Patent ID: 7240638

Claim:
An apparatus for training a dog to heel, the apparatus comprising: a waist strap for securing the apparatus to a waist of a dog trainer; an elongated body which is coupled to the waist strap so as to be positionable against an outside portion of a leg of the dog trainer, the elongated body having a top end for positioning adjacent the waist of the dog trainer and a bottom end for positioning against a lower calf of the dog trainer; first, second and third straps being located at spaced intervals along the elongated body for coupling the elongated body to the leg of the dog trainer, the first strap for securing an upper portion of the elongated body to a thigh of the dog trainer, the second strap for securing an intermediate portion of the elongated body adjacent a knee of the dog trainer, and the third strap for securing a lower portion of the elongated body to the lower calf of the dog trainer; and at least first and second training strap couplings positioned at spaced intervals along the elongated body, the first training strap coupling being located closer to the first strap than the third strap and the second training strap coupling being located closer to the third strap than the first strap, and the first and the second training strap couplings enabling attachment of a short training strap for the dog such that the dog trainer connects the short training strap, extending to a collar of the dog being trained, at a selected one of the first and the second training strap couplings substantially at a height of the collar of the dog.