Dog Training Recall Game - Come! come when called

[@helensimonsen7200]

Had to smile when you said 'low value treats like carrot' - my dog sighs deeply when I offer him carrot or any vegetables, it makes me smile. He would definitely come back to me for roast meat. Love how you give the dog a choice, so it makes sense to them to come to you.

[@michellemcbroom8774]

my dogs love frozen broccoli

[@notgarybrown]

I'm about two months into using this technique. I don't have a rug so I spread the dogs breakfast kibble around the yard on a morning and then periodically call them away from it to my high value treats. As of right now, in high distraction environments it's about 70% successful. I think by the six month mark it will be flawless.

[@kikopup]

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[@RoyCadow]

You directed me here to this video, and now I see I have been clicking way too soon on the "Come" so I see you do the click once she arrives at you. Awesome. I'm learning.

[@CatsPlayPoker]

This is very informative and useful, thank you so much for making this free!

[@kikopup]

You are welcome, I thought it was important to share, for situations on walks where the dog finds something super exciting to sniff or eat when off leash and you need to call your dog because of an emergency.

[@keinlieb3818]

your method obviously works. I can't get my dog to come to me. However, while watching this, my dog came straight to me while you were calling your dog on the video. Guess I just need to get more excited and playful with my dogs which is difficult because I'm just not an excitable and emotional type of person lol.

[@kikopup]

What you do is say "come" in a dull voice, then make squeaky silly noises and act like a goof ball (AT HOME), then when you have a fast recall, you stop the silly stuff and the dog is conditioned to run to you fast with the positive emotional response to the dull voice.

[@keinlieb3818]

@@kikopup lol maybe I just need to get squeaky toys then and do it with that. I definitely say "come" in a very dull or usually very stern voice. I used to be a sergeant in the army and that's how we trained was stern commanding voices, but it just doesn't seem to work for my dogs. I'll try a squeaky toy and treats and see if that works. Thank you very much.

[@lilly3068]

@@keinlieb3818 im TOTALLY opposite!! So my pup is WAY to excitable! He jumps and bites and then when I say ouch or pull away he thinks its a game. How I wish I learned more before getting him so I'm not always playing catch up!! Haha

[@nathanieldenhartog2297]

You are just absolutely amazing kikopup! Never a bad video. Your enthusiasm and intelligence and love for dogs is contaious

[@olguitha]

I have 100% recall with my dog thanks to kikopup (an old video. not this one) I will forever buy her videos

[@genevydsouza9235]

Where can you buy this video, I am struggling to get my dog to come to me with distractions, especially other dogs.....

[@abby123]

So amazed by the great obedience of your dogs. Job definetly well done! Will certainly play this game with my pup, her recall when distracted (by scents) is very unreliable and I am trying very hard to have her leave any distraction alone and come to me. Your videos have really helped me getting the hang of training a dog, so I really just want to say thank you for that.

[@kikopup]

You are welcome!

[@susanmartin870]

Thank you Emily so much for all.of the hard work you do and the time you invest in making these videos for us. I am getting my puppy in 2 days and haven't slept in a week because I am so excited. He will be 9 weeks then. I also believe this will really help me with my relationships with my kids as well. I noticed you mentioned this in a video before.

[@HuxleythePandaPuppy]

Thank you for this video! I hadn't seen this exercise before.

[@TeslaNick2]

Snuffle mat ? I WANT ONE ! Thanks for this awesome video/demonstration Emily. It was only the other day I was looking for an intermediary step for one of my dogs as his recall is going to need a lot of work in small iterations. I was really struggling on how to introduce a minor distraction in a controlled exercise. This is perfect ! THANKS ! Right, off to google snuffle mats....

[@AndyMecha]

Yet another great video ! Thanks again Emily. Anyone else take notes while watching Kikopup Vids. :-)

[@Aedony]

I do! :D

[@gracehwang2912]

I do too😄

[@beverley5195]

I am really impressed with your channel! Very clear and specific instructions. I can't wait to try your exercises with my puppy.

[@shananagans5]

lol My dog heard you say treat. Then she watched the dogs on the screen.

