Hiya, I totally agree with what everyone has said above, and everyone has had their own experience I had the same problem start of last hunting season, was about end of summer when started taking him out and the heartbreak he caused when wouldn't come back, turning off lamp helped and I also had an older dog on the lead beside me, young dog started coming back to him, it took a good few night before he came straight back every time, he was quite a highly strung dog so the first run out of the night he liked to be cheeky but we got there in the end, time and patience with a young dog and be car