Why Train a Dog to Come

Series Summary

Every dog owner cringes at the thought of their pet chasing a squirrel across a busy intersection, paying no mind to their owner. Dogs might be man’s best friend, but only if they are trained correctly. Proper pet training ensures your dog will come to you when called, stay on command, and be a polite animal citizen. Obedient dogs make for both a happier owner and safer pooch. The most important command you can teach a dog is the come command, also known as the recall command. These videos will teach the importance of proper dog obedience training and display how easy training your dog really is. Learn how to teach the come command, both traditionally and with a remote collar. Mix it up by training your dog to jump and climb on top of objects with this free dog training video series.

Video Transcript

"One of the most important skills we can give our dog is how to come back to us. There are some things to remember. When they're young and cute and puppies, we want to play with them. It's very easy to end up chasing them. That's actually the worst game you can do. In terms of dog psychology, if you're chasing them, they're controlling the game, and if your dog is running off after a squirrel toward a street and you start running after it, it'll just keep running faster, just because it's saying, "Hey, we're playing the game now, let's go." So what we want to do is teach our dogs that coming to us is the fun part of the game, and by doing that we start with a short distance and encourage them to turn around and return to us. It's a fun little game, and you can actually play it with a puppy, with people in a circle, with everybody calling them in turn, and that's the absolute best way to start. This is Karma. She will help us demonstrate the steps in learning "come"."