[@TheDogVlog]

Thanks for the link, I'll work on this exercise. I don't have a snuffle mat right now but I can use a blanket. My pup Skene loves the manure in my garden so maybe I could try it with that after going through the steps and raising the value of the treats. lol

[@kikopup]

you can just sprinkle treats in the grass too.

[@lindarijvers1791]

Thanks for this video! Just what we need!

[@lindarijvers1791]

It's difficult yet because our labrador loves most food, so Is have to figure out which combination works.

[@user-ru3zw6lz9h]

Thank you so much for this video! My dog's recall is pretty good except when it's food I'm calling her away from. I will give this a try (especially happy I can practice inside since my dog is reactive).

[@saoriernst]

wow what amazing dogs. very well trained! I will be getting a puppy some time soon so i am definitely going to use these methods :)

[@Agent99lvsMaxwell]

fabulous - getting a snuffle mat or making one... We have trouble with recalls for our Blue Merle Border Collie pup too...7 months very independent.

[@RachelFusaro]

Haha snuffle mat. Nice and recall is SOOOO important. Great video

[@SmallKerfuffle]

Great video, but all your videos are! We have a very fun and sweet 4yo/16lbs poodle, she is great but not very well trained. She is so easy going in the house, and outside she is mostly...ok. After a week of camping, I decided that yes, she is great but she would benefit from a bit more training. And I was right in so many ways, most of all, she has so much more fun....and so do I! I'm reading a lot about recall now since I think it's probably best to start from scratch again on that one. We used the words Come and Here until now, she decides if they are important when we say them though. Do you think we can re-start the whole recall training over with the word Here, or do we need to find an alternative? Also, which length long line would be better, 65 foot or 30 foot or something else? She is used to running around free in parks and such, but we're planning to keep this line attached to here until the recall is flawless. Any advice?

[@nyarlover]

You are the best :) This helped me so much!

[@vthib]

I would love a video on how you taught your dogs to leave other dogs alone while they are eating!

[@kikopup]

The default leave it, or just making the attention noise, when the dog gets to me, ask them for something else- go in their bed etc.

[@vthib]

Thanks!

[@nuttynoras8827]

HI. I have a 7 month old border collie puppy puppy that I have been working on her recall since I got her at 10 weeks. As such she has always been very good and came back straight away from all distractions as soon as I called. However suddenly ( like overnight this week) she has decided that she doesn't want to listen and that trying to look for flies to eat is more interesting. She doesn't do this indoor and is only when she is out on walks, even with other dogs around to play with. She will be on a walk and I call and she comes back perfectly then the next minute she is off looking at the sky and won't come back. Is there anything that you can recommend to help as most people and trainers I have spoken to have just said that it is her adolescent phase and that it will pass as she had such a good recall before that I was still rewarding to keep her interested in coming back. I have had to put her on a 50ft lone line as a safety measure for walks as I can't tell when she will or won't come back. If she decides to ignore me then it can take up to 15 minutes to get her back and I am worried she could run into a road, hence putting her on a long line. I have always used a toy as a reward when she comes back as she is not that interested in food.

[@RCdiy]

Ruby, our chocolate lab, loves us but seems to love her lab walk even more. If she is in the back yard she will come when called unless distracted. However if she gets out the front she is gone. Always the same direction and always in lab walk style. Waits for you to get closer and then moves away. She is two and a half. I try throwing her treats but that does not help. How do we get her to come back? She has free will:)

[@artsyalyssacreations1419]

I love your videos so much, I got a puppy! You have such useful tips in training. But, I was wondering where you got your harness from. I can't find anything that is not bulky and thick. Thank you :)

[@catsanddogs3047]

I was so impressed with your training that Wish is leaving Splash alone while Splash is eating(4:56). The skill is strongly important for the good recall, I believe. But some dog learn it naturally, and others don't. Do you have a video to teach a dog to ”leave another dog alone while another dog is eating”? I thought mat-training would teach a dog the skill, but it didn't quite work out.

