Dog Behavior Problem

[jaderbug01]

Does anyone have any tips on keeping my dog in my yard? She keeps going into my neighbors yards to sniff, and not wanting to come back when I call her. And when we walk up to her to get her she runs off. She eventually comes back but it's soooo frustrating!! We would like to get a fence but that might be awhile, and definately don't want to do a shock collar

 Any suggestions?

[dreamyxo]

Can't you tie her up when she's outside?

[oldbuddy]

Put some treats in a plastic container with a lid and shake them when you call. Then only give one for instant obedience. Mine got the idea pretty quick, but I whistle loud along with calling her. She can hear me way off and comes running.

[123dollars]

hmm..my dog was like that..awhile back..but we trained it,,,it prolly just needs to be trained a bit...it may be a little rough, but, eventually the doggy will adjust! 

[animikokala]

Until you've trained her to always come when called, she should be on a leash whenever she's outside.  The suggestion Oldbuddy posted would work very well to train her.  It's how I trained my dog as well.

[bud1]

They   have  a shock collar. I know that sounds horrid but  it works.  It gives the dog a little shock but after a month or two, the dog will know his/hers  yard

[GramPolly3]

I know it is very frustrating when this happens. My granddog Lab puppy thinks he doesn't have to listen to me--only the every day members of his family. I usually get one of my grandsons to do it--and it works.
The trick is teaching/training them to ALWAYS come when called. We are working on it.

[mawhite63]

Do you ever watch "Me Or The Dog?"  My husband and I adore this woman and have learned so much from her.

There's a video on YouTube of her whistle recall training

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXZPwZjipS0

There's also a ton of other videos at Youtube... if you search for dog recall training you can watch those and see which method you feel most comfortable with, and also which one your dog seems to like the best too. You'll find tons of trainers each with their own advice, but the one thing they'll all agree on is time and consistency. If you do the same training every day for just short 5 or 10 minute segments, eventually she'll learn that that X means come, and she'll respond to that.

[sdenimandlace1]

Wow what great information about training your dog, will have to see which on works best.  Thank you.

[nickit]

Tie her up

[kqa]

That situation calls for good training.  I have a poodle who has gone blind, but he's always stayed in the house.  If the door were opened, he would be gone.  I can't even go outside for a minute with him unless he's on a leash.  It's my fault that I don't have him trained outside, and now that he's blind, his world is a little more limited anyway.  Before he went blind, he got out when plumbers, etc., came if I wasn't right there.  Then I would have to drive down the street to find him because he wouldn't come when I called him.  Again, it's my fault.  I used to watch The Dog Whisperer and It's Me or the Dog all the time but not so much any more.  They have great training tips.

[bowrunner]

There are also tips about training your dog at http://www.dogbreedinfo.com.  I've seen several on there.

[vmcutshall]

I have found like alot of the others have suggested treats are the best way to train a dog. My lab even learned the wourd treat. He would come immediately and sit if I called his name and said treat.

[jaderbug01]

Thanks for all the advice!! We have used the treat method, and doing "drills" with her outside, and saying "come", and when she does we give her a treat. And since we've done that it's definately helped, but she still acts up sometimes. Maybe we'll start the treat training up again, and I'll also check out some videos some of you posted 

[sgluckadoo]

My only suggestions are obvious, Fence, Collar system, Running chain. Sorry I couldnt be more original.