I've been using this method, on a Miniature Schnauzer, since you either showed, or described it, in one of your really early videos "never let a dog blow you off" and, while we're still working on it... and will for a while because she's a hard headed ❤️ terrier, it was one of the best things I've learned regarding their training. Thank you!

One of the coolest things Prince did after Joel recalled him was get up on his hind legs and think about jumping on Joel, but Prince stopped in mid-air and turned the other way. Prince has been walked into one too many times and has no interest in it happening again.

I’m so glad and relieved to see that a “sit” thrown in this method is allowed, I sometimes ask my dog to sit so I can finally grab him and always thought I’m cheating in a way... Thank you so much for the detailed explanation!!

This is so true man. I can’t recall my dog at the dog park. This is because I learned recall with positive reinforcement and nothing I have competes with dog play. Very well said, and I appreciate you showing the process

I always tell to puppy ovners that recall can save theyr dogs life! And I also did the go get method to my friend boxer who thought it was a game, except we were in the forest, it took me 5 mins and then she realised that ohh shit that crazy lady does not play with me, so now if anyone calls her, she is immediately there ! Sooo happy to learn that method from You !!!

I've tried the method and it works. We're still not at 100 percent but our recall has improved so much it's incredible.

Interesting. I have herding collies with expansive pastures. I teach them recall by randomly calling their name while on a walk to come to me. When they do, I put them in a sit for 5-10 seconds. Then, I profusely praise them and send them away. It is very reliable until...rabbits. Once my collies are in hot pursuit of a wild rabbit in a huge pasture, there is nothing that can persuade their adrenaline bathed brains to hear me. They even let out this high pitched yell as they sprint to catch it. They are worse than Black Friday shoppers racing through a store to snag a 50% off TV.

Amazing, we used this method on our 9 month collie. Did it 10 times max and the impact was incredible. The most effective training session we have ever had and with permanent, lasting results. Hit the nail on the head, thank you!

Swear I like you more and more with every passing video

Thank you for your great content. I was a trainer years ago, stepped away for a few years and am now back at it for about 6 months now. Where I work we use a style that branched off from Cesar and his work a decade ago (I dont know if you also are using his methods or just using knowledge from years of experience, or both). Your videos have been a great source of comparison and learning so that I can see a different perspective on similar concepts. Implementing your tips and tricks have made my level of skill double overnight! Trying to explain the ideas to clients is a different challenge. But I admire your bravery for going out on the internet to teach "assertive" training in a world where dogs have been humanized onto such a pedestal and I thank you for that.

Love it. Thank you for sharing your methods so generously. I work with dogs also and have used this method for training in so many scenarios like getting a dog to jump in the car or thru a gate into a yard they are nervous about (like if there's already 20 dogs in said yard haha). Plus on my grooming bench. Sometimes it's primarily about them just having confidence in their own ability to do what you have asked. And also understanding what we have asked them to do. Dragging a dog in a 'I'm not angry but this is going to happen whether you like it or not' gives them that info. Brilliant.

Man I really like your backyard set up it’s like a dog sanctuary lol

This also adds a level of safety that I wish was mentioned. It could literally save their life in a dangerous situation that your dog might be entirely unaware of.

I lost a dog because she got away from me and was hit by a car. This is LiFE-SAVING. Thank you.

It worked...It worked!!!!!!!!!! It's the 'pop' of the voice, sit, hold the collar..and I wait until she calms down......I was amazed!!!!!!!!!!! She did exactly everything that this dog did too!!! Reason I love your channel because its real time. its hard to watch other videos and the dog isn't like what is being taught....Phenomenal..Great job!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now that our dog responds reliably to "Come!" from both of us, our options for off-leash hiking have expanded. We spread out and keep him busy running back and forth. He's a young GSD and not quite distraction-proofed yet. Thanks to you, we're making great progress.

Literally the best dog training channel i've come across! Huge shoutout to you for giving these tips/lessons for FREE!

I appreciate all the hands on training you demonstrate. I’m learning a lot and my dog is benefitting. Thank you!

Hi Joel, I love the realistic presentations of your videos. You truly demonstrate the real actions of a dog with methods and techniques to correct inappropriate behaviors. Keep up the good work.

I love this vid every time I watch it! Patience and consistency. And also knowledge of what one does. Applause

Brilliant no nonsense videos as always. I love this channel… keep it up!! All the way from Liverpool, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Just found this channel. Can't wait to implament what you are teaching. Also love how straight forward you are and your approach. No gimmicks and serioues about what you do. Thank you for the much needed info👑

The go get method is the best. It really works. I tell people about you and this method all the time. THANK YOU!!!

