On Jun 14, 5:36*pm, FurPaw wrote:
Shelly wrote:
I was only half awake this morning when I fed Harriet. *Maybe not even
half. *She was waiting waiting waiting waiting not so very patiently
for me to bring her food. *I put it in her bowl. *She leaned forward,
ready, set, go! *Except I gave her the wrong release word, so she got
stuck at "set." She was not amused by it. *I got one of her very
dirtiest looks before I figured out what I'd done wrong. *Duh!

Sounds like she really understands her commands!

Now here's a question for all. *At what age did your dogs develop
a rock-solid (or even pretty solid) recall, or response to other
commands, especially in the face of distraction, and how much
effort did you put into *developing that?

FurPaw

--
The plural of anecdote is not proof.

To reply, unleash the dog.

Yoda's rock solid recall was finally "finished" at about two and a
half. I got him at one and a half but I didn't really start focusing
on the rock solid recall until the last 3 months or so. Until that
point I used a lot of containment and it wasn't until a minor incident
where containment failed without any consequences that I really
decided I had to get it perfect. In this case, his recall did save
the day, but I knew it was only because of the circumstances so I
really buckled down and got it to where it is now.

Nick