Teeny tiny recall victory!

I've mentioned previously that Ella's recall needs some work and I've lost a bit of confidence so ensure that her off lead time is quite controlled and I avoid situations where she can run off to people/dogs and self reward.

Today we were having a play with the ball in the park after a bit of training and I was caught off guard. A runner managed to sneak up on us without me noticing so I hadn't been able to recall Ella and pop her lead on before he got too close. As soon as she spotted him she dropped the ball and started running towards him. I immediately called her (whilst preparing myself for a run/waddle to go and get her) and she actually stopped, turned and looked at me!!! I called her back to me (dancing around like a complete loony and waving my arms around to make myself as exciting as possible) and, after looking back and forth between me and the runner (who at this point was looking at me like I was a crazy person) she came back!!!

Needless to say she was given nearly every treat in my treat bag ☺

 

Oh well done to you both!

And thanks for that mental picture.... got me chuckling

 

Well done Ella, and you. Like Fiona had to laugh at the mental picture, hey but it's what ever works

 

fabulous!....I also had the mental picture...(chuckle...) any more exciting achievements tho like that though are going to send you straight into labour!

 

Great work Emily but please not too much jumping around at this stage of the game Good girl Ella! xx

 

Give me another week or two and I might start jumping up and down at every given opportunity!

 

Aw bless you Emily I wouldn't know about getting to that stage all four of my babies were premature Babies tend to arrive when they choose, mostly! I hope you are well and taking it EASY x

 

That's great to hear Emily , there is no such thing as a small victory, its a victory