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Originally Posted by ziggy925  Ruger will come, usually, when holding a treat or when confined in a small park or the front yard. However, when I take him off leash at a large park he just runs around and is easily distracted by other dogs, kids, bicycles and kids on bicycles. Today he freaked me out by running into traffic to get to another dog. Fortunately we live in a small town and drivers will stop for just about anything. He is almost always on leash, but the other day he jumped out of the car when I was getting out, so we need to work on this fast before he gets hurt. He's 10 months old. |
It sounds like you have the basic command down. Now you need to gradually up the ante with distractions. Try taking him to a low activity park on a very long or retractable leash. Once he's reliable on that, you can gradually move to high distraction areas.
Always remember, safety first, so make sure that you only have him off leash in situations where you are totally comfortable he can't get hurt - preferably because there is a fence in the way. I would say most dogs will never be 100% trustworthy with "Come": if there's reaaaaally good food on the ground, or a squirrel, or another dog that wants to play, or another dog that needs to be scared away, that will come first. So always consider your surroundings.