!!! Everything i have seen Trainers show how to do it but the dog is already trained. I needed to know how to start/day one with my dog who has alot of issues with being border reactive and a serious leash puller. He is a 16 month Anatolian Shepherd and is VERY Powerful!! He has already pulled me down and I broke my shoulder. So THIS video showed me what to do immediately. I have just ordered a Prong collar. I was leary, but after watching this video I have to try it!!! Thank you so Very much!!! Hopefully we can get this worked out so we can work on his reactivity next. I will be searching your page/channel for tips on that as well. But 1st things first. Thank you again!!! I'll let ya know how Jonah and I do.✌🐾

Love this - do you have a link for a reputable prong collar?

I have a female Doberman and she is is 5 months and already 20kgs of muscle! She can loose lead walk and doesn’t really pull, but it’s not shaped into a nice heel yet as her pace is always adjusting. The annoying thing is when I praise her for being in a good heel position she then speeds up and gets about a foot or so in front. 😂 it’s still a loose lead but it now means she can cut in front of me if someone walks by etc. I think a lot of her problem is fear. I notice her hairs all stood up down her spine which makes her walk faster and start to pay less attention to basic commands she knows. I do walk confidently with her and don’t baby talk her when she is notably scared. I am scratching my head on the best approach to work through this behaviour as it can’t be fun for her if she is on high alert all the time 😢 Walks in the dark are the worst for this. Great vids. I have bought some of the Fenrir stuff too. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

what is a good small treat?

How many times a day should we be repeating this training?

Still trying to do this sort of thing with a flat collar and lead with my labs and boy do I ache... Any thoughts on using a vibration collar for recall?

I heeded your advice and started training heel with a prong collar. Everything went exceptionally well. But now, if she does not have the prong collar on, she reverts back to pulling some. What should I do?

Thanks for the video. My dog pulls like that. I tried your technique from another video, but I think I may need to use the prong collar now. Basically, no matter how many times it seems I tell my dog "Keava turn" and then I turn, she won't look at me. She doesn't seem to care about being tugged as long as she can smell or see whatever she wants. But there have been only a handful of cases where she knew to turn, so perhaps it's just going to be a long road till she understands to look at me.

Which prong collar should I be going for? Thanks.

👐Lov your shows can you come Delaware

I'm a dog walker and I find your videos super-useful . I've put links to them on my FB page. Thank you Fenrir. Could you do a one on first-aid for dogs please? In particular, the Idiot Dog has a nasty bone in her mouth and she's choking on it, but she won't let go in case the other dogs I'm walking, the Good Dogs, get the bone. How would you deal with that? *What I did* It was luckily near some railings so I tied the Good Dog's leads to the railings and I put Idiot on her back and at great personal risk put my thumbs each side of her cheeks and got the bone out, but is there a special way to do this?

I've 2 dutch shepperds. Pull pull bite traffic cones. I use a halti my other Belgium Mali which works but the shepperds are a different story. The trainers say I need to put them to sleep. They can piss off.

Do you have any suggestions for how to control a Wheaton greeting?

I did this with my dog yesterday in the house for like 15 mins and he was behaving well till the time when we went out for a walk. As if he forgot everything I taught him. What to do in such situations

Does loose leash walking and heeling reduces leash reactivity on other dogs?

How long do you have to use the prong collar for afterwards?

So after they really learn this can I get rid of the prong collar I just don’t like the idea of having them on everytime they walk for the rest of their life???

Well...what do I do with a standard breed? I can't use this collar, right?