Jasper is now in to that adolescent phase, and his recall has become a tad patchy. He is just not interested in any of his treats which work in the house, and today even completely ignored the pepperami and cheese I was waving at him (I've been randomly calling him and treating him when he recalls to try and build a good association). He will do anything for a tennis ball, and adores fetch games. But I think that's the problem. He will bring me the ball, but drop it at a certain distance, so that as I step forward to get it, he backs up and just keeps out of arms reach (thus preventing me from attaching the lead). We end up doing this shuffling dance, until I am able to reach him. But I want him to come to me happily, and right now he just sees that I'm going to stop the game. So how do I encourage him to see coming back to me and being attached to the lead as a good thing?
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