It's a big game-haha yes. Thank you so much. Joel, many of your tips are helping both me and the hounds I am working with. I have 4 really great dogs where the owners put out all the time, love and energy into training them-best walks ever with this dogs. The other 7 I am busy correcting and training and couldn't have done it successfully without all demonstrations, instruction and no nonsense approach to everything. Thanks again.

Thank you so much for this video! Training my dogs to recall was looking hopeless. This has been working really well. We are continually practicing.

JOEL 'keepin it so real...this is what we all appreciate 🙌. THANK YOU

Really helpful this video I was having all sorts Re Call problems with my 18 month Thai ridgeback here in 🇬🇧 watched a bunch of your videos since first getting Ghost at 10 week. Your videos that have all helped one way or another me become better to understand my Boy. Both Me & Him are still learning. He’s amazing family dog who he protects with his life. 💪 keep the uploads coming.

Just discovered this channel and in love thank you for demonstrating. 'Come I have treat' or 'come you're on long lead' days are overrr. You have no choice in the matter buddy. You're coming to me now

Thanks for all your help for my german shepherd ...he is a mich eadier dog to control..he wslks great and still working on recall...gonba try this method for sure...you are a blessing...better then my trainer..keep doing whatbyour doing your helping do many paw parents❤

Oh my you’re the best my dog is so stubborn but this is slightly working I am so happy God bless all you do amen ❤

Love this!!! I have started doing this with my older dog who has learned to use his size to his advantage when he doesn’t want to listen to go out potty. Now I will continue to get him and make him get up to go do what I asked rather than just allow him to decide not to listen & lay down. I just got an e-collar for my puppy to assist me with the recall as well as other behaviors I am working with him to correct but I still will use the go get method as he is being conditioned on the collar! Love your videos they give so much great information!!!

My four month old puppy does not seem very treat motivated and I am glad i came across your videos for learning how to train him.

Thank you soooo much! It took me 3 days of consistency, all day to get to the sexy stuff. The finish product. Thank you Joel ... my GOAT!

I agree with your methods 💯. Great demonstration and authenticity. Thank you 🐾⭐️

That Prince recall was epic!!!!!!!!!

I love your videos they have helped me with my german shepherd immensely. He now walks calmly with me. He didnt go nuts in large crowds. So much better and i am using less treats. Thanks foryou

Excellent, excellent video Joel. I'm always aware of what I'm competing against while doing recall.

Love this! I asked this question a few days ago through instagram and this shows how much you care about your followers. I agree 100% with the “treats cannot compete with the dog park”. It’s like bribing your dog with treats which doesn’t work and the dog controls the situation. I’m gonna train this with my 9,5 months old Golden Retriever, thanks Joel

Thanks Joel! This one and the ones for transitioning to off leash are perfect for Jimmy my 6 month old greyhound. I've already worked his recall with food and toys - it's not enough. He needs THIS TOO! 🐕

I do this method all the time and it works wonders! I’m going to keep at it til get I get to 100%! Amazing stuff!!!

there are no games to make family dogs there are only the best ways to create family dogs this process works.... I show my clients this all the time while working with their dogs... great work Joel......

Very helpful great video! Rtanj uou for showing the true situation in whixh the dog starts running away and how to deal with it. ❤

what a relief!!!! My dog trainer said I should be fun so that they want to come back to me,,,,, but I am not that kind of person.... so this video is a massive relief. I will try my best, but this will be big help! Thank you

Hi Joel, having watched a lot of videos has shed different light on all sorts of scenarios when training my 3 year old intact male border collie from when he was a puppy. Including the no nonsense go get method and overall training/living life has really helped in having an awesome dog! Big thank you from the Netherlands here! My dog has a 95% solid recall. 95% as I notice that since half a he starts doing the following when called: Keep sniffing at a great distance for a few seconds or even longer if the smell is interesting, then mark/pee and only after that he comes bolting toward me in a straight line without further hesitation and sit in front of me as he knows is expected. The go get method is at this point almost impossible due to the distance and he knows it so he will come running (whenever he is ready). I feel I should not grab him after he runs towards me full of passion to do well. Most people around me are already impressed with the recall but I feel he needs quite some leadership as he likes to make his own plan and can sometimes get in trouble with off leash dogs with no owner in sight. So I really want to prevent this to become the beginning of him ‘doing his own thing’ for many (safety) reasons I probably don’t have to explain. Also the comment is long enough already ;) Is there any advice you could give? For now I am trying to make recall more fun and unexpected. Which works in super swift response, but not when smell is involved.

