Obedience questions...

**IdahoLabs** · 10-12-2010, 06:56 PM

For Novice, can you say "heel" when you turn, or is the only "heel" allowed when you start from a sit? Too many years, can't remember. :P The rules say I can tell my dog to heel when we start, but I couldn't decide if it was allowed for right/left/about turns too.

**MicksMom** · 10-12-2010, 07:25 PM

I think it's only when you start & after each halt. I'll check my regs and see what they say.

eta- OK, from the Regs- " ...After each Halt, it is permissible for the handler to gaive a command or signal to heel before moving forward again."

**IdahoLabs** · 10-12-2010, 08:27 PM

So does that mean that it is not permissible to give a command to heel when executing a turn?

**patm** · 10-12-2010, 08:41 PM

It isn't permissable, but you can give a command to heel at some other point if your dog really needs it - but major points will be taken off. I think that I have given Emi an extra command everytime she has been in the obedience ring (even in Open) and we always passed heeling (except the last show).

**windycanyon** · 10-12-2010, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by IdahoLabs

So does that mean that it is not permissible to give a command to heel when executing a turn?

Correct--- it is not permissable (w/o a 3-5 pt handler deduction) to talk to or signal your dog, other than at the start and after halts, as Micksmom already quoted above.