Originally Posted by
TuMicks
Well... there are so many approaches to this. Right?
What you taught Archie was what "here" meant. That doesn't mean you taught a recall because he doesn't seem to get that when you say "here"... he must HERE.
So one school of thought says that any time you give a command, and he blows you off... you've taught him that he gets to decide what to do, follow your "suggestion" to HERE/COME, or to just follow his whimsy. For that reason, stop giving commands you cannot enforce. You're basically teaching him to ignore you.
One thing you can do is let him out but have him drag a long line. You say HERE... he doesn't do it... you pick up the line and pull him to you while telling him what a swell dog he is and so forth.
I'm sure there are lots of approaches. But find something that works before giving him reasons to turn a deaf ear to you.