FurPaw spoke these words of wisdom in
:

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

I think Tuck was about a year old when he first tried to ignore a command
to come. He did it twice, and he got an e-collar session. He has given
100% recall success since. He can be in hot pursuit of a rabbit, squirrel,
or whatever, and spin on a dime and return if called.

I follow the basics of recall rules.
I NEVER call him to come that leads to anything unpleasant. If he isn't
going to like it, i go GET him.

For instance: Go and get your dog if you need to cut his nails, don't call
him to come.

When he's playing and generally having a good time, i sometimes call,
reward, and let him go back to playing, so "come" isn't always associated
with "play's over."
Until he's proofed and reliable, I never ask him to come, if i can't
enforce it. For instance, if he's out in an open field, chasing a rabbit,
and I don't think he's going to come, I would not call him, teaching him
it's ok to ignore my command. It is not.

So if I'm teaching a recall, and i have control, such as a dragging long
line, with e-collar , i would then start proofing, where i had control of
him, before correcting for not coming. Then, he would be proofed, and i
could then start calling him off a rabbit. i would choose LEAVE IT , and
then when he let off the charge, ask him to come.
It allows a moment for the brain to reset.