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Thank you so much Gayle!!! It is nice to know that there is hope for her...lol! I was thinking of not taking her to the dog park for a while till I know she has a better recall. Will just stick to walking her on lead. I am also trying to con the hubby to help me with walking for a little while till I have both of their pulling in control. Wish mine was born well behaved...lol! Thank you so much for your advice!!!

I own a 7 month old Aussie Shepherd. I just wanted to ask advice on 2 things... 1. Recall - At home in a quite invironment she does a perfect recall! At the dog park it is a different story! Does anyone have any good advice on this. I take treats but am thinking I need to make the treat more of a draw card. I am worried about taking chicken etc down to dog park as the other dogs already maul me for the boring treats I take. She will come in some circumstances but when she is chasing another dog and I am trying to get her to come back to me as she is getting to much for the other dog she just ignores me. She has also started herding and it is the same in the pen when I am asking her to back off...she wont listen. Any suggestions or am I just expecting to much from her in these situation? 2. Walking on lead with out pulling - When we just head out for a walk (they do back off further into the walk) or walking from the car to the dog park gate both my dogs pull like crazy! I am just after tips for them not to pull. I have tried the stop and make them sit when they start pulling but I have had no luck with this. Any advice is greatly appreciated!