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Also, get a longer long lead and attach it to a harness on her back. Do fetch with a ball rolled very slowly rather than something that makes her bolt to the end of her like lead.
Enforce recall by calling her back with a very high value treat. If she doesn’t, then use gentle lead pressure to lure her in.
Practice makes perfect and you’ll have to do many reps.
Start the fetch maybe with a ball rolled very slowly 1 or 2 metres away max then build from there.
ak
Struggling with daisy at the moment, with exercising her enough. Her recall is terrible, nonexistent with the slightest distraction so anything off the lead isn't an option. Tried fetch on the long recall training lead against my best instincts but not keen to keep that up, feels like she'll tangle and break all her legs. She gets good walks, and little bursts of running on an 8m lead but it's just not enough. Tbh I feel terrible about it. Advice would be very welcome if anyone has any