lead training/heel work
Hii stanley
What you have just stated is very true
most owners want to take their dogs for awalk and end up walking in a straight line for to long, the idea of taking and exercising their dogs at the same time as training does not occur to most owners.
Start your heel/lead training in a field, park, car park any small open space will do I use my back yard, away from distractions is always the best, as I have stated never let the dog pull in one direction change your direction give the lead a short sharp tug this will pull your dog of balance some thing they do not like. You may look a fool at the moment wandering around in all directions getting no where fast but I can assure you you will have the last laugh, when the compliments start coming in,on how well behaved your dog is. Ten minutes a day is all it takes to train, I think that to be sitting around for twenty minutes is time that could be well spent doing other things think of the proffesional trainers who may have ten to twenty dogs in their kennels in various stages of training I am quite sure they would not adopt such practises as it would take to long to achieve any thing, many people sell many things over the net a lot of it is just to make money.
What you are aiming for in the long term is to have what is called a no slip retriever one that will follow you around whilst at heel without its lead on, will not chase is steady to stock and will not leave your side untill told to do so, this I might add is only allowed away from traffic, any where there are roads or traffic then your dog should be on the lead at all times.