[@kikopup]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJu8l36BZpyNeNU The basic leave it from dogs, then you would generalize to mealtimes. You could if you saw your dog hovering over the other dog, say 'leave it' and then invite the dog away, with a kissy noise, and show the dog what he could do - like sit on the couch, on a dog bed, play with a toy, or go outside to the bathroom.

[@Felix_Effex]

my dogs are laughing and panting on the bed with me.. how I ever trained a 9month Aussie/Wheaton mix without treats.. 😂 oh my JRT is telling me theres carrots in the fridge.. They react to your voice, lol!

[@Felix_Effex]

I wouldn't recommend this exercise in Great Lakes brown toad country😪

[@lisah4117]

Hi Emily! How do you teach your dogs to leave other dogs alone while eating? And how do you prevent resource guarding towards other dogs? I have followed all your amazing resource guarding prevention videos with my dog when he was a puppy, and he doesn't guard against people at all. However, he does guard food, people and sometimes toys against other dogs. If I ever get another puppy, I want to do something from the start to prevent this. Can you do a video about it some time?

[@kikopup]

I would teach leave it kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJu8l36BZpyNeNU and also I didnt mention in the video, that resource guarding can be learned, but sometimes its genetic so no matter what you do it will occur in "new" situations. Which is most likely what happened with your dog. You usually can see signs of it right from the start in a young puppy. I wrote a 17 page protocol on resource guarding here- dogmantics.com/resource-guarding-protocol/

[@lisah4117]

@@kikopup Thank you so much!

[@Janiceleatham2112]

Your aussie beautiful with his tail!

[@xwhite2020]

My dog has eaten 100lbs of treats and still does her own thing.

[@drewmorg.]

Might be time for alternative measures ;)

[@xwhite2020]

***** The point is that these new age dog trainers believe they have all the answers. Try using these treat methods to loose leash train a high energy, high prey reactive 2 year old dog that has has 4 owners and never been trained. I don't care how much eye contact, treats and pats you try it's simply not an effective method in a lot of situations. The worst thing is how the new age trainers attempt to shame every other method bar their own. The training scene is very similar to the diet scene as far as shaming a counter point of view.

[@drewmorg.]

xwhite2020 I am a vegan, so I understand shaming people all of the time for their terrible dietary choices. However, it is for very good reason :) BUT when it comes to dog training.... I tend to side with you. We know that "positive only" trainers can produce insanely well trained dogs but do ALL dogs respond that way? Literally every single one? They must admit some dogs will not respond to their positive only methods. Just because we use a prong collar to teach our dog the right way and the wrong way doesn't mean we are out here to hurt our animals. Just the opposite.

[@Aedony]

It's more about positive reinforcement than about treats. And yes, every animal, even humans respond and learn through positive reinforcement. (I do actually have a high energy, high prey reactive dog - a gundog - and she learns with positive reinforcement.

[@drewmorg.]

Aedony How do you train her not to pull on leash or lunge after dogs while on leash? Also barking at people walking by the windows?? The only thing that gets my dogs attention (and doesn't even work that well) is prong collar so far....

[@kravda07]

My puppy would ignore those treats and pick up the mat and run! Running around with something fluffy in her mouth is worth more than hotdogs! Lol

[@kravda07]

But I should mention that I totally have forgotten to do the release command with come! Very good reminder as my pup is four months now and she things she can come and then zoom past me once she gets her treat!

[@idkwhatamdoing4346]

love your hair

[@kikopup]

Thanks, I used to be a punk :)

[@Secorad]

Do you have to use a clicker?

[@KineticSenseTherapies]

Do you reward her for making eye contact too? It looks like your waiting for something specific when your having her stay before going to sniff again

[@kikopup]

Its a good idea to reinforce the dog's interest or attention on you with access to something in the environment .

[@KineticSenseTherapies]

@@kikopup do you do this with eye contact rewards? My dog already does eye contact about half the time but when she gets carried away it's all useless, for now. ☺

[@sunnythemutt4467]

cool. we gonna try this.

[@thehuskypack7618]

Our puppy would always come to us unless she's playing with another dog. Are there any tips to help?

