I think the best way to teach the recall is to be the MOST exciting thing in the room.
Call her name in a high pitched voice make kissy noises put your arms out in welcome, get down to her level. Lots of praise when she does come
If she's toy oriented have a toy and once you call her squeak and show her she'll get to play with you when she comes to you. then have a wee game of tug with her. If she;s food oriented make sure she knows you've got treats. and treat treat treat.
Then if none of this works -- ignore her. Turn around, run in the opposite direction. She'll soon go "hm so what's momma more interested in than me!?"
I've also trained "bye bye" to indicate that I'm leaving by saying "bye bye" when ever I leave the yorkies so if I call that out and walk or run away when Dougal's being defiant he goes "o poo! momma's leaving without me!" That's my last resort.
It's just one of those things that take time. She's also going through her rebellious teenage phase at 5 months - they do this to test the boundaries. |