What is your recall word?

I also corrupted "come" - so my informal command is "com'ere" or "let's go".
 
My formal is spanish for "here":  aqui.  I wanted a different word that I wouldn't here a lot of people say to their dogs and one that I wouldn't forget (I would just look it up in the spanish/english dictionary).  And it rolls nicely off the tongue "AQUIIIIIIIIIIII".  He always comes running!

C'mere, generally. I find it's an easier word to sing out than 'come', and it sounds happier. Otherwise I use the dog's name. Yes, I'm Australian and don't pronounce vowels if I can help it. []

I use "come" for them to come to me and sit.  "Here" to get near me, and I use it in agility.  I'm also starting to use "close" to get her even closer to me, so that could also work as a recall word.

I mostly use come or come here.  When I am running late for work and he is goofing around "Cheeeetoes" works every time.

I combine "come here" into "mere" for a general come to me command.
 
When it's time to go in the car or for a walk, I combine "let's go" into "sgo".
 
If my dog is headed towards somehing and I just want her to not continue in that direction it's "eh" or a more serious "eh-eh".
 
"Hey" means knock it off and pay attention.
 
The serious and emergency recall which means "come here right away!" is a whistle of "wheeeEET!". This is a sharp sound which can be heard at quite a distance.

I use "with me" to tell them I want them by my side in heeling position.  If I want a recall with no strings attached then I just say "NOW". "Come" means that we are going for a romp into the pasture & suddenly everyone remembers where they need to be.

Strauss' recall word is "Hier!" It's german, and it's actually pronounced in two syllables.

My friend, who uses German commands, uses "hier". I use "here".  All of our dogs come galloping up when either is used[] It amuses me to no end that our dogs listen to both of us really well.

I also use "this way" for get closer to me, "come" for in front and sitting, "come on" for follow me, and I've used "heel" as a sort of recall command.

I usually save COME for when I really, really need my dog to come. I practice it with him though with rewards, so he doesn't forget - it's a pretty much a 100% success when I do call it. Most of the time I use C'MON or JACK or PUP, that does the job. I think I'll still be calling him PUP when he is an old man.

neither of our's will really respond to "come", but they do pretty good with "com'on" said kinda like one word. sydney will respond to just a whistle too. or sometimes with sydney..." hey bubba!"

I have confused dogs. [8D]

We do have consistency with the standards - that'l'do and let's go are formal and informal recalls respectively.

Most of my dogs are trained that "here" means go closer to the STOCK, so that's sort of meaningless to them. However, I now have a dog trained to come to the word "Here". Bleurgh. And his "that'l'do" sucks, "here" works much better.

Most sheepdog people use "that'l'do" as a standard because "come bye" is a somewhat standard command on the stock.

I had a friend who used a good one - when she was walking, she used "Too far!" as a command to mean, you can keep playing but don't go any further! This person had the best recalls on her dogs of any person I've ever seen short of some of the advanced herding trainers - and she had an Afghan mix and an English setter in addition to her Border Collies.

She could pile them out literally anywhere and they would wait patiently while she fiddled with stuff in her car, until she excused them or walked them off leash to the play area. Then they'd burn pads coming back at the quietest word or hint that she was going in the opposite direction. Soemtimes the Afghan would be a little slower coming back but she could turn even her, off a squirrel or whatever, by the time she (the dog) was mature.

The secret? High expectations, I imagine. She never supposed that her dogs WOULD have anything better to do than to hang on her slightest word. She was the most fun thing in their lives (and they had awfully fun lives!).

My dog is probably confused as well.
 
His informal recall is "c'mon, boy" and it basically just means -- get where I can see you and head in the direction I am going.  He usually will informal recall to his name as well. 
 
I use "come" as a formal recall -- he has to come and sit in front of me, close enough that I can touch him.  He is usually very good, but he's been slipping with it a little lately, esp. when we're skiing.  I am working on proofing it again.
 
I've also started training a super-emergency recall.  I am going to use "Now!" because that is something I am likely to say if I need an emergency recall.  I am trying also to train it using a freaked-out kind of voice, again because that's what I think I'd sound like in a real emergency. 

I am trying also to train it using a freaked-out kind of voice, again because that's what I think I'd sound like in a real emergency.

FWIW, I've found that any command shouted out with real stress and fear is pretty quickly obeyed. The bitch fights this year led to some interesting situations, and then there was the recall off of the running rabbit (who was running towards a road) a couple of months ago....

Come = drop whatever you're doing and present yourself in front of me
HERE = come closer and stay in my 3' radius
Front = bring your body immediately in front of me, facing me, and sit
 
 

outside we have a specific whistle, has proven to be way more effective than words.

inside its a kissy noise. barely even touching a bag of jerky works quite well too []

I find it interesting how many of us have corrupted our recall words.  But also those that have great recalls with their dogs.  I know I don't, based on the trip across the highway.  I was screaming, COME, STOP, HERE, NOW, whatever, and nothing.  Not even an ear twitch.  I can still envision two of my dogs splattered on the highway and I've seen what happens to dogs hit at 50 miles an hour.  I had to pick up the remains of one once.  Bout lost my cookies, so to speak.