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Dogs will show more anxiety when they are on the lead and another dog is off lead. They tend to feel a greater need to defend their handler.
Recall is best practiced in an enclosed field and initially needs to be given high value rewards. Start with short distances and slowly build up. It can be tempting to want to try longer distances but instead it's better to practice and get 100% success rather than set the situation up to fail.
You want to have a dog that defers judgement to you rather than make decisions for itself. They need to keep on checking in with their handler.
We have been doing a lot of retrieve work (dropping dummies and sending the dogs back to fetch them). As a result out dogs are looking to us a lot more as they are hoping there is a game (and thus a reward to follow).
Our boy is very reactive to other dogs but if he is involved in a retrieve game other hounds are of no interest.