"Cookie" We had an incident with Bailey, our Yorkie, when he was about 10 months he took off around the side of the house and we were working and left the gate opened. I was in front and it took 3 of us to finally corner and catch him.
Since I am no match for an athletic Yorkie, we decided that "Cookie" would be our magic word, not "come". Every time we give him a treat, and I mean every time, we attach the word Cookie to it. When he is outside at night and for his own reasons delays coming in, Cookie always works. We are sure to reward him each time.
We haven't had to test it in a real "run-away" situation so I am also thinking about getting a big net. |