Thank you for making these videos, really appreciated.

I’ve been trying to get my 7 month old pitbull to come every time. This is the first video I’ve found that shows a method that works. And I really like that you showed this method without treats

In love with Prince and the training ❤ awesome 👏🏾

This is so real and raw. Thank you for making me feel okay with an imperfect recall. 3.5 month old Rottweiler owner. Obedient in everything but recall😅

#1 get rid of the game, the dog pays attention. #2 train the behavior you want. Excellent video

Thank you! This is my main problem with our dog! He would get out of our back yard and run away from everyone. I told the kids we would just have to run him down and get him. This is much easier if neighbors have fenced in yards so we could corner him. Since we started doing this he seems a little better. I will try your training and see if the next time he gets out or at the dog park he will comply with the come command. Thanks for the video!

Perfect instructions! My dog does fence chasing back and forth full speed. When I call her I even see her eyes looking at me as she runs past! She even picks up speed. Nasty blow off. Can’t wait to do this method with my dobe.

I LOVED this video. Especially because I have a Shepard mix . He did this exact “game play” this morning, only I caved, laughed & could not get (obviously)him. I have a fenced backyard and now I know how to do it!! Thank you

Really appreciate that you show us how to do for this really working stuff,thumbs up

Trained a fetch with our now 11mo Irish setter doodle puppy after we got him about 4 mos ago, with a leash and treats and it went pretty ok. It’s deteriorated over the last few weeks, he won’t come back, runs around like it’s a game. I’m getting frustrated, hating trying to go back to a leash and treats since we’ve already done this. After two go-gets yesterday with me keeping my cool, we’ve had better games of fetch than we’ve had in weeks. This with a combo of “never let them blow you off” is making a huge, fast difference. Fantastic stuff!

I love how you knees the dog when she tried to use everybody as a human trampoline!!! Great job!!! 😂❤

I totally agree about the treats Joel. Great method 👍

Great work Joel! Persistence and consistency is key for any command. You always follow through with what you ask of the dog and that’s what works. I think that’s where people go wrong.

Thank you so much for this informative video! ❤

Very interesting method. I tried it on my shepsky today after he counter surfed and stole a carrot, it worked. He was quick to obey the drop it command as well. Will definitely be working on his recall with this. Thanks!

I live in almost outback Queensland Australia on an 80 acres cattle farm. I took my dogs for a free range walk/run across paddocks thinking I had my three Staffies on recall. My little English Staffy caught scent of a Red-Belly Snake laying in the grass in the sun. I lost her and it nearly killed me. We don’t have dog trainers out here other than one self-acclaimed positive reinforcement trainer. My first thought after cutting that enquiry short was ood luck with reactive Staffies/Anstaffs! I’ve been following you for a little while Joel as I’ve only recently come across your channel and your videos are on point. My AmStaff was stubborn as hell and it was all down to my slackness that she got that way. Also the fact I deployed 3 times and mum house sat my dogs for me. All training went out the window after the third deployment. I spent my first dinner home pushing my dogs out from around my feet. They’d never done that but mum had been feeding them from the table. The local dog Walker (in city at the time) would just let them drag her around the block. I’ve since trained my AmStaff on a gentle leader and have done everything in your training video on them. She went from dragging me virtually to being beside my pant seam 😀 I’m lucky she’s not food motivated as it’s made me think to use basic commands as you do and not over complicate training rather than ‘having conversations’ and begging her. We will start recall tomorrow. We NEED more trainers like you in Australia ❤️

Joel, I'm working on this. Sometimes it's not easy. But this video helps. Thank you.

Another great video, as always, thanks a lot for sharing

Why I have only just find your videos..another good one which I will try,thank you

Grateful that I found your channel about a year ago Joel your methods are life changing I hope I can visit you one day in Cali greetings from Germany

I have a 14 months old male Cane Corso he's a big baby i take him to the park he's a totally different dog he ignores me and won't listen to me for nothing he doesn't run off or away from me he stays to where he has eyes on me but I definitely am fixing to watch this i trained him when I first got him at 7 weeks old and I just stopped after a while now I'm learning so much more and would give anything to go back but without Micheal J Fox and Doc I don't think that's ever going to happen 😂 but enough of me running my yapper time to watch the video kuddos to you my friend!

Thanks Joel,this video is exactly what I needed..I’ll keep you updated soon.

