This is exactly what I'm needing right now. My puppy is 4 months old, he listens to me inside in his kennel and barely does sit and down outside with few distractions, but he does not listen when i call his name, because he thinks that the grass is more interesting than me. Thank you Emily.

This was brilliant. Thank you so much Emily. It makes so much sense.

Thank you so much Emily. Sending ❤❤❤

This honestly never occurred to me! The mat method for prey animals Thanks so much!!

Hi. I have a little 8 month old Staffy who is very stubborn and has unusual fears. I have her in her first training class and she and I are the worst students in there...Your teaching is amazingly helpful. I just found the one on how to make a dog lay down and it worked the first time :) I don't think she had any idea she was being trained. She is our third Staffy and our first female. Her energy was so high when we got her, we had to get one of those calming vests. You are very gracious to share your information and it is easy to follow. Thank you soooo much.

This is such good stuff to keep in mind- thank you for sharing this!

Thank you so much!! I never truly understood how powerful it is to build calmness!

As always, excellent tips. Thank you!

I love your videos so so so much. Your training methods are the best ever, I basicaly agree with every method you explain. I got a puppy in may, he’s 9 months old now, and honestly he is trained so well. And that’s really for a big part been because of your videos!! I recommend you to anyone who’s having any troubles. My pup comes 100% reliably, he is sooo good and wants to please me so bad. He honestly comes any time, as he knows I’ll walk on without him if he doesn’t, and I have conditioned him to want to be with me over anything. Also I followed your leash pressure videos and my dog just doesn’t pull. He’s 9 months old! I’m so so proud of him. He is the best ❤️

Excellent vid, Emily! Thank you! You have a gift of clarity in your explanations that makes them so accessable! I combine Leave-it and Come for a reliable recall (lots of practice with Leave-it!😊🐺) And your tip about releasing pup back to sniff etc. works great! Thanks again, Emily! Blessings, JJ and Ruthie

I can't add anything to what others have already said. This was so simply and such "common sense", but I'd never thought of it before. Thanks, Emily!

Thank you for your great info!!

Emily - thank you so much for your always helpful videos! Whenever I find myself getting frustrated with our pup, I put on one of your videos and am reminded that there are so many ways to help him (and me!) improve and learn in a positive manner.

Great tips! Thanks for sharing 🥰

Great advices. Very helpful. Thank you very much.

Good tips, must try. Thanks 👍🏽

Thank you Emily, this is so helpful. It's now obvious, but I hadn't realised that I have to 'proof' recall for the environment. We have just moved to a new area and my dog's recall has got so much worse, I thought he had gone deaf! He is distracted by new smells, new dogs, even different birds/wildlife. I've gone back to putting him on a long leash, especially since I don't know the areas we are walking in. I had wondered where to start, but you have given me some great tips with this video. Thank you 🙏👍

This video is very helpful! Thank you ❤️

Great video as usual. Perfectly clear

Thank you!! My dog is getting better at being calm, and I thought, "man I have to teach him to be more obedient when he's hyper," but realistically my dog has more self control than I do!! when I'm hyper and impulsively do something out of habit or because it's fun, I struggle to stop myself mid behaviour. For example, I interrupt people chronically. 😅 My 8 month old elkhound will be running around hyper and lovey and playful as can be, put his mouth on me, stop himself mid bite and bite his toy. That is so much better than my behaviour when I interrupt people lol. And when he is calm and has had enough sleep, he will intentionally not bite me at all and you can see that is because he is exercising self control, not because it didn't occur to him to bite me ❤ I love him so much

You are fantastic. I am learning so much from you. I have 4 weeks to wait until I get my new puppy

Beautiful explanations. My highly prey-driven dog needs to have a mat to "RELAX" on while the squirrels scamper. He might stay but he's still highly aroused by them. So I'm guessing that first I need to get him to relax on a particular mat before I move it to outside and then closer and closer to the prey, while still on leash.

Thanks! Understanding why your dog doesn't come when called is key.

This is really great! I never really thought about using yourself as a distraction, that's brilliant. Dont mind If I do write that down in my notes.

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Explained very well! I teach this and use a clicker to help. ❤️

My "problem" is that my BC knows exactly what the recall is but when sth is really interesting (such as seeing a dog approach that he usually plays with) he actively thinks about whether he should come to me or go to the other dog. He does come but he hesitates (sometimes for a long time) and that can be dangerous. In one scenario I have no chance to recall him. A younger (1yo) male dog plays with my dog's best female dog friend and runs really fast - my dog has to run into that dog, stop him and keep him immobile. That little control freak 🙄 The other dog accepts it. Once he has done that, he will react again but not while he is running towards that younger dog. That's why I keep my dog near me when the other two dogs play. Thanks for all of your wonderfully informative videos!

Thanks for all the info!! It totally makes sense, but we have a high prey drive 2.5 year old rescue husky (she had puppies at 11 months, so grew up way too fast without training). Sometimes she just decides to ignore us. We have been using positive reinforcement in general for the last year and a half. Could you please tell us on average approximately how many total hours of training this way are required to train a reliable recall for a dog like ours when she wants a rabbit, squirrel, cat, etc? This would help with lunging on walks as well I think. Thanks very much!

Can you talk about realistic timelines for making progress for these sorts of things? My dog used to be very reactive to wildlife and even though she's better than before, I still imagine this being several months of desensitization before I can call her off animals.

Thatwas very interesting, thank you! But my dog is so over ecxited when it comes to other dogs, that i could stand there with his Most favorite food and ball on a 100 m Distanz and he would Not even think about looking at me. He is just starring to the other dog and gets frustrated very soon if he is Not allowed to Play with them. Do you Might have an idea what Else i could do?

I adopted an 8mo dog in August and have been really trying to drill recall (previous owners didn't do anything). My struggle is phasing the leash out; as soon as she realizes she's off leash, she goes galavanting around the neighborhood/woods and only after an hour does she stop for me to calmly grab her collar and leash her

My dog does not like to train with me as much as your dogs seem to love training with you - he will do it for food but if the choice is playing with me vs chasing a squirrel the squirrel always wins. I only let him off leash if it is safe but I am worried that if I take away the things he likes (like chasing squirrels ) will he become sad and depressed?

How would you work on the recall with two siblings? They are 7 months now and don't listen at all when called because they find it more fun to chase and play with each other

Finding out what scares my Terv isn't difficult, he's scared of EVERYTHING. Luckily he tries to climb up on me when he gets scared, so there's no chance he'd run away, haha.

Would this work for squirrels? They appear so intermittantantly it's hard to practice at a distance.

My dog is excited by running, she loves to run. When called she doesnt come all the way back to me. Instead she will stand where she is and I will have to go up to her. If I walk in the opposite direction to get her to follow, she knows Im bluffing and that we will turn and walk in the original direction, so she still doesnt come to my side

You didnt reply. Was i correct? I THINK SO

Giving my dog access to his girlfriend dogs when he comes is not going to work. 😩😅 He is completely obsessed with his dog friends. No treat or toy in the world will work.