Do you have 100% reliable recall?

Yes, Cassidy will always come when I call her. If just telling her come or calling her name doesn't work immediately, you bet she'd come if I yelled NO or something of that sort. So yes, I'd say it's 100%. I've had her off leash a lot since she was a little puppy ( at home, not always other places) so she has NEVER tried to run the other way if I'm calling her, but will occasionally take her time coming....if I don't seem in much of a hurry. For a while I didn't know if she would come when chasing a rabbit or something like that, because she'd never been tested, but one time she saw a rabbit and started after it, but even slowed before I called her, and came right away when I told her to []When we're in public, say in town, with lots of other people, I don't have her off leash in that distracting enviroment, not neccesarily because I don't trust her, just 'cause you never know what could happen. She's such a good dog, though it wasn't hard to teach her to always come, because she always wants to come to me [] So I'm happy with her recall.

Shakespeare has really impressed me lately.  With the kids getting out more now he has slipped by a few times and gotten out the door.  Today he was halfway down the block and all it took was one yell and he was in.  Of course he shouldnt have gone out to begin with, but last year if he slipped out it meant 30 minutes of bribes, followed by trickery and then a good tackle.
 
OT, but there was one escape that was funny to me.  We got him between a fenceline and a house.  He looked ahead and saw me, looked back and saw the neighbor and just lied down and said, ok you guys got me, this time

No I would not say 100 percent! But I do belive they do listen pretty well.  Bubba he has never ran off I let him out side with me with out a leash and too go to the bath room by himself. But if we go to the park or any where out in public I keep him on  a leash 99 percent of the time. Or with any of my dogs I do.  Just because he some times gets in too his own little world  smelling things and stuff. So I would not say 100 percent but he does a retty good job.
 
Now my lab she is actually better. Witch is a surprise. Since  she has not had as much training as my boston Terrier. 
 
But Im working on her still...  But if I just make a certain sound she comes right too me. So she is looking hopeful..  But in any case even if I felt 100 percent I will stick with the leash. For (((ME)))  i  just feel safer that way...

okay... I am the guilty one. We have a zippo recall. He will come only if he thinks it is better than what he he is after. I am going nuts on how to fix it. I think part of it may have been all that time running from animal control/angry homeowners while he was on the streets.
Any helpful advise? My husband has suggested stapling his paws to the ground, but I think that might be frowned on[&:]
For now we are on a leash 100% while outside. The house doors are locked (to remind us to 'leash up' or secure dog before we open them. Only exception is he is loose once we are in the dog park

I'd really recommend watching "really reliable recall" by leslie nelson and using her program. I train an everday verbal recall, an emergency verbal recall, and a recall to a whistle (can be heard much further away than a voice).  However, she advocates purely positive training and really, for some dogs, there is NO reward you could possibly offer that is better than chasing a rabbit or running off to play with another dog. I think one should start off teaching the recall by rewards only. Most people go through a stage where they use a long line to "reinforce" the recall, but at some point you do have to move beyond a long line. I use an ecollar for the next stage of training-- dog gets rewarded for coming and gets a mild aversive for not coming (less unpleasant than be yanked by the collar with a long line, yes I've tried both on myself). Several people I know who have been reluctant to use an ecollar have tried  vibrating collars (pet pagers) for this purpose, and it may work even better than the ecollar. If all you want is to reinforce the recall, the vibrating collar may be an excellent, humane option acceptable to more folks than an ecollar.

Nope, not yet. But still working on it! I would say its about 90% reliable but I want 110%!

We have great recall from our two-year-old Lab, but now that we have a new puppy and she's showing herself quite obstinate, I'm beginning to think that 100% recall is 50% good training and 50% the dog's personality.

We walk our two year old off leash on hiking trails in a local nature preserve and she always comes, even when other dogs approach off leash (I'll generally only call her if I can see the other owner seems concerned), or even after she's bolted off the chase some dear or wild bird. When I'm out front of my housing cutting grass or whatever, she can be off leash and even if a neighbor passes by walking their dog, our two-year old might amble over to the edge of our grass, but if I call she'll come immediately.

On the other hand, the little one has quickly decided that she likes being out in our fenced in yard and at best ignores when I call or at worst runs and hides under a bush. I would say I have about 25 percent recall at this point and that 25% represents her coming when she wants to. Even treats don't seem to work well yet; she'll approach but won't cross over the treshhold into the house.

