• Do you reward her when she just checks in with you in the park?

    I’ve found it’s more about predicting reading where she wants to go before she starts. Avoidance is better than denial. Particularly as I’m supposed to keep her away from other dogs.

    For shadow I occasionally reward check ins.
    Higher value reward a recall
    Very high value an emergency recall. Can start this in the house, call her with it, ours is repeated whistle blows.

    Also some impulse control might help, have her sit wait by trees with squirrels, sit leave other dogs etc.

    Does she have a leave command? I use that to not over use the recall.

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