MOST IMPORTANT EXERCISE - DEFAULT SETTLE
We won’t be practising this exercise in class, but we can’t stress enough how important it is to work on this as much as you can. And who doesn’t like to train their dogs while watching a movie? ;p
Apart from this on-lead exercise you also want to work on giving constructional affection when your pups are chill. If they are relaxing somewhere you could walk up to them and sometimes just calmly put a treat down and leave and sometimes kneel next to them and see if they’d like a cuddle. They might not, so it’s important you wait for the invite.
Could you use a bit more focus from your dog or would it help if they were more relaxed and better at staying?