[Mom to Hot Rod]

My trainer taught me a couple of things to do:

1. call name and hold treat close to me for them to come-and say good boy/girl.

2. call name and "come" good boy/girl; wait, then "name, come good boy/girl". If this doesn't work, go and get him/her and bring back to where you were and say "come, good boy/girl" and give treat.

My trainer also recommends a phrase other than come because you tend to use it many other way-i.e., come here, come on, come in, etc. You can use another word such as "front". I still use come.

She says to make it exciting for him to come to you. I will keep saying "good boy/girl". I've been getting a much better response doing this.

(I saw this on "It's me or the Dog") call and say come and point to the floor-if they don't come, make eye contact and point to your eyes and say come and point to the floor. Mine will usually come when I do this. Hubby does this when Hot Rod doesn't listen to him and it works everytime.

We also practice this just to make sure to keep it fresh for them.