Teach Your Dog to Come When Called

Rick Pisani CPDT-KA of the Port Chester Obedience Training Club and his Border Collie, "Disco," demonstrate how to teach your dog to come when called.

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[BuzzworthyFinds]

Great tips! I love how you emphasize using the dog's name first. Definitely helps with their focus!

[cizma]

I find using german commands on my dog easier as he is not gonna ever hear it except when i want to command him.

[carrilb]

Good lesson, but for the "common folks" it might have been more effective to use an untrained dog for the demo. Just a suggestion.

[amandabuel]

And the consistent "finish" after each "come." An untrained dog would have been much more effective for this video. Agreed!

[chriselliott]

Incredibly helpful video because all AKC registered dog owners have access to distraction free training buildings and  trained dogs.  

[juliethomas]

This dog looks like he already knows the commands and the trainer is teaching us the "trainer behavior".  I would like to see this with a dog that does not know the commands and maybe has beginning knowledge of his/her own name.

[Chicagosti]

so do you just walk around with chicken in your pocket all day?

[EdDiaz-pk]

That dog is trained already. Can you do a video with an intrained dog.

[CathyGoes]

This so-called "emergency recall" isn't likely to be effective with a lot of dogs if taught in the manner presented. You need to be a lot more animated with praise and the dog needs to be allowed to wander a bit further so it gets the extra reinforcement of that fun dash to the owner. Especially if "yes" isn't something the dog recognizes as a marker yet. Otherwise the only motivation is for that piece of food. That food isn't likely to be as appealing as chasing something is. Not saying this is a bad method. It just isn't presented all that well for such an important command. Agree that they needed to show an un-trained dog. 

[RamKumar-bbpl]

Dogs are awesome lol. The best success that I have found was at Brainy paws (searched google) Without a doubt the most easy dog training tips that I have ever tried.

[codymcgonagill]

hate it when these guys show you with a fully trained dog. and that looked like a border collie cross anybody can train a border collie they aim to please there master. I want to see how it's done with a hard-headed stubborn breed like a Great Pyrenees. or Chow Chow. that helped a lot dick head! that 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back