Oh heck...she didn't come back!

[squidgy100]

Well that was an adventure today....Lolah has been fabulous off lead with recall right up to today....when she didn't come back!!!!

A kind lady picked her up and she went straight back into the lead! I let her off a couple more times after a few minutes but still never came back (well clearly did otherwise this topic would be on a more serious note...lost dog!) even with the promise of chicken!!!

I'm guessing it's back to the long line tomorrow and maybe a change if high level treat...possibly cheese!

Any advice out there???


Lolah mini moo's mummy * aka Nadia

[Dawnspell]

The little monkey Yes definitely back on the longline for more training.

We used to play yoyo recall in the garden or the house. 2 or 3 of you a distance apart and call Lolah come. She only gets the treat if she goes to the one that called. No treat if she anticipates whos going to call and runs to them When shes good at that you can start hiding and calling come, that's a good one in the house so she cant escape.

Barney is more toy orientated than food. Use a favourite toy that is saved just for recall on walks.

[squidgy100]

Thanks Alison....clearly need to continue....she's a feisty little girl....definitely a bit like her mum....knows what she wants [WINKING FACE]


Lolah mini moo's mummy * aka Nadia

[Eddie]

Keep some treats in a jar at home and always give the jar a rattle before she gets a treat. She should soon associate the rattle with a treat and will hopefully come running. You could add a couple of marbles to the jar for extra noise. You should only rattle the jar when she doesn't come to her name.
Our Eddie would sometimes get in the "zone" if there were interesting smells around (and he would just not hear) so I kept a little whistle on my keyring and taught him to come to 2 sharp blasts. The sharpness and shrillness of it would cut through the mist and he would usually come running.

[squidgy100]

We have a tub at home which we did recall her back into the house with from the garden!

I think we're just gonna start again in the house and see if that works....unfortunately it does need two people as she's following me now as I have liver cake in my hand.....no recall required!


Lolah mini moo's mummy * aka Nadia

[GaryThomlinson]

I've developed two signals for this. The usual retrieval command 'come' which works 90% of the time, the other 10% is when Penny is just plain ignoring me because she wants to do something else, like sniff around the park and not go home. I can live with that as with a little encouragement she eventually complies. Unless there is danger or other need, which is when the second signal is used. A whistle I have on a lanyard around my neck along with the training clicker. She's been trained to immediately stop and return or at least not move when this is used. She always obeys this as its rarely used and was instilled at a very young age as the emergency signal.

It was most recently used to prevent her escaping a park and running into a busy road. She was being chased by another dog and she was trying to get back to the car. She got as far as the pavement, about to run over the road busy with vehicles when I stopped shouting and blew the whistle. She immediately stopped at the curb and didn't move. Thankfully.

[Maty]

A few things that have worked for us
- walk or run in the opposite direction
- hide behind a tree or bush
- shout OK see you later
- squeaky ball

I also have the added advantage of two dogs, if one comes back & the other doesn't I make a huge, noisy, fuss and the other one thinks they are missing out

[Lulu5779]

Complete novice here so no experience to offer but I have read on training tip for an emergency recall.

When ever you give your dog it's dinner or breakfast always blow a dog whistle as you put it down.

Then if your ever out and recall fails badly and you urgently need your dog back blow the whistle.

I think it's when all other attempts fail and you start panicking.

Obviously reinforce the recall training but may be used as a last resort.

Best regards

[starfish]

I have had the same issue with Fitz. He was doing really well with recall, or so I thought, until last week when he decided he didnt like the new park we were in and headed back to the car park
He just wouldn't stop and luckily another dog owner helped, but since then he has been back on his long lead and I am using smelly fish skin from fish4dogs as a reward and things seem to be improving, I really dont want anymore heart in the mouth moments though so I have decided to be the crazy woman in the park running around and making a fool of myself to keep his attention!

[squidgy100]

Ha ha. It's the only way!!! Lolah was great this morning, although I feel I may be needing a suitcase to wheel all my ammunition round. She was on her long line, had treats in tub to shake and liver cake as a treat......worked a treat today....I think she knows she did wrong!

My only concern now is I feel more like the pied piper in the park as I have every dog coming for treats if I call her!

Mmmm may try fish for dig treats tomorrow....I think varying her treats may help too! Lolah would never walk back to the car park....in fact goes in strike as soon as she sees the car park and doesn't then move....had to pick her up this morning to go home!


Lolah mini moo's mummy * aka Nadia

[Dawnspell]

Barney too puts the breaks on when he sees the car if he doesn't think his walk was long enough.

I noticed you've put Nadia in your signature to show at the bottom of posts. If you go into Edit Profile and put Nadia in Christian name box it will show in the details under your avatar photo If you want to of course

[Gina]

Hi - I use this - it works for us 75 percent of the time but if she's on the scent of a rabbit or is in selective hearing mode forget it - so I still don't have a foolproof method and have come to the conclusion I'm not going to have one


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[lj_thorne]

We have one dog who is so loyal he trips you up and then there's Albert!!!!

I can only describe Albert as an individual lone traveller..... Never to be let off a long lead unless in secure compounds!

[oscarsmate]

We've given up on Oscar being let off his lead unless it's on a deserted beach with 2 mile visibility or an enclosed park with nobody there. at all !

He's great on his own but if he sees another human or dog then he's off totally deaf to any calls. We've tried everything.....

I'm now so embarrassed when he meets another dog that I usually choose a time when I expect he won't meet anybody or if he does just pick him up and apologise in advance.

We just can't trust him......

[Maty]

I was given a tip for training, put a variety of high, medium, low value treats in your treat bag. They never know what they are going to get ;)