Heel box

Happy Hamlet Heeling.

The heel box is a small step for Hamlet to put his two feet on. We practice getting him to realize that he has back feet and that he can move them independently from his front feet. This is part of the technique to train him for the commands 'heel' and 'side', where he is supposed to come along the trainer's left or right side, respectively.

He is learning it fast! He absolutely loves the box we made him. (So much so that he wanted to eat it at first! ha!) It was a little slippery, so we took some purple felt and glued it to the top. Now, I think it just looks royal. Hamlet the princess with his royal heel box!

Recently we received a great dog toy in the mail from Daisy's parents! It is made out of fire hose and is very durable. Hamlet went after it immediately.

In other news, we still cut his toenails. Daisy's technique is so great/funny/effective that I thought I'd throw up a couple more photos of it.

New toy!

Hamlet's position while Daisy and I eat breakfast.