I'm beginning to think my best hope is for our two-year old to train the puppy in recall, as she's done in other things, like the proper place to go potty. One night last week we were out in the backyard before going to bed, and the puppy was resisting going in, which clearly seemed to irritate our older dog. She spun around, walked back outside, stuck her nose right in the pup's face and just left it there for about 10 seconds, staring the pup down. Then she spun around and walked in, and the pup just followed her without a peep.

Im embarrased to say mine is 0% and no its not a typo it really is 0% still working on it, Simba has very selective hearing and wether it be a duck, rabbit or another dog once he is gone there is no getting him back!!!
 
Hoping it will soon be 100% but its gonna take some work!!!!  

However, she advocates purely positive training and really, for some dogs, there is NO reward you could possibly offer that is better than chasing a rabbit or running off to play with another dog.

ORIGINAL: mudpuppy

My Newf is like that - I don't care what the reward, it's not tempting her.  Fortunately, she typically has a very good recall now - not 100% - probably more like 80% - but, far better than she use to be.  The only time I have a problem is if she's chasing a cat - she's fine with squirrels, birds, other dogs, etc.
 
My Mini Schnauzer can be bribed with anything food related.  He's easy.

ah stevem, one of the most important rules about training a good recall is to avoid calling the dog to you when you want the dog for something unpleasant, and to try quite hard to not call the dog when you are not sure the dog will come (when you are not able to enforce the recall). Every time your dog experiences an unpleasant something when called it undermines your recall; every time your dog blows you off it undermines your recall. Once you've estabalished an excellent history of recalls it can weather a few unpleasant happenings when recalled, such as calling the dog away from a game or rabbit, but you first have to convince the dog that coming to you when called is the best thing ever. Many people make the mistake of only recalling the dog in order to end fun. Of course the dog learns to run away instead.
Your young dog clearly considers coming inside to be a punishment. You should go get the dog when you want her to come in the house. If you think she will run away from you, don't chase her, instead try running away from her, or fall on the ground and make squealing noises. Dog will most likely come to you to see what you are doing. You should make a practice of often going out and calling her to you, reward, and then let her continue playing in the yard.

Emily you have great recall advice!
 
Shaq is 99.9%, he does really well, even if there are strange cats or rabbits.
 
 Marley is a brat, and typical for a pyr always wants to stretch her boundaries. She is probably around fifty/ fifty. She has managed to pull the leash out of DH's hand twice. The first time I had to drive around the block looking for her. She got a ton of praise when she jumped in the truck! The second time she stopped in her tracks, and headed back to me. She is doing better, but not anywhere near 100% []

Jetta has pretty much 0% recall too. She will come when i call her for a treat, to go for a walk, or for a belly rub, but if its something important she will just pretend to look away. Sometimes she will even run the opposite direction when i call her,lol. little Stinker!!

I'm really shocked that Emma's is so good. Teenie's is slowly getting better, but I know better than to let her off lead. She sees something she wants, and her ears fall off[] Actually, she'd probably be a good candidate for an e collar, if it was that important to me. It's not, though. I just... keep her on a leash. She'll eventually understand that I'm better than anything she could chase. I should get Really Reliable Recall, just to see what it's all about. Maybe there's something that could strengthen Teenie's, or Emma's recall.

This may sound odd, but I am really glad I am not alone in having trouble with the recall. Am trying to work on this as I feel it is vitally important.
For normal come we get all excited when he responds correctly, praise like mad and treat. He is geting better about coming on command, but still is only about 50/50. Outside the fence we are at 0%.
Just curious - if you don't use the regular 'come' comand for the emergency recall(as many have suggested to me) then what phrase are you suppossed to use?
Right now the only guarantee of ending his free, all out fun run is to drive along beside him, honk and open the back door. He will do anything for a car ride (we call it Tyler's "doggie crack" ha ha)
I swear -sometimes teaching him it is tempting to pound things into him with a 2x4! Must be the young Irish Setter part?
{last part was meant as a joke[] - I don't really beat him}

one of my dogs, my sheltie has 100% recall always no matter what. My tibetan spaniel x has good recall, most of the time. If i can divert her attention when I know she wants to chase something. e.g. if i see her looking at a bike and call her she will come immediatly to me however, if she gets up and starts moving she only comes back when she can't see me anymore. My rottie x has 100% recall but when she is ready. so she is sniffing somthing and I call her, she will come in 30 seconds or if she is heading over towards something and I dont want her to and I call her she will sit down and stay there like she is saying " we will compramise i'm not coming all the way" lol