i brought a 5mt rope and some tinned hotdogs and we headed to the park!!

all he wanted 2 do was chew the rope!!!

he did go the full lenght of the rope once or twice and he did come bk everytime i used "here ben" and i rewared him and praised him like mad!!

this was goin well uuntill a doggy was in sight!

he went to the full lenth of the rope and decided he wudnt ven look at me wen i called his name so gave a small tug and a step in the other direction he still wudnt come i was jsut bout dragging him backwards!!

im findin this really hard to get right and i feel im failing!!

i really do need some help!!!

i can go dog trainin ne more as its been closed down the nearest one is bout hr in car! plz plz plz help

plz email me @ loucruiseunion@aol.com with any information you may have!
thank you
xxx

Hi Louise,

I'll email this to you as well......

Try to keep your dog fairly close to you, don't let him get far enough away so that he notices the other dog.  It may help if you can walk him before his meal time as well - taking his MEAL as the reward (make sure he knows you've got it ;))  The less chance he has to do what he did today, the better, even if this means keeping him on a fairly short long line (I hope you have this attached to a harness and not a flat collar, or even worse a headcollar or choke collar).  Make sure, at the same time, that he's getting lots of chances to stretch his legs at other times, perhaps playing retreive in the garden, so he gets the 'tickle' out of his feet first.

HTH

I would forget the rope and start with a 4ft or 6ft lead to practise with.
Start off with the dog by your side in whatever position you want ie, sit, down, stand. Take a few steps in front of the dog and then call him to you. Keep practising this and if you get to a distance when the dog loses interest go back and recall from a shorter distance. If the dog doesn't run to you then take a few steps backwards and use the lead to guide him in, not drag him in.Use clear commands for your dog. For recall I would use personally "come". Dogs name and then "come". Your doing right by giving him lot's of praise when he does come to you.
If you do this on a regular basis then it will eventually sink in and even with the distraction of other dogs he will respond to you.
Post where you are in the country and someone might be able to suggest another training club near which you weren't aware of.
Good luck.