I'm not sure, in your situation, I would leave the dog outside until he made the decision to come in. It almost sounds as if the dog had bad experiences inside at the previous home and outside was the only place he could stay or maybe was forced to stay; anyway you now have to counteract all that.
All the good points have been made by others, now you have to put them all together.
Do not let the dog outside without a long lead (long closthesline or whatever); when you say come reel in the lead and treat and praise. You have to be consistent too; use the same word, treat immediately, etc. Also I don't think I would leave the dog loose outside until this is overcome. If possible I would also take the time to be outside with your dog (still on the lead) and play with him and praising and treating for any good interaction he does.
Also you might want to have a special treat just for the come command and for entering the house. He does not get this treat until he comes and/or he enters the house - but make it something really special that is not given except for this purpose.
New DC- Xander, DC Meisterhaus Deal or No Deal, SC, FCH. hot day for running in A
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Xander and Trog had a great day running AR, Xander earned his final major and is now a DC.
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Way to go nice job.
Rita Jean
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WOOHOO…. congrats... that is super...
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Very nice! Congrats!
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A big Congrats! A DC is a fine thing
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Congratulations Lisa and kids. Love to hear the good works. Do you have pics?
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Will post photos tues. One more day of AKC lc then a whippet only ASFA mon. Will be nice to get home
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Huge congrats coming their way..awesome news.
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Way to go, awesome Xander! It's beautiful to watch him run and he's a very deserving dog. It was a good week for the family, that was Roxie's 4th ASFA run, so she's now a Versatile Basenji.
I wish we could have watched the cousins run together, I'm sure that would have been a lovely sight. But with all the lure troubles and whatever was going on across the field, I guess we'll have to try again another time. lol -
ongrats on the VB. Hopefully Xman gets his GRC this month and can apply for VB. Hopefully next summer we can run them together. Poor Trog those 4 starts on the AKC runs at the nationals wore him out.
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Thanks. Yes, poor Trog earned a well deserved rest after that one! But it all worked out nice in the end.
I'm sure Xander will get that GRC right quick and join us on the list. Happy running!
