today I'll show you how to reliably make
sure that your dog comes to you when you
call
them this episode of the dog trending
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Luca is a really smart girl but she's
less than reliable when she's asked to
come when called today we'll attempt to
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dog food you'll understand that teaching
your dog especially during that first
year comes down to controlling where
they can and can't go if your dog
routinely gets used to not coming to you
when you call them well then you got a
bad habit on your hands for the first
few months of teaching your dog to come
to you when you call them make sure that
you have a long lead about 20 ft or so
in order to make sure that you can get
to your dog when you call them now
that's not the same as a retractable
leash I like just a good oldfashioned
simple one and I'll have a link in the
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see if your dog is never in a position
to disregard your request with you call
them then you'll be in a much better
position to create and solidify this
good habit today we're going to be
training in an outdoor environment now
for that reason you'll want to make sure
that your dog is very reliable on the
steps we're going to cover today indoors
first that's because outdoor training
can be a lot more distracting to many
dogs particularly if they're new to
listening to you outside since teaching
your dog to come to you is such a vital
skill you'll want to have a serious
motivator I like to use cooked meat
today I'll be using some deli meat with
Luca but there's nothing wrong with
using a really good dog treat too for
more casual training session the first
thing I want to do is ask Luca to sit
the reason I'm doing this come here
don't eat grass sit very good the reason
I want to do that is I want to confirm
that Luca is in a teachable mindset see
if your dog is new to this type of
training you may need to let them snip
around it's normal for ground sense to
really distract a lot of dogs it could
take as much as 20 or 30 minutes before
your dog is really ready to listen to
you this is normal and much more common
in the beginning and will get better
over time if you really want to give
yourself a leg up when teaching your dog
to come to you call them in an
enthusiastic and a happy inviting voice
Luca come on yes good job and look at
that tail wagon right there I love that
if you can get your dog's tail wagon as
they're coming to you you're definitely
on the right track avoid using a Stern
or angry voice see we want to go out of
our way to create as many instances of
having a positive outcome to coming to
us if you can consistently let your dog
know look I'm worth coming to then
you're going to make huge gains on this
in a short period of time as your dog
comes to you say something like come
here or come or Luca come be extra
generous as you pay your dog for those
first couple of weeks this creates that
great association with coming to you
that you really want your dog to have
let's say that your dog isn't really
coming to you you're calling them in
that happy voice but they're either too
distracted or just not really motivated
by Your Enthusiasm at that particular
moment try coming up to them let them
though you have that treat and lure them
back to where you were calling them from
over here look up here and see she's a
little distracted by ground sense
extremely normal don't be discouraged by
that Luka over
here yes good Luca and I'm going to keep
these treats coming letting or no every
step of the way it pays to listen to me
with some dogs you have to really reward
for those small incremental steps and
this is what you would do with a dog
who's a little bit more reluctant LCA
come here if you're calling your dog and
they're not coming to you another thing
that you can do that will help out is to
shorten the distance Luka come here come
here very good nice work a great
shortcut to teaching your dog to come to
you is engaging in a good oldfashioned
game of Chase if you're up for it run
away from your dog in order to encourage
them to follow you this will really
instill in their mind this concept of
coming to you when you call them Plus in
most circumstances they'll really be
enjoying themselves avoid missing
opportunities when your dog comes to you
when you don't call them to reward those
too right now I'm not even calling her
if she's takes one step towards me I'm
going to let her know that I really
really like that yes good job do not be
in a hurry to wean them off of treats
for many months of come when called
training that was great as your dog is
doing really well with the steps that
we've covered so far you'll want to
introduce some distractions don't skip
this part after all come when called
doesn't really matter much unless
they'll do it when they're distracted
I've got my favorite pet flow squeaky
toy here and I'm going to start
distracting her with it but I want you
to notice something I'm I'm going to
keep us in a very close area I'm not
going to ask her to come to me all the
way across the field with a distraction
at first good LCA come here yes good
that was really good that was nice I
mean that's exactly what we're going for
and I want to point out that we really
set her up for Success already by taking
these other steps Luca come here come
here yeah whoa did you see that Luca
tried to get the toy in mid jump thought
better of it and decided to come to me
instead that's what you want you can
also try distracting them with some good
food like this this might be a bit more
tempting for
Luca right here see that uhuh Luca come
here that didn't go very well this time
I'm going to try to be a step ahead of
Luca and not let her get the treats so
again my goal is to be able to have
these treats here and get her to come to
me instead of those leave these
alone good girl good come here come no
leave it
alone this could just as well be a
squirrel I mean she's very focused on
this this is what she
wants Luka come here yes come here yes
look right there and she's still she
hasn't forgotten about it she's one
smart girl H come here now if she goes
for it I'm prepared to cover it up good
come on yes good job I'm going to do
something a little bit more ambitious
now I'm going to put the bowl of treats
right here that she really loves in
between us and I'm going to ask her to
come to me again I'm still going to be
prepared to cover them up if I see it in
her eyes that she's thinking about going
to the distraction but she's quick so
I'll have to be as well luuka come here
yes good job and you can see her she
looked right at the treats then made the
decision to come to meet you those are
the kind of habits we really want to
reinforce now it is imperative to
practice exercises like this in lots of
different places for several months in
order to teach your dog to truly
generalize coming to you no matter what
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