[@kikopup]

Do set ups. Practice on a leash with a friends friendly dog at a distance on leash. Call your dog, while your dog is looking at the other dog, then say "pup! pup! pup!" Click and treat your dog for coming to you. Then give your dog a cue like "go say hi" and allow your dog to meet the other dog. Then after your dog has said hello. You can then get the other dog to walk away from you. Practice calling your dog, then click and treat and release your dog to go and see that dog again. So your puppy learns to get to do what he wants he has to listen. And what he wants more than the treats is probably to see the other dog. So making seeing the other dog contingent on listening to you will help. When your pup is really good at coming to you while out of reach of the other dog, you can try while they are meeting, you say "come" and if your dog doesnt come, you can get the other owner to move away with their dog, and you can be more enthusiastic- saying "pup pup pup!" and backing up. then when you have your dogs full attention release to say hello again. By repeating this exercise, your dog will also habituate to not finding the greeting that exciting. And start to want what you have more. If you do it correctly. It should take a couple of training sessions of set ups where the dog has gotten to say hello first, before being called, before a dog can then come away from greeting another dog he has not yet gotten to say hi to. But it is possible! The key is to take the time to create training set ups, rather than just try to train in real life.

[@definitelynotashark1799]

oh all the training i half-arsed out on.... i wonder if the 'course' would still be valuable for us at 8½ months, or is there a lot of things we don't require? i didn't have money when it came out, but if i recall correctly it's permanently available?

[@kikopup]

It is permanently available. But there are lots of my free videos on youtube that are fun to practice and good for manners like leash walking videos leave it videos....

[@k9gsdmax64]

Does this work with older dogs? Let’s say 7 years old?

[@vilkeLTU]

of course

[@equinemiracles6435]

First like and comment :D

[@CocoBorderCollie]

lol

[@kikopup]

Hey, Comments are nice - even if they are "first like and comment" :) Makes my video viewed by more people and I feel appreciated for my hard work :)

[@CocoBorderCollie]

kikopup They annoy me so much

[@HelenZhang-ig5zp]

when i do this, my dog just sit in front of me , dont want to leave again. how to let him to play the mat thank you

[@TamieJP]

If a person cannot walk backwards, what method of recall proofing works well?

[@veramayer9571]

I would think one can simply walk away, the walking backwards in this video was probably more because Emily didn't want to turn her back on the camera. (It does of course allow you to keep tabs on the dog, but you can always look back over your shoulder or kind of meander sideways and track the dog's movements from the corner of your eye, if you want to.) The key to this game is to have something for your dog to engage with that you then call your dog away from, how you get away from the dog is not that important - though you probably don't want it to be so exciting that the dog just follows you before you give your cue!

[@TamieJP]

@@veramayer9571 Thank you. Sometimes one gets stuck with the silliest things. Of course I can just walk away. Thanks

[@veramayer9571]

@@TamieJP I wouldn't call it silly if it's a genuine mobility issue you are having to deal with - of course it would prey on your mind. Have fun training, I hope another piece of the recall puzzle will fall into place for us with this game!

[@katelyn7556]

3:11 bustdown lol

[@ekprayas5665]

which chicken we should give as a treat raw, bowled or fried chicken

[@anoukhemming1049]

sagar nayak boiled chicken is the best

[@barbaravick5634]

pet care and training Raw chicken is not good for people or dogs. Just keep in mind, basically anything a human shouldn't or couldn't eat a dog shouldn't eat either. The same things can make them ill.

[@air4360]

What kind of dog is wish?

[@katelyn7556]

He completely ignores me on and off-leash

[@kikopup]

Well, it's probably because he doesn't find what you have reinforcing. I suggest working inside first with no distractions and if he still is showing no interest it has to do with that he doesnt want what you have to offer. Here is a video for dogs who are not motivated by food: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ-8f5RmipqEkLc

[@LittleLofiStories]

My swiss shepherd pup is 5 months. I am air to her outside. D:

[@TeslaNick2]

LOL, sounds all too familiar...

[@poeticvariance]

What if you have a 1 year old dog who has a very short attention span?

