u/Crafty-Cranberry-454

Hi! I’m working on getting my dog more confident in heel position and maintaining consistent eye contact for the whole round (I do rally) and I’m at a bit of a stand still with it. Obviously I don’t expect him to never drop his head, I can understand it would get tiering, but at the moment he’s dropping his head for 5-10 seconds or more quite often, Which really affects his ability to do turns and stop when I do. I been trying to practice just having him in heel position, stationary, and rewarding him for making eye contact, but once get takes the reward his head drops and I have to wait about 10 seconds before it comes up again. Iv repeated this countless times but he doesn’t put his head up any faster. I’m unsure what to do next. Do I need to almost drip feed him? He gets very distracted by little noises or things in the distance, but no amounts of rewards or marking gets his attention back to me any faster. I swear Iv probably marked and rewarded him thousands of times when he looks back it me, but it doesn’t seam to make him look back any faster. Iv tried saying his name or other words when his head drops, but even though that does give me his focus, it still hasn’t helped the problem. Help 🤷🏻‍♀️