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Heeling Crash Course for Spaniels - March 2025
Stop pulling - Start heeling
Who is it for
Hey Spaniel People!
Did you know that your spaniel can learn how to walk beside you happily while your shoulder stays comfortably in its socket?
No more frustration, shoulder pain, or embarassement. No more blood-shot-eyed, panting, ground clawing spaniel.
INSTEAD: Happy, attentive heel with a waggy tail
YES, it's totally possible for you and your crazy, excitable, nosey spanner!
Your's isn't a spaniel? They can be an honorary spaniel for this course ;)
Don't want to use harsh corrections or mean-looking tools? No problem, this course is reward-based. We can help you wean off the head collar or figure of eight lead, that your dog hates.
I'm Aleks and my mission is to help people and their busy, crazy, working breed dogs, (especially spaniels) connect deeply and learn useful skills together, so that they can have harmonious lives, full of adventures and fun.
I believe training with our dogs should be easy, effective and fun.
I created this course, because almost ALL of my spaniel clients ask for help with lead pulling.
I created this course, because almost ALL of my spaniel clients ask for help with lead pulling.
They wanted an easy-to-follow, effective and affordable, starter course, so they could give their dogs lovely walks without stress, discomfort and mutual frustration.
They feel stuck, after trying lots of different harnesses, leads and tips from youtube, with no success.
They pass other dogs on walks, who are walking nicely. Why can't their dog?
Now, they dread taking their dog out. Each walk is a struggle. There is no connection. The owners might as well be a dead weight.
Its an incredibly common struggle with spaniels, because they are naturally very driven, fast-moving, nose-directed dogs who barely feel pain when exited. They are very persistent when they want to get to something. For their size, they are also surprisingly strong!
If that sounds like your experience, you're in the right place, I've got you:)
You can start looking forward to more relaxing walks together in near future.
How it works
In this fun and intensive crash course, you will learn hands-on how to stop the pulling and start heeling.
We start with setting a specific goal for the course, so that you can master the whole process from start to finish in a short time. This will give you the confidence to continue your success by repeating the process with more goals.
Each morning, a new lesson lands in your inbox, including a training task or two with full instructions, and when relevant, a concept to learn about (captioned video and PDF). You can access these anytime that suits you.
The tasks are fun, easy and effective. You can watch them and complete the training in your own time.
If you are following along with the group, you can post your training video in the student online community, for feedback and tips. If you're doing this course self-paced, you will still find it useful to join the student online community, ask questions and learn.
On Wednesday evening (8pm UK time) we all meet for an interactive group video workshop, where you can get personal support with your own training project.
Progress is easy when you know exactly what to do in your next step and you have the motivation, community and friendly, caring support.
Hey, you may find that your recall improves too! Your clever little friend may settle down easier after the brain workout. You will use the skills and knowledge from this course in your other training projects.
What's inside
- 10x days of learning
- 16x training tasks
- 11x concept lessons
- Your own personalised heel training project
- How to complete a training project from start to finish
- Avoiding common mistakes
- Teaching your spaniel to connect and pay attention
- Fun heeling challenge at the end
- Live, interactive workshop (video call) with personal support on Wednesday night
- Personal feedback and support inside the student group
- Like-minded community
- Course syllabus with Video and printable PDFs of all exercises, accessible for 1 year
What previous students say
(You can find those and many more testimonials on Synchro Dog Facebook and Google business pages)
"I recently did walk to heel crash course and it’s been fantastic. Our 7 month WCS pulled like a train, my whole body used to ache after our walks but not now. Just in 5 day off working with Alexandra and following her positive, engaging and fun exercises, our boy walks to heel and it’s finally a pleasure to be out with him. I am sure will be doing more courses with Alexandra."
"Highly recommend Aleks, she's an amazing knowledgeable and dedicated trainer. Her fantastic reward based teaching method is brilliant. Step by step guided learning for both you and your dog with all the support and helpful advice you need along the way. Thanks Aleks, the frantic scrabbling has gone and walks are a lot more enjoyable 😊"
"Very helpful, the tasks set were easy to follow and and easy to keep up with, and efficient worked more than I thought they would very knowledgeable highly recommend to anyone."
More about your instructor
Aleksandra Borawska
Hi, I'm Aleks!
I help people with crazy, lovable, naughty young spaniels (and other working breed pets) to build a happy harmonious and fun-filled life together. I support them in learning the skills they need, so that they can go wherever they want and to have amazing adventures together. I help them understand their adolescent spaniel, discover what's going on underneath the surface and create an amazing connection.
I am an accredited dog training instructor with IMDT (Institute of Modern Dog Trainers), a Mantrailing UK instructor and a UK College of Scent Dogs instructor. I'm currently working towards a gundog training instructor certification with Gundog Trainers Academy.
I am also a canine behaviour practitioner, with over 10 years of intensive practical experience, hundreds of successful behaviour modification programmes and an extensive continued professional development in dog behaviour and training.
I live in the Welsh mountains with my 6 dogs, including a working cocker, springer spaniel, a labrador retriever, a collie mix and a two staffordshire bull terriers. We train and compete in several dog sports and training projects, including scent detection, competition obedience, working gundog tests and GRC/Canine Athletics. In winter, I'm part of a beating team on three local shoots.
