Tater will sometimes be stubborn and refuse to come in when I want. he was abused before me and abandoned so I of course feel the same as you, and don't want to yell at him. So I just say one word "Treat?" and he makes a beeline to the house. I am sure that it's not the best sort of training, but it seems to work!! I too have a mill dog. I have read that there is a big 'flight' risk with them and to keep them on a leash. I don't with mine but always stay in the yard with her, but I have the opposite trouble, she just wants to go back inside as quickly as possible!
Also if he is 7 months old, he is in the stubborn teenager phase so you could be getting a little bit of that too! |