Contact nancy haupt canine refuge regional worked great It's footprints decided to click if she would look at me. She's Affenpinscher, a little terrier who loves to sniff the ground, looking up is a vital skill if I ever want to teach her how to heel. She's wearing a soft buckle collar, and I'm using a soft lightline. You could use a regular leash. I use no verbal chatter for this introduction. When she looks up, I click, then treat. By the second click, she was running to me to receive her treat. I treat her when she is at left side, not sitting yet. Once she's at left side, and has received her treat, we start to walk. When her attention wanders into sniffing, I stand still, just watch her with peripheral vision. When she looks up, I click, she runs to receive treat, we walk on together. I introduce changes of direction. By the second day, we were doing attention work first the back yard and then on the front sidewalk, for 25 feet or amid distractions. Each session lasted about five minutes. Dog becomes more attentive. Remember to stop and stand still when dog's attention wanders; and remember to click each time dog looks up at you, give a reward for each click, and remember to change direction. Your changing direction encourage your dog to become more attentive. For teaching your dog's name: the techniques you'll use vary according to the circumstances, whether you just got a new dog or have had your dog for a while. Does your dog know Sit? Do you have your dog sit before you put down its food bowl? If say sit. Use the name front of the command word. Do not over-use the dog's name. Avoid the dog's name conversations with people. Otherwise the dog hear its name often that it learn not to pay attention when it hears its name. You can say to other members of the family, Did you play with the dog today? Or Did you put fresh water the dog's bowl when you came home from school? I hope this helps. Attention and name-recognition are two different things, but I understand that you want your dog's attention when you call its name. Please be patient, and remember that dogs do not learn by hearing commands shouted at them. First, to help the dog learn, we must teach it. Then we repeat the teaching that the dog makes associations its mind. Only much later do we add the cue for that skill. The reason for this delay adding the cue is that we want to help the dog have successful experiences at each skill level, rather than to fail. Clicker-training is a scientific means to help the dog learn by engaging its brain. It is very different from force-training. If you need to find clickers, books and videos on clicker training, then I suggest the Direct Books Service web site: http: Good luck to you. Copyright of all posts is the property of the original author. Please obtain permission from the original author before copying, quoting, or forwarding. List and Site Owner: mca The Pointer is bred primarily for sport afield; he should unmistakably look and act the part. The ideal specimen gives the immediate impression of compact power and agile the head proudly carried; the expression intelligent and alert; the muscular body bespeaking both staying power and dash. Here is animal whose every movement shows him to be a wide-awake, hard-driving hunting dog possessing stamina, courage, and the to go. And his expression are the loyalty and devotion of a true friend of Ears -Set on at eye level. When hanging naturally, they should reach just below the lower jaw, close to the head, with little or no folding. They should be somewhat pointed at the tip-never round-and soft and thin leather. Eyes -Of ample size, rounded and intense. The eye color should be dark contrast with the color of the markings, the darker the better. Neck: Long, dry, muscular, and slightly arched, springing cleanly from the shoulders. Shoulders: Long, thin, and sloping. The top of blades close together. Back: Strong and solid with only a slight rise from croup to top of shoulders. Loin of moderate length, powerful and slightly arched. Croup falling only slightly to base of tail. Tuck-up should be apparent, but not exaggerated. Elbows well let down, directly under the withers and truly parallel so as to work just clear of the body. Forelegs straight and with oval bone. Knee joint never to knuckle over. Pasterns of moderate length, perceptibly finer bone than the leg, and slightly slanting. Chest, deep rather than wide, must not hinder free action of forelegs. The breastbone bold, without being unduly prominent. The ribs well sprung, descending as low as the elbow-point. The Pointer is the ultimate expression of canine power and Unquestioned aristocrats of the sporting world, Pointers themselves proudly and are capable of great speed and agility. The coat comes several