After having Bella last week, we knew that we needed to work on getting Buddy to come when called. He will usually come when called, but when distracted, especially by other dogs. He may "give us the paw" and pretend that he doesn't hear us.
So yesterday on our walk we worked on calmly greeting other dogs, which were running free. This is extremely difficult, however, he did very well. He is starting to learn that when a dog approches or he sees a dog in the distance that he should sit. When clear of the other dogs we let him run free in the park. When he was preoccupied and some distance away we called him and had him sit in front of us using small pieces of jerky as a reward. Needless to say he is doing much better with his recalls.
This morning we took Buudy out for his walk through the park and he ended up running with a pack of about a dozen dogs for about an hour. The dogs varied in age from 10 weeks to 15 years and all different breeds. We could always tell where they were by the bark of the Boxer in the group. This was another opportunity to test his recall and use the reward jerky. He did great and even seemed happy to be called away from the other dogs.
Food is the great motivator.
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