You can buy long training lines from petshops but a long piece of washing line or rope is just as good.

All good advice above. We have let our 2 off the lead from their first walk. As mentioned previously, when they are that young they stay close anyway and learn that coming back to you is exciting.

Our boy unfortunately is not food orientated to we used to use a toy when we were teaching recall. We had 1 toy that was specifically for going out on walks which he never even saw in the house and when we went out when we first let him off the lead we would play with him and the toy for a couple of minutes then let him go. When we wanted him back we would shout him and show him the toy, he would run straight back regardless of what distractions were about. We also find a squeaky toy works great too. One squeak and he's back like a shot.

It just takes paitience and a lot of practice, but it is one of those things that the longer you leave it the harder it seems.

Good luck, I'm sure you'll crack it soon

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