Why recalls might fail?

I think the number one reason they fail is there's too many rehearsals of anti-recalls allowed

as puppies grow up. Now, you might have a rescue dog. You don't know what those rehearsals are,

but that doesn't mean you can't have a great recall. I've taken in many rescue dogs that I've

been able to rehabilitate and create a great recall. And so what does a rehearsal of an

undesired behavior look like? If you have a dog door and your dog can go outside,

chase squirrels all day,

chase chipmunks, then when you're at the park, it's no wonder they want to chase dogs or bicycles

or kids squealing. So, those rehearsals make it more difficult to get a great recall. Does it make it

impossible? It makes it more difficult. I'm not going to say the word impossible,

but I know it's not something I would ever do. I'm not going to say the word impossible, but I know

it's not something I would ever do. When I get a puppy or a rescue dog, they go outside with me

on leash for many, many reasons. But the main one is, so they don't rehearse behaviors

that I'm going to have to untrain in the future. So, the rehearsal of a dog being able to

find reinforcement in the environment on a routine basis is probably the number one thing

that works against you when you're trying to create a reliable bomb-proof recall.

Number two reason, I believe, goes back to the foundation that people put in to create that recall, especially

in the reinforcement-based dog training world where people like me don't want to have to resort

to corrections to get the behavior we want. Oftentimes, the reinforcement is misused. People think,

if I get my dog to recall away from something, I have to have something

they like better. To get my dog to recall away from a child, I have to have a really exciting

piece of food. And there will come a time when what the dog is attracted to in the environment

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