Dog Health Questions: A dog training question?

I live in an apartment and have a German Shepherd, that I love. There are several large fields near our complex and I would like to take him off leash to play fetch. How do I teach him not to run away and not go too far away?

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You need to get to an obedience class and learn to train the dog properly. You need to have him 100% on the recall -- the only reason he will be that way is if he WANTS to come to you regardless of what is going on around him -- never take him out and teach him you have no control though ... which is what you are doing right now... take him on a long line and throw the ball and pull him back encouraging him the entire time and make it worth is while when he comes back... do this every time and don't let him run loose or he will learn that he can ignore you when he wants to... it really isn't hard but unless you know how to train then you can really teach him not to come to you... Good luck.

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• Is it fenced off? If not I would suggest to use a long, or retractable lead. Let him wander far away on the lead and then call him to come. Train him little by little until you can completely trust him off the lead. If there're traffic near by I suggest going somewhere far from the traffic. Cars are the main things I worry about. Otherwise if he's obedient then it should be fine.


• Do obedience training, sit, stay, come etc.
  Get a cotton clothes line in the meantime. That will give him 50 feet of romping room. Call him occasionally to come back to you for a very small tasty treat of chicken, bacon etc., something he really loves and really wants to come back for.
  Eventually he will learn, but in the meantime, don't trust him off lead until he is 100 percent trained. Merry Christmas


• Take him to obedience classes. There you/he will learn the recall (the "come" command) and when he's off leash, you will be able to call him back to you.
  
  It is highly debated, but I would personally recommend a compulsive trainer vs a positive one. Compulsion provides fast results that are reliable even with a dog in drive. (I might teach my dog to come to me with treats, but I want to make sure I can correct him if he decides the cat across the street is more interesting than what I have to offer.)
  
  Until then, buy a long line (they sell them at PetSmart) to keep him on when he's out in the field.


• Check out this website for some good training books. Remember that dogs do not generalize very well so a dog that will respond to commands at home may not when they are in a place with lots of distractions, like this field.
  
  www.fearfuldogs.com/books.html
  
  You could check out the games on this site as well, specifically the name game and targeting.Both are great starter exercises for recall.
  
  www.fearfuldogs.com/targeting.html


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