How do I train my 3 month old min pin, to come when I call?

Question

I have a 6 year old min pin and he never fully listens to me when I call him, only sometimes. I have a 3 month old min pin and would really love to get a head start and train her properly. It really stresses me out to see them get in harms way and when I call them they just don´t listen to me.

Answer 1

First Lady has good advice.
Attach a longline to your dog. Leave it on all the time. This can be a light nylon cord about twenty-thirty feet long. Now your dog is ALWAYS under your control.
Call her by name and call COME! Begin hauling her in - not roughly, not gently, just firmly reel in that line until she's right next to you. Now give her a dog biscuit. She has obeyed your command - with a little help, but she has still obeyed.
Do this for at least a month. Very soon she will be with you before you have reeled in the line, but keep doing it anyway. You want to do this properly, right?
Now that you've spent a month or more on this, you leave the longline on but don't reel it in. If she still comes to you without being hauled in, you've made a good start for a perfect 'come'.
Leaving a line on a dog all the time makes them understand that there is nowhere they can be that they are not under your control. That is useful.

NEVER punish a dog for something after calling it to you. If you go outside and your dog has destroyed something crucial, you can't call it over and then whack it. You have to go get it by hand and then administer a punishment.

Answer 2

First off if you've ever called her to you for anything negative pick a different word. Start with her on a long leash and go outside. Let her explore. Call her name and say your word for come in a happy tone. If she comes to you have a praise party and give her a treat. Make it fun. You have to be more interesting than the bugs in the grass or the dog across the street. If she doesn't come reel in the leash and when she gets to you say your word for come again and praise. She'll then begin to associate that word for "go to momma and get something good". For anything negative like grooming or misbehavior you go to her. Treats are now your best friend but you don't have to use them all the time. Start everytime, then every other time, then sometimes, but don't ever stop completely just up the requirements for the reward. Good luck!

Answer 3

If you really want to train, start now. And remember, when you are training your dog, the fewer words you say to the dog, the better. Example, when you want her to come to you, simply say, come here, or come. When you want her to stay, just tell her, stay! Anotherwords, don't say, I want you to stay there, I'll be right back. Dogs understand about 1000 words, and dogs are as smart as you treat them. I'll put it this way. By the time my lab was
4 months old, she was bringing me my shoes when she had to go outside to poop. At 7 months, I would tell her, "stay," and then walk down the street, and she would still be on the porch, and we don't have a fenced yard.
It's good to love your dogs, snuggle with them sometimes. But too much snuggling confuses them, and they are harder to train. Believe it or not, dogs like the fact that "we" are in control, and "that's" what makes them feel loved. I hope this helped a little bit. Good luck

Answer 4

we had a farm dog that did that..ignoring.. Dont' feed the puppy so you HAVE ATTENTION.it will be known you have food.
And call puppy and reward each time he comes..dont wait more then a second...
he will comeand work on that for a bout a week giving a diff treat or full serving of food.

And..it is amazing.. if that doesnt work you may want to invest in personal dog training.
Good luck!

Answer 5

select the dogs favorite treat...liver snaps, whatever. each time you call her and she comes reward her with this treat.. use a "key" word or simple phrase used ONLY when you give the favorite treat!! I knew someone who would say, "dog catcher!!" and the dog came every time in anticipation of that favorite liver treat. eventually, she didn't have to use the treat...

Answer 6

Clicker training!!!! It works wonders.