[@acuriousspoon843]

Erin Lockhart im in the same place. hacent tried this yet, hope it works

[@thefriendlyaussie8167]

Erin Lockhart sounds just like mine

[@eh17]

oh no, my pillow looks like a snuffle mat.

[@kikopup]

Oh oh!

[@smashedpixels9717]

what if your dog docent leave you to get the other treat

[@HuxleythePandaPuppy]

She shows in the video how you show the dog what you have. Wave it in front of the nose at first

[@chloeperrott2315]

Are there any videos on how to stop your dog jumping up at people? He's a huge 9 month old Chocolate Labrador crossed with a German Pointer. Not many people are pleased with a muddy pawed giant pouncing on them!

[@kikopup]

I do have a video on that, but the main problem is not the jumping but the excitement. Is your dog excited when you come home? If so if you can tackle that first, it will be easier for the dog with guests. Teach your dog to do a calm greeting to you daily when you come home. And it will make a big difference. I suggest with guests, let your dog calm down behind a barrier first, like a baby gate, sit and chat with the guests, when your dog is then calm, you can allow your dog to say hi and feed treats for keeping all 4 feet on the floor. The person can also calmly greet the dog over the baby gate, and if the dog jumps the person can move away.

[@curious2379]

My dog listen only when I have treat. Rest of the time he ran away

[@simplygu]

What if you don't want to train your dog with a clicker? Just your voice.

[@YukisNation]

What if all treats are high value to my dog 😂

[@jimfox6885]

looks like it would work, still don't understand the clicking thing, seems like an extra layer of irrelevant complexity.

[@catsknit23]

go and watch the video on how and why to use a clicker that Emily's made

[@kikopup]

You can use a marker word. I like to use a clicker for teaching my dogs new behaviors they have not learned before then move on to verbal markers (like yes and good). I like to use the clicker when I make tutorial videos, so I can talk over my training and you can still hear the precise time where I mark while Im also explaining at the same time. I find that students are better at copying my timing when I use a clicker instead of a "yes". :) You are welcome to follow any video by saying a marker word in place of the click.

[@darkshadow0168]

Dogs never like Keble its like there weakness like how superman's weakness is kryptonite

[@kikopup]

@Arham Knight My one dog LOVES kibble, but this is because I feed them raw food, so when they rarely get kibble, it is exciting to them. Reward is a fluid concept. Something can be rewarding one day and not the other...

[@darkshadow0168]

+kikopup Really wow my dog is way different maybe he's just weird but all dogs are in their own way 😂 (also I changed my name to Darkshadow01 😊)

[@darkshadow0168]

+kikopup Also thanks for the tip 😉

[@clairegriffiths9284]

My dog has zero interest in food outside!

[@Godisgood13208]

All these peeps that use that dang clicker is anonymous....I would run away from the clicker

[@zemtek420]

I think the chick in the video over using that clicker and treats. I personally dont think clicker training better than using verbal marker. I personally rather use a verbal marker. You always have your voice with you barring sickness that is, but to always remember to take a clicker with you where ever you go is just annoying. And I personally think there is a way better way to teach recall. And i dont think this chick knows she got something better than even high value treats and that is her attention. Dogs absolutely love our attention.

[@ashleygoodmurphy9665]

I agree, good luck getting your dog to come to you for a hot dog if it has prey drive and wants to run across the street to catch a squirrel. All dogs have a value system and I have learned training with treats isn’t always the best approach

[@zemtek420]

My Ruby has a major prey drive. She getting better though. Just takes time and patience. Never get mad when ya dog comes to ya. Thats what a lot of peoples mistake is. Cant get mad at your dog and then punish for not coming right away. Or you just teach ya dog that ok my parent got an angry i better not get close or im going to get punished. As long as your dog eventually comes to you and you have high value treats either edible or play. Luckily my Ruby a dual currency dog she loves play and treats, but she still loves bunnies and other small creatures more.

[@fpxy00]

Hhhh.... Another food video It is easy to corrupt your dog, but this is not the point of dog training... It can be ok only for introduction of new comands, but not for obedience.... Othervise I call it cheating, not so much of a dog as much of yourself.