Not Coming Back When Called

There are a handful of reasons why your dog will not recall on command: your dog does not understand what is required; that you have not practiced enough; that you have made the command irrelevant by not providing an incentive or have killed the command (don’t) repeat, (don’t) repeat, (don’t) repeat; that the dog is fearful of complying; or that complying is the least appealing option. You need to be a dog’s incentive, the desire to return to you must be overwhelming.