I am so late to watching this video because my puppy is taking up all my time. Great video. : )

Hi Joel. Comment from England here. Thanks for this excellent video. Some videos are just pure gold and this is definately one of them. I like the way you train dogs with a fair but no nonsense approach and without e-collars which I haven't got anything against its just I prefer to train my akita without. It may take me a little longer but the sense of achievement will make it all the more worthwhile. I've always had akitas and gsd's since the early 90's and found the gsd's so easy to train perfect recall to.. whilst the akitas tend to go deaf when being recalled. Your absolutely right when you say never let the dog blow you off. I'd just like to add ... as some owners do not seem to know, dogs are more sensitive than most people realise (certain breeds more than others) and pick up on the slightest changes in our actions and emotions.. so never train yor dog when you are in an emotional state, be it sad or angry, it is counter productive to training and not fair to your dog. Nice to see a trainer who doesn't always need to stuff a few kilos of treats into a dog to train it as well. I watch alot of your vids mainly because of your dog Prince, it's so obvious he loves you and their is a very special bond between the two of you.

Thanks. My 10 month old puppy needed me to see this today. We need to solve the game thing.

You've been the one real trainer I have seen that can legitimately help me. Positive reinforcement has not helped me, at all. My dogs in training to be a service dog, and things started put really good, but he's very stubborn. He knows what I'm asking, but it seems like he just thinks he doesn't need to listen to me. It's bizarre, because truth be told, I'm the only person he legitimately listens too, but I see it the most during training, after like 5-10 minutes, he just decides he doesn't want to listen anymore, and basically shuts down. I have no clue what to do anymore, and I'm getting really frustrated

I LOVE this video. We HAVE been doing the This is a Game "Method." Ughhhh. NO MORE!

OMG, Thank you. I have a 2 yr.old and an 1 1/2 yr old both boxer's girls and need them to come when call. I will be working more now with them . Don't get me wrong, they come if i say who wants a good girl ( Treat). We have one acre fenced in backyard and live on 71 acre's, but want them to come right a way when I call. Thank you for sharing your video with us. All of my other dogs and boxer's came right away, these two are a little stubborn at times or my husband say, puppies still. Nope not how I see it, big girls that need to listen now.

Wow super I Love Your Chanel greetings from Poland. I have got Dogo Argentino is quite stubborn😉

lmao this was me today! it really does get you to the point where you just throw your hands up and say fck it put persistence is key thank you Beck!

Excellent video loved it

Congrats on 130k!

Started watching your videos a few days ago because I was annoyed with carry treats with me everywhere. I adopted a 1.5 year old not neutered dog with almost zero training other than sit. A week later he walks 90% leash perfect, comes 50% of the time and we are working on leave it and off-leash walking. I’m your biggest fan! Thanks so much!

Looking forward to trying this in a few months when my dog is a little older. Thank you for showing how it doesn't work the first time. I've been looking for a trainer that doesn't show a dog that they have been doing multiple sessions with to demonstrate a training method.

Avoiding and weird little growls 😂😂😂 love it 😊

Hi Joel, I admire your techniques and I believe your recall method is very effective. However, there is another aspect of recall which you might have overlooked and that is the work-dog. Dogs that have been bred to work, wether it is hunting, retrieving or herding, get a certain type of reinforcement from completing/doing this job, that exceeds the reinforcements dogs get from dog play and interesting smells in the forest. I have a Border collie that I taught to play fetch at a young age (So retrieving instead of her herding heritage!). She is so focused and interested in the game, that the reinforcement of me throwing the ball and her retrieving it is so good, that she does it in EVERY situation. Ofcourse this took some time, but the perfect recall, literally 100%, was achieved at around 7 months of age. I do believe combining your go get method with something like this would be golden, but I thought it was worth a mention! Thank you for your awesome content.

In the beginning of September, i rescued a pit from being euthanized due to “behavioral concerns” and lack of space at my city’s only open intake animal shelter. She went from being a total uncontrollable nut who didn’t even know her name, especially when it came time to come inside, making “come” a game… always at the wrong time making me late for work, school, etc. and although it was frustrating, i knew it was going to take a bit of patience and training for her to become the princess she has the potential to be. After applying this technique, although it did take a bit longer with me as an inexperienced pitbull owner/trainer, her recall has improved drastically! So much so, that if i’m on the other side of the house watching one of Beckman’s videos, when he says “come” she comes running to my side. She’s so smart and has come so far, im so proud of her!!! Thank you Mr. Beckman for providing dog owners around the world with a technique that actually works.

Great method, recall can save a dog's life.

I'm going to start practicing this method today. Our Bailey moves like the speed of light when she sees a rabbit. Not sure she'd hear me but we will work on it :) We have 2 acres and no fence so it's important to have her come to us when called. Thank you!

