FOUNDATION Course Outline

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FC Week 2 Glossary

   

Foundation Course Glossary/Key Terms
Week 2 = Heeling begins

Walking Position

When the leash loop is on your right thumb with a Safety Loop, and you keep your hand by your right thigh. 


Heel

When the dog moves parallel to you when walking. The dog’s head is aligned with the seam of your left pant leg* and its rear and head are aligned moving forward. *Based on the individual dog as the dog’s heel position is not the same for all dogs. Heel means the dog is to consistently remain close to its owner/handler.


‘J’ loop

The remaining part of the leash, below the Safety Loop, that hits below your left knee when heeling. This allows the knee to do the workload communicating to the dog the direction to go as you move. 


Auto Sit (AS)

When the dog sits as you stop heeling and before the command to “Sit” is spoken. Your Halt mechanics cue the dog to sit.


‘KISS’

Hand position for the Auto Sit where the left fist slides down leash just above the snap bolt, palm down towards the ground, and the right fist grabs leash next to left, thumbs touching (kiss) and palm down towards the ground. This position should be by the dog’s right eye level, so the dog sees this cue.


Sit Correction

If the dog does not automatically sit when you stop with your hands in the KISS position, immediately rotate your hands so the right hand leads as you jerk the leash straight up.


Turn footwork

Whichever direction you are turning, your weight gets shifted to the opposite foot on a 45-degree angle for 1 second before turning. For example, your weight is on the left foot for a right turn and your left foot is angled 45 degrees to the right. Your weight is on the right foot for a left turn and your right foot is angled 45 degrees to the left.


 Left Training Turn (LTT)

Use when the dog is just beginning to forge ahead of you. Snub leash up with your left hand on your left thigh, your weight is on the right foot for a left turn and your right foot is angled 45 degrees to the left. Turn body left and make a sharp left turn close to the dog’s face and continue to heel. Drop snubbed leash.


Right About Training Turn (RATT)

Use when the dog is greatly forging ahead of you. Throw out the leash slack (the Safety Loop) as your weight is on the left foot angled 45 degrees to the right, right foot is now planted at almost 135 degrees as you do a 180 degree turn to your right and are moving in the opposite direction.  Left foot then takes a small ½ step, right foot takes a normal step as collect the leash back into Walking Position and continue to heel.


Right Turn

Use when the dog is lagging behind or wide (more than 2 ft. away from you). Your weight is on the left foot for a right turn and your left foot is angled 45 degrees to the right. Turn body right and take a sharp 90-degree right turn, take 1-2 running steps and continue to heel.


OUT

A guttural sound that means “stop it now.” It replicates what a bitch would do with an out-of-line young puppy and is really an explosion of your tone, intensity, and body language AT THE SAME TIME you give a no-nonsense sharp collar correction designed to teach the dog NEVER to do such behavior again. Four behaviors that warrant the OUT are the 4L’s:

Look = Dog has a dirty thought

Lock = Dog is eyeing another dog

Load = Dog is growling or hackling

Lunge = Dog lunges (The action is done already, so the OUT is least effective here.)




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