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    House Broken jules's Avatar
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    what I did was I have treats that came in a platic tub,I let him smell the treats in the container then pulled out 1 at a time everytime he was a good boy letting him see where the treat came from,now i shake the jar at the door and he comes right away so thanks
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    At first, I encourage Latte to come towards me by hiding from her. I hide behind something like a wall and say puppy puppy puppy!! She goes crazy to find out where the sound comes from. When she finds me I praise and give her a treat. This treat is something I only use when she comes to me. A high value one. After a couple of this. I start to say Latte, here!! And the praise and treats. Then I stopped hiding. When she is a bit further away from me, I look at her a couple of seconds (this makes her excited ) and say Here!!!! in a high pitched voice. During play time, if she ever chooses to come to me even I don't call her, I praise her anyway. I ALWAYS pet her when she comes by my side. Coming to me is great, If I call her, it is priceless!! I also say YES!! (or click) at the moment she runs the fastest. I try to be careful, unless I am sure that she will come to me, I don't say the command. These methods seem to work for me. I hope they will help you too

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    You are making it too complicated. Set the pup up for success. Don't try to teach "come" when the pup is focused on something else that is stimulating for the pup.

    Do you have a narrow hallway in your home where you can close all the doors to attaching rooms? If so, go to that area with the pup and it can only move in 2 directions... to you or from you. Excite the pup and when he starts moving to you, give the "come" command and then praise him and give him treats for coming to you. Pup needs to succeed and get rewarded and this set up will allow for that success. After this initial introduction to the "COME" command over a number of successful sessions, you can expand on it, using more open spaces and a short lead with which to make sure that the pup obeys the "Come" command every time you give it, on the first time you say it.

    Not sure if you are going to train for retrieving, but the hallway setting works great for that as well. Get the pup very excited about an object and toss it a short distance away. As pointed out earlier, Pup has 2 choices, move towards you or away from you, so he should move towards the object. Keep distance very short and praise for going to the object and for hopefully grabbing it. Don't immediately take it away and don't expect pup to bring it back to you. You are just teaching to go towards the object and hopefully, pick up the item... bringing it to you is another trained command.


    As always, keep training sessions fun for the pup. Good luck and I hope this helps.

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