Yeah I want to start teaching my dog to come to me. I’ll be saying “recall” since it’s not a commonly used word. I’m planning on starting to use it for activities he already comes to me for, like a walk or playing outside. Also, when I am playing fetch with him outside, I want to train him to come to me with the ball so I can throw it again. And so I’ll use “recall” then too. But not to go back in the house ? I think this method will work well for the early stages.

I want to start teaching my dog to come to me. I’ll be saying “recall” since it’s not a commonly used word. I’m planning on starting to use it for activities he already comes to me for, like a walk or playing outside. Also, when I am playing fetch with him outside, I want to train him to come to me with the ball so I can throw it again. And so I’ll use “recall” then too. But not to go back in the house ? I think this method will work well for the early stages.

Thank you so much for this guide! My one year old border collie had a very good recall until recently where she decided all she wanted to do was go and play with other dogs (which was fine) until when I called her back she seemed to go deaf to every command (of course). So I was looking for ways to get her recall back and I stumbled across this article. I then took a long training line, some squares of cheese (which she loves) and my whistle and went to the park with her. She was doing so well so I let her of the training line and she carried on perfectly. Then she met this dog who she decided she thought was the best play mate she had ever come across so when the dog and its owner went to the other side of the park she promptly ran over to them. My heart sank, I thought oh great here we go again, Then she came away from the dog and said hello to some people. I called her using my voice command ‘come come’ and her whistle and she sprinted across the park so fast I couldn’t believe it until she came and sat at my feet with an expectant look. I was so proud, yes she had gone to the other dogs and people but she came straight back when I called her! Obviously Im sure this isn’t the perfect ending, we are of course going to have more blips etc but this is definitely big progress for my wee Sylvie. So, I just wanted to thank you for your tips.

Rosie & Sylvie x

Ps. The positive voice also came in really handy!