
Hi Sue
She sounds just like Briar with selective deafness. We are going through similar problems with Penny who at 9 months will dance a couple of feet in front of you but won't come close enough to have her lead on, the other two pups are fine and will come back to heel really quick, we have found that they do respond better to a whistle. We have been keeping Penny on a long training lead and using lots of praise and a toy to entice her to heel, its starting to work but is taking time.
I have found with Briar that lots of gentle praise works, as if she notices a change of voice then she won't come near, never been hit by me but she will cower for no reason, so I use the whistle more than my voice, must admit it took her 30mins yesterday to come to heel.
Regards
Tracy