recall help please

[driller killer 33]

Hello, i have a 5mth collie/grey/whippet and when i take her out shes real good mostly, if im down the beach theres loads of distraction, people dogs etc, when she goes and say hello i keep on walking whistle her and 9 times outa 10 shell come straight away, i can usually get her to walk past with out going to greet them by distracting her. she can be a pain to get the last 10ft to me though. never runs off is allways close.

The other day was down the beach and she was doing really well, was well happy with her but when we got to where i had parked the car it all changed, first she went to say hello to a dog she had seen earlier, and was called away fine befor and they started playing i whistled nothing, kept tring whilsed walking away still nothing,eventually i managed to drag her away, giving praise all the time for EVENTUALLY comingcarried on walking last 50yds calling her over, she wouldnt come any where near me, this went on for 15/20mins or so, wouldnt go far but she knew where the car was parkedand knew we were due to go home and she didnt want to , eventually got her though, wanted to kill her, its a busy beach and not nice everyone seeing you with a bloody disobediant hound, but i was nice when she eventually came. I have tried treat, she would rather playu, calling her over lota while were out and not putting her on the lead, so she dont associate being called with end of fun. The book i have at home reccomends for disobediant hounds to use a catapault, not hard just with acorns etc so it gives them a shock and they know you can reach them when there just keeping outa reach, any opinions on this?

So if anyone has any advice please let me know!

She has just started obideance lessons 2nd one tonight, so might help.

(sorry if few mistakes on post, theres a tool bar half way across box that i cant move and is in the way of what im writing)

[birkychrissy 3]

i dont htink i would hit the dog with acorns threw a catapult mate dog will probs run away even further iv got a 5 month old pup to but i take him over to a small park wich is enclosed and he always comes back maybe try somewere smaller with less distractions till she always comes back then take her out the beach this is if ye have somwhere like that to go

[food for free 0]

I have a springer spaniel which acts exactly the same. She is now seven months but still full of puppy.She wont go far away from me but will not always come in the last 10 ft or so

I have tried treats which worked but now that has worn thin a bit.

I am now trying waving a hat or dummy to encourage her but again it depends what mood she is in.

She is getting there with the sit and stay then recall but can i hell get her to return to me 100% of the time when she is running free. Which is what iam trying to achieve.I am at my wits end nearly. only thing i can think of is a more confined space so she is

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not running as free so much.

I will start a new post about it see what the feed back is

[birkychrissy 3]

forgot to add when i feed my dog i always whistle same as i do the ferretts so when i want him to come to me i shout his name and whistle the same way i do when feeding and he thinks hes getting fed and runs up then i giv him a reward for coming

hope this has helep mate atb with your dog hope ye get it right

[skycat 6,174]

At 5 months old she is still very much a puppy, and so, as you know, easily distracted. The other reason that she won't come right to you is that she maybe associates coming to you with the end of her fun and freedom.

 

Try calling her right to you several times during your walk, give her loads of praise whilst restraining her so she can't run off again until you tell her she can go. Keep a hand on her collar whilst stroking and praising her: then get her to sit, focussing her attention on you. Teach her the 'wait' command, which means that she must wait by you until you tell her to go: I say OK, which is my release command.

 

By calling her right to you and insisting she comes to you each time, then letting her go to run again, you are taking away that feeling of fun being over once she gets to you. Of course she won't understand 'wait' to begin with, so keep a hand on her until you give the release command, then release her. Intelligent dogs pick this up very quickly.

 

As she's already wary of coming in to you, try acting the fool to get her playful side engaged: sit or crouch on the ground, don't be embarassed of making silly squeaky noises or whatever it takes to get her to come to you. There is no room for being embarassed when your'e training a dog, and anyone else watching you will understand that you are training if they have half a brain.

You have to make yourself the most attractive thing in sight, more fun to be with than other dogs etc. You can also use a ball or toy to waggle at her, or maybe drag it around you on the ground, then throw it in the air a bit: make out you are having loads of fun and that she is missing out by not being right there with you. Most dogs can't resist having fun: its down to you to make sure she gets more fun from being with you than anything else.

 

Hope this helps. And don't expect miracles overnight: she's only a pup still.

[Annmarie09 5]

She probably expects to be put on the lead, so make sure you take some really exciting food (chicken, cheese) and give her one when she does come. Don't put her on the lead, let her go again. Don't always put her on the lead at the same place each time to go home, they soon wise up to that! The setback was probably due to you grabbing and dragging her, mine hates to be held by the collar for some reason, if I need to hold her for any reason I just slip the lead back on because she panics and drags back on the collar.

 

If you need her to leave another dog or whatever and she really ignores you, call her and run away, she will most likely follow you, but you will look a bit silly!

 

I know some people who use squeaky toys to get their pups attention, but I don't like that as it attracts every other dog around!

 

With my whippet I used to just sit down on the grass or a bench if she ignored me, she couldn't resist coming over to see why I was doing such a strange thing on a walk!

 

You will probably have to try a few different things at first to see what works with your pup.

 

Fly likes the stables so much that she won't leave even if we've been there for hours, I have resorted to getting in the car and starting the engine so she jumps in because she thinks I'm leaving without her, but I wouldn't recommend that in a public place and its a problem we will have to solve somehow. She doesn't do it anywhere else though, thankfully!

[driller killer 33]

Thanks for all the replys, i have tried most of them allready, but i think calling her over lots during a walk and praising lot but not putting on a lead i should try some more, you can see exactly whats going through her mind, "hes gonna take me home now, i dont wanna go home yet" apart from that im really happy with her progress for her age, the other day on the beach it was only a problem when we got near the steps to the car, she was coming to me before,she basically knew where the car was and thats why she wouldnt come. but shes young, shes doing really well, just a few things to brush up on.

Cheers

[birkychrissy 3]

atb with yer dog

[Hollie 21]

All great replies you have been given, make sure you give her plenty of praise and treats when she comes back AND giive her a small treat each time you put her in the car so she associates end of walk time with something yummy.

 

My 5month old Whippet can be a little mare, when i am pushed for time i take them upto my local heath, it isnt very big and you can drive right around it, last time i took her up there she would not come to me when i had got Kylo in the car and she started to wander off in the other direction......................so i said 'buggar you, im off' started the car which made no difference as it was the 1st time and she did not associate the car with me going, i drove around the otherside, opened the window and called her, i could see the confusion/panic in her face and she ran full speed over to the car and hopped straight it!!!!

 

They are like kids, they will push the boundries and see where the line is

 

Good luck