Bad dog

Basics of training a dog to come.

Rule #1. Don't punish him when he does come.

People make this mistake with their dogs all the time. Rover, come! Come here, Rover. Dang you, get over here, Rover.

You roll up a newspaper. Rover sees the newspaper and thinks, why, that would be fun to fetch. Maybe she'll throw it.

Come, Rover!

Rover trots over, and WHACK, you smack him in the nose. Bad dog, Rover! Bad. Why didn't you come before?

Rover gets the message. Whatever you do don't come over to this one.