Not coming when called I have a 4 y.o. we adopted about 2 months ago. Generally when we are outside with him and ask him to come he does. But occasionally he just choses to totally ignore us. He's done well learning sit and leave it and we did work with him to learn come but he still just takes the spurts when he ignores us. Any thoughts or suggestions? I know most training issues are the human but we aren't sure when we are/aren't doing. |
Use small pieces of cooked chicken and give him some every time he comes when called. If he doesn't come, walk over to him and let his nose follow the chicken back as you bait him to come. He has to connect that he's getting a high value reward when he obeys. Eventually you can use the chicken only intermittently and he will still come. |
Yorkies off leash if focused on something like a bird, or some movement, leaves blowing in the breeze, it's hard to get their attention. More "come" training should be done in areas where there are more distractions. Maybe your back yard with someone else playing with a ball, anything distracting. He NEEDS to be FOCUSED on YOU. 107barney has a good suggestion and lots of PRAISE when he comes. |
I also had difficulties getting Scottie to come when called outdoors. He was relatively okay coming indoors, but there are just too many more interesting things outsides. I had tried many treats to no avail (even cooked chicken) - I think the smells of most treats weren't as exciting as nature's smells. Finally, I found that green tripe worked for him. It's extremely stinky in the dehydrated form. It's actually really disgusting but has a lot of health benefits (for dogs). Looks like this: http://www.truecarnivores.com/wp-con...4/04/tripe.jpg Because the smell is so strong and it actually got his attention. I used a very long rope to tie onto his harness. While stepping on one end, I called him to come whenever he went far and treated him with the green tripe when he came to me and let me hold onto his harness. Gradually, I let him run around with the long rope and doing the same: calling him to come, grabbing his harness and treating him the green tripe. It was important for me to grab his harness, because otherwise he'd try to outsmart me and would take the treat and run away. When I felt he was coming most of the time, I removed the rope and continue to bring the green tripe with me at any time I let him run around outside. If I didn't bring the treat with me, he didn't get to roam off-leash outside. This was done over a period of a couple months last summer. Once it's a very reliable recall, you can start to wean him off the treats. Make sure you never ever ever get mad at him for coming to you, whether indoors or outdoors, even if he had done something bad, or if he finally came to you after you called him 20 times. Always always make a party out of it for him coming to you (even if you were mad at him). They need to feel the positive connection for coming to you each and every time :) |
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