Hi,

Cara is brilliant with recall when there is only her and Soph and if there is any of the dogs she knows.

However like last night there was a lad out with his rot, which was on a lead. Off she goes bouncing off to it.

She is a very friendly dog and likes to go bouncing off to all dogs and greet them and roll over etc. However our concerns are:

1) if the other dog is on a lead it may not be a friendly dog and therefore not appreciate giddy Cara.
2) What happens if a stray dog (there is the occasional one out on its own) goes running onto the road and Cara follows.

How can we get her to come back when there are new dogs around?

Practice, practice and more practice.

If you see someone out with their dog off lead and consider them "safe" why not walk with them a short distance and say you want to practice your recalls and keep calling them back, praise and treat, and letting them go again?

The more formal way would be to do this on a lead when there are other dogs around and call your dog, run a few steps backward - basically repeat what you did when you first taught the recall but in as many different situations and circumstances as possible.

It is also useful to teach the "down" or "stop" at a distance in case she has run over a road or there is glass between you and her, and you want her to wait until you get to her.

Christine

hi all, well i've made my problems regarding recall and fred my dobermann on a number of occassions. i'm working hard using a line and calling him back in different situations plus making him stay etc at the end of the line again in different situations. what i'm finding is he is slowly becoming more obedient in every way. whilst i'm still struggling with his recall he is none the less a better trained dog which is all for the good. it is becoming obvious that fred is making a bid for world domination! i will not let him suceed! he is noticably less interested in dogs of late alas i can not say the same for squirrels!

Hi caz, Christine's advice is the best and I know from bitter experience that this takes time to perfect. All I would add is do not ever allow her to disobey the recall as this is the certain way of developing a bad, bad habit, especially at 6 months plus.You could attach a line to her collar to step on if she bolts ( I find dogs look in the direction of bolt and size up the chances of Mum catching them before they bolt) to prevent this. With my dog I found he became less boisterous in greeting dogs as he met more, and realised we would go and say hello together. Now he waits for me before approaching - he's now 13 months. :)

Aldous, youre doing great just stick with it.:)

Thanks

We will try suggestions.

Unfortunately Cara is now 17months.

With Cara it seems the opposite way, the more dogs she meets the more any that she doesn't know she feels(assume) that she must greet them.

The older she is getting the more giddier she seems to be getting.