This is just a reminder, if you want to teach your dog to come when called, remember to give your dog reasons to want to come.
If past experience has taught your dog that something negative (from your dog’s perspective) may happen when he come to and is near you, then chances are, when he has a choice to make, he will not choose to come consistently when you call him. Think about it from his perspective and really pay attention to what his body language is telling you. If you call him and then take him away from the fun, call him and then give him a big bear hug or hover over him which he does not like, call him and then yell at him, or call him to lock him in a confinement area and leave, what are you teaching him about responding to your recall word? Please always remember that learning and teaching is a two-way street. We need to pay attention to be building positive associations with the behaviors we want to see more of. And then, we will not only be seeing more of those behaviors, we will be seeing more of our pets wanting to be around us as well.
