The latest article from The Happy Puppy Site looks at how to teach your dog an emergency recall. An emergency recall is a word that you associate with a really generous reward. You then link this word to the act of recalling, without using the word as a cue. You can find out how it works here: How To Teach Your Dog The Emergency Recall
A very good article! Explains the differences between a magic word and a recall a lot more clearly than I've seen described before
this is an awesome Idea I haven't seen before! Labs will sometimes get in that hunting-dog-locked-onto-target mode and have a tendency to shut their ears off. obviously the best situation would be to just have the normal recall trained so well that it works in any situation, but this could be a great technique for when she takes off after a dove towards a busy road
