Good tip for teaching the "come" command - YorkieTalk.com Forums

For My Coby · 10-09-2007, 06:57 PM

I get a training newsletter put out by Rosana Hart, who does clicker training. I don't use clicker training, but most of the concepts work with or without a clicker. I thought this was an interesting one and something I didn't really think to practice. Teaching the "come" command is challenging but so important. I thought this newsletter contained a good tip for this command.......

"When you call your dog to come to you, in dog training jargon
that's named the recall. It's good to make the sit part of what
you expect, but that's not the key part. The really significant bit
is to touch your dog's collar every time, just as he sits or
immediately after. If he sits too far away for you to touch the
collar, he hasn't done the exercise and gets no praise or click.
You can say "Too bad," or you can just move to another spot and try
the activity again.

Why should your touching the collar be an essential part of your
dog's coming when called? So you can grab it if necessary. A dog who
learns to come when called but to stay just out of reach is
training you that the come doesn't really mean come. And that could
be a problem in any number of situations, from a prim neighbor
wearing immaculate white slacks to far more serious situations.

With our current pup, Lola, she was already seven months old when
we got her as a rescue, and she thought at first that I might be
going to hit her when I did that. So at first I reached from down
low when I touched the collar -- not hard with a Rottweiler, more
of a challenge if you have a Pomeranian. It only took a few times
before she trusted me when I did that."

Gypsy & Me · 10-10-2007, 02:20 PM

That's a good point... I never thought of it that way before. I'm gonna start that tomorrow... she's not great at recall anyway but we're getting there so I can do this!

Yorkiekids · 10-10-2007, 03:22 PM

Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try.

Akina · 10-10-2007, 03:51 PM

Thanks for the tip!!
I am currently working on this command so this is great!!
I'll start touching her before I give her the treat!!!

momof4CA · 10-10-2007, 04:02 PM

What a great tip!

My dog Leo

is 15 weeks he has sit, lay, & stay. We are working on the come command and I am finding that the first week he did really good. But, this last week he has been not getting as close and if I reach out he backs up or runs.

I am going to start this tonight!

For My Coby · 10-10-2007, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by momof4CA

What a great tip!

My dog Leo

is 15 weeks he has sit, lay, & stay. We are working on the come command and I am finding that the first week he did really good. But, this last week he has been not getting as close and if I reach out he backs up or runs.

I am going to start this tonight!

Oh, isn't that maddening? I don't know why I never even thought of this AS PART OF the command.

AMD · 10-10-2007, 05:33 PM

Great tip!! Thanks for posting!

7TimesBlessed · 10-10-2007, 06:11 PM

.......two out of three come on command the third just looks at me....tried this just now and he stared at me til the other two came to me ....then after a few treats he came every time and I held onto the collar..........thank you SO much for posting this!!!!

myboy · 10-10-2007, 06:21 PM

Thanks for wake up call. I will start working on that right away.
Thank You for post that. You are so smart and thoughtful.
Thanks Diane and Coby

For My Coby · 10-10-2007, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myboy

Thanks for wake up call. I will start working on that right away.
Thank You for post that. You are so smart and thoughtful.
Thanks Diane and Coby

Ha, if I were smart, I'd have been doing this all along.

We're working on it tonight too (Yorkies across the country are wondering why their moms and dads keep grabbing their collars all of a sudden!

). I never realized how little control I really had with the come command. I mean he comes, but he's gone just as quickly!!

sandshara · 10-11-2007, 10:36 AM

My Bebe comes to me SOMETIMES. When I get home from work he darts out the door be4 I can get his stepin and leash on him and darts off to the next door neighbors yard-who hates him in her yard. she is really mean and screams at me for letting him in her yard. I have tried everything to get him to listen and he just looks at me and takes off like I am stupid. So will give this a try. thanks & I sure hope it works

10-09-2007, 06:57 PM	#1
For My Coby Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,139	Good tip for teaching the "come" command I get a training newsletter put out by Rosana Hart, who does clicker training. I don't use clicker training, but most of the concepts work with or without a clicker. I thought this was an interesting one and something I didn't really think to practice. Teaching the "come" command is challenging but so important. I thought this newsletter contained a good tip for this command....... "When you call your dog to come to you, in dog training jargon that's named the recall. It's good to make the sit part of what you expect, but that's not the key part. The really significant bit is to touch your dog's collar every time, just as he sits or immediately after. If he sits too far away for you to touch the collar, he hasn't done the exercise and gets no praise or click. You can say "Too bad," or you can just move to another spot and try the activity again. Why should your touching the collar be an essential part of your dog's coming when called? So you can grab it if necessary. A dog who learns to come when called but to stay just out of reach is training you that the come doesn't really mean come. And that could be a problem in any number of situations, from a prim neighbor wearing immaculate white slacks to far more serious situations. With our current pup, Lola, she was already seven months old when we got her as a rescue, and she thought at first that I might be going to hit her when I did that. So at first I reached from down low when I touched the collar -- not hard with a Rottweiler, more of a challenge if you have a Pomeranian. It only took a few times before she trusted me when I did that." __________________ Diane, and my boys ..... Coby and Reggie !! Striving to be a YTPP - a YT Positive Poster! In Memory of My Beautiful Mother 7/22/28-8/27/08

10-10-2007, 02:20 PM	#2
Gypsy & Me lovin my girls Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nottinghamshire, UK Posts: 9,342	That's a good point... I never thought of it that way before. I'm gonna start that tomorrow... she's not great at recall anyway but we're getting there so I can do this! __________________ Vicky - Gypsy, Kayla & Amelia Grace's Mummy Follow Yodi's Adventure! Where In The World Is Yodi? Petitioning For ERFW

10-10-2007, 03:22 PM	#3
Yorkiekids Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida Posts: 14,495	Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try. __________________ Susan, Piper ,Harley & Suiki

10-10-2007, 06:21 PM	#9
myboy Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,416	Thanks for wake up call. I will start working on that right away. Thank You for post that. You are so smart and thoughtful. Thanks Diane and Coby __________________ Deiter, Cozmo & Lynda Yorkie say I Love You with there tail. Deiter says Kalina

10-10-2007, 03:51 PM	#4
Akina YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Mateo Posts: 887	Thanks for the tip!! I am currently working on this command so this is great!! I'll start touching her before I give her the treat!!!

10-10-2007, 04:02 PM	#5
momof4CA YT Addict Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bay area, CA Posts: 345	What a great tip! My dog Leo is 15 weeks he has sit, lay, & stay. We are working on the come command and I am finding that the first week he did really good. But, this last week he has been not getting as close and if I reach out he backs up or runs. I am going to start this tonight!

10-10-2007, 05:33 PM	#7
AMD Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA Posts: 8,986	Great tip!! Thanks for posting!

10-10-2007, 06:11 PM	#8
7TimesBlessed YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 311	.......two out of three come on command the third just looks at me....tried this just now and he stared at me til the other two came to me ....then after a few treats he came every time and I held onto the collar..........thank you SO much for posting this!!!!

10-11-2007, 10:36 AM	#11
sandshara Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ellicott City, MD Posts: 218	My Bebe comes to me SOMETIMES. When I get home from work he darts out the door be4 I can get his stepin and leash on him and darts off to the next door neighbors yard-who hates him in her yard. she is really mean and screams at me for letting him in her yard. I have tried everything to get him to listen and he just looks at me and takes off like I am stupid. So will give this a try. thanks & I sure hope it works