Teaching the Come Command

Any time she is outside, she should be on a leash until you have instilled the recall in her strongly.
 
How you go about doing this is call her to you, when she comes to you, praise her like crazy, give her a treat then let her go about her business, wait a few minutes, call her again, she comes, repeat.....
 
You can do this inside the home as well as outside the home.

I would also teach her *wait* at the door when you open it so she doesn't bolt out like a rocket. You exit the door then allow her to, but only if she is on the leash.
 
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Good luck.

I would like to know if anyone has any tips on getting my dog to come and to not leave my side in case she gets lose again.

That only works if you are right there to call her - you've also got to keep her from escaping - Get this: [linkhttp://www.dogwise.com/itemdetails.cfm?ID=DTB810]http://www.dogwise.com/itemdetails.cfm?ID=DTB810[/link] to help with the recall, but this dog shouldn't be out of your sight outside if she's that much of an escape artist.

Oh they'll cover all of that in puppy class, have you enrolled her yet? That is such a great bonding experience for you and your dog and she will learn to trust you! I used to take Rory to a enclosed park, field, or something similar and let her roam. I would then randomely call her to me and reward her like crazy when she came while giving her a treat. Its is important to not have to call her a dozen times, you want her to come within the first two times you call her but they key is reward, reward, reward! If you cant find a suitable place or if she is not responding well then put her on a super long leash and call her to you as you reel her in. She will eventually see that if she comes to you, good things happen.
*NOTE- NEVER call your dog to you to reprimand her,that will undue a lot of training, beleive me! If she is getting into something she shouldnt be you walk to her and leash her so she dosnt incorporate coming to you with being bad cause that will cause her to run! Goo

yes we cover that in puppy class.

Lizzie, does she have a reliable sit?
 
I am asking because of something I am doing with Ben, which is something my uncle did with his old english sheepdog.  I have started taking Ben on very short walks around my neighbourhood, including crossing roads.  EVERY time we get to a curb, I ask him to sit.  When he does, I treat him and then allow him to cross the road with me.  I take him out a couple of times a day and cross my road (it's a quiet side street) back and forth, making him sit every time - we do this for about 5 minutes 2 or 3 times a day.  When my uncle did this, eventually his dog learned he was simply not allowed to cross a road without my uncle's (or whoever was walking him) say so.  And he never did.  I saw him get spooked by a car backfiring near him once and he bolted - yet when he reached the curb, he sat down and waited.
 
It doesn't cure the escaping, but it lessens the risk that Lizzie will be hit by a car if she does, once she has been trained to do it.
 
Hope that helps?
 
Kate

I am working on her sit at the moment, and I think that is a great idea. But I really think she needs to be enrolled in a puppy class, all my dogs have been trained by me and were andgels, but shes different.
 
This pup is smart, and I mean really smart. She took to her crate with no problem, Ive only had to correct her a handful of times before she learned she was not to eat the babys food. Now my baby can sit next to her with a cookie in his hand and she will not go near it.
         But she is extremely shy. She gives off the impression of an abused pup (which she is not, I have never hit her) She is very wary when called, and respondes to the come command only about 10% of the time. The rest of the time she just sort of runs away and hides.

Use a drag line while she is in the yard.
 
Do the name game about 30-40 times per day.  Count out some REALLY REALLY good treats (people food maybe) in small pieces (size of your smallest fingernail).  While you are in the house or in some other situation where you can observe her, you will practice this.  Count out 5 treats.  Wait until she is ignoring you.  Call her name  ONE TIME if she looks, use a very high pitched excited voices, bounce a bit on your feet and then crouch down and say "Yeah, what a good dog,etc etc" to encourage her to come to you.  When she comes give her the treat.  Then ignore.   As sooon as she glances away, say her name and repeat.  This behavior conditions her name and will increase the chances you can interupt behavior when she hears her name.  A second idea is to stay near a doorway in the house, call her name, get her attention and run away.  That will kick in the herding instinct and she will chase you.
When working on a recall, back up when you call her, that will draw her in and help get the behavior of moving toward you established.