Help with recall/bolting

[Zimmerzammerbangbang]

I'm wondering if anyone has advice on how to improve recall/bolting with Ddog2. She's part german shepherd, part saluki and possibly part huskie (ultimately we don't know, looks like a wolf!) and coming up to one year old (probably - she's a rescue as in we found her under a car about six months ago).

The issue we have is that is that she has pretty much zero recall when it's actually needed, which is when she's bolting. She knows her name and will come when called if she doesn't feel she has something better to do.

We've got her to a stage where she will come in if she gets from the house into the garden or (generally) from the house into the wider gated compound but if she gets out of the compound she's off (with pretty much zero road awareness, luckily road is v quiet). Now obviously we don't ever let her out on purpose but it does happen (maybe once a month, getting less often but that's because we're getting better at stopping her rather than any improvement on her part). We'd also quite like to be able to let her off lead one day!

She's generally treat/food motivated so she will sit on command and she's fairly good on the leash. Treats have pretty much zero impact if she's achieved the excitement of being able to run free though.

As an aside, I know we need to stop her being able to escape in the first place - she's very quick and has a habit of darting between legs! Ddog1 will just lie by an open gate for hours and not dream of escaping (unless he's trying to 'help' get his friend back in!).

[SparklingRaspberry]

You can get different length leads, perhaps it's worth buying a 50 foot lead, going over the field and practicing then.

When he's off sniffing call his name, the second he looks at you tell him he's a good boy and chuck him a treat. It won't take him long to realise acknowledging you = reward! After this, call him over with a simple command such as 'come!' while holding out another treat. The second he starts heading towards you give him lots of verbal praise and a treat when he gets to you. It's all about praise praise praise and treats treats treats!

Another thing I do, is when he's ahead of you tell him to wait. The second he stops tell him he's a good boy and again, throw him a treat. Once more this won't take him long to realise that if he stops when you say the word 'wait' it will result in a treat.

[Zimmerzammerbangbang]

Thanks. I'll look at getting a long lead when we're back in the UK.

[Flippetydip]

Do dogs roam pretty free in your part of the world? Just imagining the only time I've lived on a compound was in E. Africa and you never saw dogs on leads - they just roamed round the streets. I imagine it's going to be fairly difficult to get him recalling if he's been used to wandering round in gangs!

Also, have you tried a whistle?

[Justhadmyhaircut]

The husky part of her will ignore your recall training I suspect. .

[Zimmerzammerbangbang]

Thanks both. I'm in the Middle East and dogs most definitely don't roam free here - the majority of people are terrified of dogs and they're generally unpopular as they're considered unclean. It is therefore a big issue if she escapes and manages to find her way into our neighbour's garden (particularly given that our neighbour is our landlord's sister).

I am worried about the husky part of her (although ultimately she might not even have husky in her - I'm just assuming that's where her wolf mane comes from!). I'm guessing that's why we're having problems teaching her but hopefully we'll have some success given she's not pure husky. We go camping a lot and so far haven't been able to bring the dogs because she can't really be tied up the whole time we're camping.