The Command

The “COME” command is extremely important now and in the future. You want your pup to come to you now and as an adult. You don’t want them running around wild and have no control over them. Teach the “COME” command with a six foot leash. Place your puppy in the sit and stay position and walk in front of them to the end of the leash and keep repeating “STAY”. Kneel down and clap your hands and say “COME”, pull the leash toward you keep repeating “COME”. Praise them for coming to you and repeat this and eventually you will not need to pull on the leash. Increase the distance between you and your puppy by using a fifteen or twenty foot lead.  You now can replace the voice command with a whistle if you would like. Two quick tweets on the whistle is the command for come, start by commanding with “COME” and then two quick whistle tweets. Eventually you will be able to drop the command “COME” and use just the whistle. The “COME” command is the most important command you will use.