yip... u dont want to just randomly say 'come' you need to grab the attention first..and keep grabbing it as they are coming back,praise praise 'oh good lad' etc all whilst(i find) running backwards.,with one of mine all she wanted to do was greet other dogs,so we trained that a recall meant she was released to play,she started coming back to me on her own when she saw another dog
oh come on.. even i thought it was funny..u have read the threads/blog

You've had some good suggestions already, but the way I usually tackle this type of problem is to also combine a recall with a well-conditioned 'leave' command.

When the dog breaks to go to the distraction of people, dogs or something else of interest, use the 'leave' first followed by the recall.

i was being tongue n'cheek.

im guessing you havent read gnaser's threads then?

I know you were, sorry, I had to stop reading Gnasher's blog as was getting so upset about Ben being subjected to the collar.

How is he getting on?

HI KAMMI - thanks for asking

It's starting to improve a bit - I've incorporated quite a lot of the help given in this thread

I keep him on a long line at all times and recall frequently; as soon as he turns and looks at me, I praise and encourage and also sometimes start running away to initiate 'chase' which seems to work quite well.

Once he comes back, I praise more, treat big time, and then let him go and play etc again.

Oh, and I've now found the recall command he responds to best is 'this way'.....

'come' and 'here' did not work.

However, it's still well nigh impossible to get a recall if he sees something really exciting, such as another dog close by......

At least it's improving, though

I really sympathise, as Storm was exactly like this, but now he only is this way when he is on lead (which of course is much easier to control).

One thing I have done, which has literally stopped him in his tracks, in the middle of running off to jump up at somebody, is I have 'charged' up a whistle so that every time I blow it, he gets to play his favourite game. Now, it's very easy with Storm, as he is a Lab crossed with a Collie, so he's got that obsessive side to him and if you have the ball/frisbee/stick etc in your hand then he is not moving from your side!!

Maybe you could try the same with food (your Dex being a Lab) and/or his favourite toy. Maybe the whistle would at least be enough to distract him before he goes to jump up at somebody.