Ive only been beatin for 5 weeks, but the beat i go on is pretty chilled out and everyone pretty helpful, had my little collie whippet on lead first time more for me to learn the ropes.recall real important, also walking at heel is good is awkward tryin make way round with dog on lead and broken to pheasants, deer, hares and whatever your dog might want to chase. think the stop command most important. as someone already said get your dog used to going 20 feet then call back to heel. eventually will keep looking back for you to make eye contact. hope this helped only learning myself. is great w