I realized early on that Pip was going to be a problem with the word "come". I taught her "stay", holding my hand in the stop position for her to see, too. which she seems to do better at. Now, instead of telling her to come to me, I hold my hand up, and say 'stay', and I go to her and get her. I use the hand signal just in case, for what ever reason there's a lot of noise, she'll see it, and won't move. It could save her life one day. Before opening the door, I make her sit and stay, then I "release" her by saying OK.
Don't get me wrong, the command of 'come' needs to be taught but maybe 'stay' might work better for some dogs. |