working on come command

[oopsmyhalofello]

I have been working on this one with Coco and honestly it is TO easy, she is such a momma's girl and wants to have me holding her or right next to me at all times. I had her out in the yard today watching her play around, I called her when she meandered about 15 ft away or so and she would come right away. I will never have her off leash out of a fenced in area but I'm working on her recall and want to know she will listen because if she is in the yard it is possible for her to get under the fence. She will never be out there unsupervised but I would like to think if she gets close to a spot she could sneak out of that I would be able to call her away from it. Will be working on more of this with my sisters dog as well since she has no recall. lol

[alaskayorkie]

Nice work! You're lucky. Some of them cling, some of them run! If you have the same luck with your sister's dog, I'm sending my next one to you to train!

[manolos mom]

Very good. Manolo is 3 and will not leave our side not even for a cat ...

[PiePiper]

Piper is 13 months and I'm having a big problem with the come command. She is the most sweatest, affectionate, loving little girl you could possibly want. She has no aggression and is a happy little girl. In the house when you want her to come, in order to pick her up, (usually to bring her out) she keeps her distance and if you walk up to her she scoots away. If I didn't know better I would think she is afraid of me. Usually I have to talk sweetly to her and tell her to sit and give her a treat and then she lets me pick her up. I try the come command to come to me for the treat after she sits but usually she won't come. I have to bring the treat to her. I never let her loose outside. I don't have a fenced in yard and she has a big x-pen. A couple weeks ago she scooted out the door of the x-pen and did one of those catch me if you can games. I'm terrified of her getting loose and me not being able to catch her and seeing her get killed. We're surrounded by woods and live on a curvy, winding, narrow road that is busy with campers going to the campgrounds this time of year. My male yorkie and the mini poodles never did that but then again over the last 35 years living here there is more traffic and more preditors in the woods. I gave my other dogs freedom in my yard and I don't with Piper. I do give her a 3 mile walk every day for exercise. How do you guys teach the come command where they know you mean business? I know for Piper's safety this is a must.

[Marilize]

Originally Posted by PiePiper

Piper is 13 months and I'm having a big problem with the come command. She is the most sweatest, affectionate, loving little girl you could possibly want. She has no aggression and is a happy little girl. In the house when you want her to come, in order to pick her up, (usually to bring her out) she keeps her distance and if you walk up to her she scoots away. If I didn't know better I would think she is afraid of me. Usually I have to talk sweetly to her and tell her to sit and give her a treat and then she lets me pick her up. I try the come command to come to me for the treat after she sits but usually she won't come. I have to bring the treat to her. I never let her loose outside. I don't have a fenced in yard and she has a big x-pen. A couple weeks ago she scooted out the door of the x-pen and did one of those catch me if you can games. I'm terrified of her getting loose and me not being able to catch her and seeing her get killed. We're surrounded by woods and live on a curvy, winding, narrow road that is busy with campers going to the campgrounds this time of year. My male yorkie and the mini poodles never did that but then again over the last 35 years living here there is more traffic and more preditors in the woods. I gave my other dogs freedom in my yard and I don't with Piper. I do give her a 3 mile walk every day for exercise. How do you guys teach the come command where they know you mean business? I know for Piper's safety this is a must.

I think you need a new command for come. She may have a negative connotation with that command.
To teach her to come to you effectively, you need to start with a new command, like 'here' or you could get a dog whistle. Whistles are wonderful for a consistent recall. When you say the new word or blow the whistle, she will probably look at you. When she does, give her a treat. It is as easy as that.
For the bolters (of which my Cash is one), recalls are very important. Once you have taught her that paying attention to you when you say the command, you can increase the distance between the two of you and reward her when she comes to you (after you have used the command). Gradually increase this distance until she will come to you from very far away.

The other important thing is that you need to make her want to come to you. That means that if there is a nice, smelly squirrel somewhere or another dog, you have to make it worth her while to come to you. Only use high-value treats for the recall.

Good luck.

[oopsmyhalofello]

very good advice, I just wanted to add that there are 30ft leads that you can buy and they are very effective to tech this command and still have the safety of a leash being on the dog. It does work easiest with 2 people, at first i started out about 10 ft apart, then 20ft.. then moved to 30 ft.. needless to say come has always been a fun command for coco so I think I got it easy with her

[RoxyLuv]

Originally Posted by PiePiper

Piper is 13 months and I'm having a big problem with the come command. She is the most sweatest, affectionate, loving little girl you could possibly want. She has no aggression and is a happy little girl. In the house when you want her to come, in order to pick her up, (usually to bring her out) she keeps her distance and if you walk up to her she scoots away. If I didn't know better I would think she is afraid of me. Usually I have to talk sweetly to her and tell her to sit and give her a treat and then she lets me pick her up. I try the come command to come to me for the treat after she sits but usually she won't come. I have to bring the treat to her. I never let her loose outside. I don't have a fenced in yard and she has a big x-pen. A couple weeks ago she scooted out the door of the x-pen and did one of those catch me if you can games. I'm terrified of her getting loose and me not being able to catch her and seeing her get killed. We're surrounded by woods and live on a curvy, winding, narrow road that is busy with campers going to the campgrounds this time of year. My male yorkie and the mini poodles never did that but then again over the last 35 years living here there is more traffic and more preditors in the woods. I gave my other dogs freedom in my yard and I don't with Piper. I do give her a 3 mile walk every day for exercise. How do you guys teach the come command where they know you mean business? I know for Piper's safety this is a must.

Roxy got into that staying just far enough away from me that I couldn't pick her up. Sooo good at it too. Couldn't figure it out. Kinda by accident, I started just doing little belly rubs & not picking her up.
She is really quick to flip onto her back for attention.
It seemed the more I did that the more she would allow me to pick her up. Maybe I was picking her up too often when all she really wanted was a little belly rub or attention. Give it a try & see if that helps.

[PiePiper]

Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. I'll give them all a try. I know she is a smart little girl so hopefully she'll catch on quickly.