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To begin retraining, you need to deploy my BG rewards methods: reward a dog for continued good behaviour, whether that be through praise or a food reward, or a ...

[teach your dog that the lead is a positive thing](https://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/dogs/dog-lead-training-how-to-introduce-the-lead-to-your-four-legged-friend-by-champion-dog-trainer-ben-randall-238666), not a negative. She is going to look to you all the time for your commands, because all of her fun will come from you. Your dog also needs to understand the leave command, whether that be leaving an object, a person, another animal such as a squirrel or dog, or some food on the ground, and she needs to have a really good recall — not just 80 or 90% of the time, but 100% of the time. Sit her up in the kitchen, show her the toy, leave the room and put it somewhere else — either in the lounge or a hallway — then walk back to your dog, point in the direction of where the toy is and give In essence, you are making the dog realise that she has to work harder and repeatedly, and to learn the commands before she gets a reward. For a free seven-day trial of the Gundog app, which costs £24.99 a month or £249.99 a year, visit [www.gundog.app/trial](http://www.gundog.app/trial). She’ll soon learn that she has to do the right thing a number of times before she gets the reward of food, or lavish praise. Furthermore, your dog has got used to the fact that you’re probably going to treat her when she comes back to you, anyway. From your letter, I can see that you are using lots of treats to try to train your dog. In the end, a kind neighbour used their dog as a temptation to get her to come back to us. The trouble with this is that you can end up bribing your dog to complete a task, or to listen to commands. But if we are out and about she sees something edible before we do, it’s too late to use the command.