Working with your pup in the yard and teaching her clear boundaries will help tremendously . You leash your pup, grab the cheerios and lead her around the yard about two to three feet from the edge. Rewarding her for sitting & staying. Than you teach her to stay in the yard by running with her on the leash and if she go past the 2-3ft boundary you stop her by saying NO and make her sit and stay, than reward her. Do this over and over again until you feel you can trust her off leash and than start all over again.
Once you have that established you can teach her "NO Stay" or "COME" or the use the word "HOUSE'. That is what I use to get them to return to the house. I can take all four of my dogs out in the yard and all four of them will return to me or to the house on command.
It took two entire summers, 1/2 hr a few times a week to get each of them to that point. But it works if you have the time.
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