I have an 11 month old dobermann who was doing very well with training, recalls etc.  I got injured by a dog 13 weeks ago and haven't been able to go out with my dog.  My husband has been taking him out.  I am now getting better and have been able to take him out today.. BUT... he wouldn't come back straight away when called, he chased everything that moved and basically I think it is like going back to basics again.

I had him on the lead today and he was pulling but after a while he stopped, when he realised the walk wasn't going to continue.  He is like a different dog.

Also wondered if anyone could recommend a good dog training school around the Bexley (Kent) area.  I have one to use in Locksbottom but that is a bit of a distance from my home.

Hello

I used a training class in Erith in a church hall...its pretty easy to find and the people are really friendly..I'll dig the number out for you if you like.

I live in bexley and havent found any classes there.

Going back to basics is exactly what you need to do :-)

Start training the recall on a long line again. Anything else that he has 'forgotten' start again from the beginning. A lot of dogs go through this 'teenage' stage when they seem never before to have heard familiar words such as: come, sit, etc.. Strangely enough they always remember the meaning of "dinner" or "walk".

Walking with your husband may have set him back as well, if he wasn't hearing the command a lot as it sounds like he was with you.  It's like teaching a kid history at 15 years old and expecting them to remember a few years later :)

also, dogs can behave differently depending on how people behave around them; as an example, my brother owns (we use the word loosely) a doberman X rottweiler.  When he wakls her, she chews at the lead for about 200 yards down the road, bouncing around and being a pain.  Getting ready to go out, he always ends up yelling at her to sit.
If I walk her, she sits when I ask her to without needing to yell, she stops chewing when I tell her no, and she ignored other dogs - whereas with him she'll try to kill them.  So being walked (I am going somewhere with this!) by someone different could easily have set his behaviour back (see!) the way you described.  Makes me terrified of going on holiday!