I appreciate that you adress no-treats. I have been working with my dogs without treats for 3 years and started using treats recently. They are helpful with applying medicine and toe nail clipping. I like to use retrieves as positive reinforcement. That works great with my cattle dog. I started using treats when leash training my husky so that he looks at me instead of looking at everything else.

I have a SUPER prey reactive hound mix. He's got treeing walker in him, ysee, and we have two pine trees and a fence, so... When he's caught a scent, there's very little we can do to gain his attention. It's not a game, he's just inconsolably focused on the chase. Snagging his collar on one of the runarounds and forcing his attention is just about the only way to get him in the house. Holding the collar like this is what we were taught to do in obedience classes as a correction (trainer had AKC obedience trial champs and taught from the ground up). Glad to know I'm not missing some big trick to control him! Edit: He's about five different coonhound/foxhound/prey reactive hounds on the one side, and great pyr on the other. He's 80+ lbs. Used to be very very pull-y on leash. Main owners are over 60 and would break something if they got dragged or fell because he cut across them. We literally couldn't afford to put up with his BS. Training is what saved him from being an owner surrender back to the shelter.

The reason I don't care if they do it happily, excitedly, is because MAYBE I just called them out of the road before a car could hit them!!! That's why doing it 100% of the time is more important than happily!! Thank you SO SO much for this video!!!

Thanks Joel! I do with you talked more about the hand gesture though. Actually, a video explaining different hand gestures would be great!

Joel, we adopted a dog 7 weeks ago and I've been watching your videos. Our Jake no doubt a runner and runs like the wind. He got away from my hubby in area that's unknown to all of us. My.hubby followed on foot and I in the car as I had an Injury that was healing. When I did meet up with them. Got out of the car. Yelled Jake come very firmly. He did come. I didn't even have to use my sound trainer. But I will be practicing your methods.

I tried this with my 2 yr old male GSD. I have about half an acre that is fenced off. I could not catch him the first time after 5 mins of chasing. The second time, I tried chasing for a few minutes, then I tried the sit command and eventually got him by the collar. He bared his teeth. I wish you were closer because have I got the dog for you. I'd love to book him in for a session or two. He is in a completely different class when it comes to simply not listening, leash pulling, etc. Anyway, love your channel, keep it up.

My dog was 90% awesome. 10% distracted. I started the "go get method" and she's about 97% now. That's been about 3 days now. This is one of the least fun things I've had to do with the dog, but I feel it's the most important. Thanks for sharing this, there's no way I would have tried ot on my own. Stop and pop, as welll as threshold management also worked 💯. Only had to do that for a couple days, now it's all chill when we walk. I love my dog, that makes it hard to enforce structered discipline. But after the behavior is corrected its all fun times. So worth it. Thank you.

I love how you get into the dog's head. Makes me wonder if you were a dog in a previous life.

Just found your channel and am anxious to get started with my 10 month old chihuahua. I've had a trainer to the house a few times, and he does pretty well, as long as a treat is involved. No treat? He totally blows me off. Now that he's a little older I want to work with him on my own, using your methods. I've watched quite a few other training videos, but your approach seems like a good fit. BTW, I do firmly believe that training a dog is mostly about training the owner in handling the dog. We'll see how it goes.

F*cking love it! Great video - well explained and reasoned out. My 8 month old White Swiss Shepherd might not thank you but I certainly do!

I like that you show with untrained dogs. It does us no good when other trainers show us with trained dogs like ok but how did you do it? What if this or that happens? You show us the process and that’s the biggest help to us so thank you.

Many years ago I bought an older horse who's past owner only worked her hard when she was caught = she was extremely hard to catch. What I did was, keep her in a smaller corral (less than an acre) and took the time to "walk her down". Took me most of an afternoon. Kept her moving. Eventually catching her, then petting, treat, etc. Then letting her go for the rest of that day. It took only three days of this treatment, and she was no longer walking away from me. 1/2 Mogan, one of the smarter, and hardest headed breeds of horse. Had forgotten about doing this so long ago, until I watched this video.

To funny, your Nala does what my Ziva does. My first male dog, Benjamin, came every time like your Prince. I really think female dogs blow you off twice as much as male dogs. I like this method though, it's working with Ziva except when she's in a holier-than-thou mood. 😅

Thanks for this and thank you for saying if they're not happy for that minute who cares!

I have done this method and it's work with my boxer. BUT it's working more and more.

REAL LIFE dog training ! love them !

"Everything being a big a.. game" good quote for a t shirt 😆