Your Canine's
Sense of Smell

A much larger part of a dog’s brain is devoted to processing smells than yours. Some search dogs locate people buried under the snow of avalanches, search for evidence in crime, and find people in the water. Cloudy days, mornings, and evenings are the best times for dogs to search. And depending on the conditions, dogs can pick up a scent up to a half a mile away!

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When Your Dog Forgets “Come” – Train Your Dog To Come

He hasn’t forgotten; he just thinks you have! If your dog is obstinate and tends to walk in the opposite direction when you ask him to come, put him on a leash. (If your dog thinks the leash automatically means you’re taking a walk together, you may have a hard time getting him to wait until you call. Try using a length or rope or clothesline that serves the purpose of keeping you attached but doesn’t have the exact same association as the leash.) Walk backwards from

your dog, paying out the leash as you go rather than pulling it. When you are six feet away, stop, and say, “Come”, or add your dog’s name, “Come, Teddy”. As you give the command, hold up a food treat where he can see it. Only give the command once, and if your dog comes, reward him right away with treats and praise. If he doesn’t come right away, tug gently on the leash and then repeat, “Come”. Practice this over and over until your dog realizes that when he comes, he gets presents, at which time he’ll start doing his share. Once he comes without physical prompting from you, start working on getting his timing right. First, reward and praise him for obeying at all, then reward him when he comes to you within a few seconds. After working at that level, keep decreasing the time that you expect him to arrive by, so that after some days of consistently working on this command, he comes promptly, then immediately when you call. This means that, when he waits too long, he no longer gets treats and praise: you just try the command again from a new starting point. When he comes right away, he gets the reward.

Sometime after you no longer have to tug on the leash and before you expect him to come immediately when called, you can start working with distances. Gradually increase the distance you walk from your dog before calling him, until at last you can be out of sight (but not hearing) and have him come when you call.

Use mealtimes and playtimes as opportunities to practice the come command in addition to (not instead of) training. Meals are a natural for this one, unless your dog is already underfoot while you’re dishing up the kibble. (If he is underfoot, read the section on begging!)

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