I am wondering how to get my dogs to come when I call them with distractions around?

My dogs will come to me any other time except when they see another human or another dog. I've tried using treats, but that hasn't worked. Asked by JohnMalkFan488 53 months ago Similar questions: wondering dogs call distractions Pets > Dogs.

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The following method is basically what I used to teach my dogs. However, they did know how to sit and stay first, which made it easier. I could teach them on my own.

I will admit that for me this was the hardest command to teach. Sierra, my Border Collie mix would run off the course at agility class and not come, so it was imperative that I teach her to come (preferably not to run off the course, but that is at least less frequent now! ).

She almost always comes when I call her now. My English Setter mix, Cody, learned it very quickly. He gallops right on up to me and practically knocks me down.

He doesn’t jump , just kind of runs into me, as opposed to sitting in front of me like he’s supposed to. Sierra does the sitting nicely part at least when she comes! I hope this method will work for you.It was the best I could find, and it worked pretty well for me.

I still need to work with Sierra some more, and she should be fine. Teaching The Come Command Teaching the come command to your dog The come command is an effective and essential exercise as it will enable you to rapidly call your dog away from a potentially hazardous situation. If your dog is trained to quickly turn away and return to you, then you have a powerful safety mechanism at your finger-tips.

As with all new exercises, you must start the training in a calm location with very few distractions, perhaps inside your own home, then increase the distractions as the new exercise becomes more familiar to your dog. You must have some of your dog’s favourite treats ready at hand for this training technique as you should aim to reward your dog the very moment he successfully does what you have asked. He won’t remember what he did if you don’t praise him and give him his treat straight away, so you should keep the treat in your hand and give him it when he has done the exercise correctly.

Praise him enthusiastically too, and further down the line of training you can omit the treat, and just give him praise, making the edible treat an occasional thing for reinforcement. So how do you carry out this training exercise? Well, it is best carried out with two people, but if this isn’t possible, a long training leash can be used, along with the stay command.

Your companion should hold the dog’s collar, while you show your dog is treat and let him smell it. While holding the treat in your hand, you should back away from your dog while your companion holds his collar. If your dog already knows the “sit and stay” commands, then use this while you back away from him to about ten feet away.

Stop and call your dog’s name followed by the word “come”, always using the same words and the same tone of voice. When your dog has learned the command, you can teach your friends or family to use it as well by teaching them the exact words and intonation. Consistency is essential with dog training as anything else will confuse your dog and undermine progress in training.

Your companion should release the collar as you use the command and your dog should come running over to you. Give him his treat immediately and praise him so he knows he has pleased you. Repeat the exercise many times, increasing the distance between you and your dog and even going out of his line of sight.

He will soon learn the exercise and associate “come” with a nice treat and praise. Next, you should take your dog outside to a quiet location. Your companion must hold your dog on it’s leash and run over to you with the dog when you give the “come” command.

Soon, the dog will be responding well to the command and remembering the positive reinforcement of the treat and praise, and it will be time to use the command with the dog off the leash in a safe environment. Remember to always use positive reinforcement for this exercise – don’t chastise your dog if he gets it wrong as he will not understand. Neither should you call your dog to you to tell him off or to do something he dislikes, like putting his leash back on or putting him in the shower!

If you want to get him back on the leash, you can trick him by calling him to you, playing a little game where he stays close to you, then putting his leash on, so he doesn’t associate the command with something negative. Some dogs don’t see the leash as negative and therefore you can just call him as normal and give him a treat or praise him.As with all training exercises, the key to success is repetition, patience, consistency and positive association. Your dog will be a happier, healthier, safer dog for accomplishing this simple task in a variety of environments with differing degrees of distraction until it is an automatic response.

Sources: http://www.dogs-trainingtips.com/come-command.html Video .

Enthusiasm! I have the same problem with my young dog. It helps when I become enthusiastic about what a good boy he is to come when I call him.

After I started giving him positive reinforcement, even if it took 5 minutes for him to wander up, he responded better. Lots of praise and petting. Now it takes a major distraction for him to ignore me.. like playing keep away from me with the deceased gopher he found..

1 divalicious, regarding your answer "Enthusiasm! ": ok, I'll try that, thank you.

Divalicious, regarding your answer "Enthusiasm! ": ok, I'll try that, thank you.

2 Well, you don't really say what kind of dogs you have and whether they are fixed or not or their ages...all of those things are really important to know when deciding on a method. I have a Blue Heeler and a miniature rat terrier and I can tell you that the blue heeler will come when called alot faster and more often than the terrier does! But, most of the time if I have an issue with that I usually use an old stand by that works most often and that is when they disobeyed in the yard (mine is fenced) I used the spray of the hose to get their attention, neither one likes to be sprayed so when they won't mind I grab the hose and shout "do you want me to spray you?" and if there is no immediate reaction then they get sprayed and this almost always gets me the correction to their behavior that I want.

Now, some dogs like water and like being sprayed, I had a cairn terrier named Petey who loved chasing the jet spray of the hose so I couldn't use that with him, if he got lose I had to be very careful not to sound worried or mad or he'd haul butt the other way! I had to find him in the car (very important because he LOVED car rides) then I'd pull up and say in a very sugary sweet voice "Did you have a good adventure?" then say "Do you wanna go for a ride? " and he would just peel for the car!

What was so funny is he'd just be going around the block to the house but he thought he'd had the best ride hahahaha! So, first you have to really know your dog, know what they love and what they don't and if the love one doesn't work the other will! But never spank your dog no matter how long it takes to get them to come to you because it will take you months to undo this!

I did this just once and afterwards that dog wouldn't come to me for the longest time and why would he, if he thought he was gonna get spanked he wouldn't want to! Hope this helps! .

Well, you don't really say what kind of dogs you have and whether they are fixed or not or their ages...all of those things are really important to know when deciding on a method. I have a Blue Heeler and a miniature rat terrier and I can tell you that the blue heeler will come when called alot faster and more often than the terrier does! But, most of the time if I have an issue with that I usually use an old stand by that works most often and that is when they disobeyed in the yard (mine is fenced) I used the spray of the hose to get their attention, neither one likes to be sprayed so when they won't mind I grab the hose and shout "do you want me to spray you?" and if there is no immediate reaction then they get sprayed and this almost always gets me the correction to their behavior that I want.

Now, some dogs like water and like being sprayed, I had a cairn terrier named Petey who loved chasing the jet spray of the hose so I couldn't use that with him, if he got lose I had to be very careful not to sound worried or mad or he'd haul butt the other way! I had to find him in the car (very important because he LOVED car rides) then I'd pull up and say in a very sugary sweet voice "Did you have a good adventure?" then say "Do you wanna go for a ride? " and he would just peel for the car!

What was so funny is he'd just be going around the block to the house but he thought he'd had the best ride hahahaha! So, first you have to really know your dog, know what they love and what they don't and if the love one doesn't work the other will! But never spank your dog no matter how long it takes to get them to come to you because it will take you months to undo this!

I did this just once and afterwards that dog wouldn't come to me for the longest time and why would he, if he thought he was gonna get spanked he wouldn't want to! Hope this helps!

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How do dogs communicate with other dogs without barking.

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