Putting The “Come” Command Into Practice

Try to combine the command “Come” to your daily practice with your puppy. Make sure he sits in front of you before you praise him. This will prevent him from sideswiping you when you call him. You know the routine. You call your dog. He races at you full tilt. Just as you reach out for him, he swerves and departs.

If you call your dog and he doesn't come, go and find him, snap on his lead, then say “Come” in as pleasant a voice as you can muster, and back up, the dog following along to the very place you were standing when you first said the command.

This translates to the dog as “When I call you to come, you come to where I am.” Your dog will get it. He understands that when you call him he must go to you.