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how do u get a collie x whippet to recall, she has no interest in being with u being loved nothing she just wants to be on her own she pulls on the lead and i have run out of ideas to stop it she runs around u but not close to u she dosnt respond to any noise she dosnt even look at u! please help any ideas would be nice

Maybe try her with a whistle (as she seems to have learned she can ignore a voice command). Start recall training again from scratch around the house and garden, every time you blow the whistle and she comes to you praise and reward her.

Then try outside on a long training lead, again praise and reward every time she comes to the whistle - and it pays to use 'high value' rewards, so something really tasty like chicken or sausage. When she's coming back 100% try offlead.

Some people phase out the food rewards once their dog is coming back consistently, but I must admit that I always reward recall with my dogs, as it's the one thing I want to keep really reliable.

Good luck!

(Just one other thought - if she isn't responding to any kind of noise or voice command, is it possible she's deaf?)

no shes not deaf i tested her for that, thanks for the advice will have a go i do use treats but shes not easily bribbed i will have to find something she cant resist. )

clairemisty305 said:

no shes not deaf i tested her for that, thanks for the advice will have a go i do use treats but shes not easily bribbed i will have to find something she cant resist. )

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hi sorry to see you are having problems with your dogs recall, my hubby has trained our lurcher to come back to the whistle(a whistle cannot convey anger or frustration like the human voice which may put her off returning) and at the beginning we always gave her a treat of beef jerky sticks broken into pieces and lots of praise when she came back , we have phased out the treats now but still praise her whenever the whistle is used, but being a lurcher if there is a rabbit,hare or cat in sight selective deafness becomes the norm!!!!!! and it would take a master dog trainer(or act of parliment) to stop a lurcher once its giving chase,good luck tessa :thumbsup:

how old is she? sounds like adolescent behaviour?x

maggymills said:

how old is she? sounds like adolescent behaviour?x

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she is 15months old this is the first lurcher that i cant train mine and my mates were simple compared to this one and ur probally right about my voice because the more she takes the mick the angryer it makes me but when she dose eventually come back i give her lots of praise and some cheese. but it can take half an hour some times for her to even look at me it is very frustrating! thanks