I'm trying to work on "come" with my 4 month old cockapoo. He comes when he wants to, not consistenly. So I'm starting all over, long lead, marking, food rewards, etc. Following the cds and Ed's advice...but here's a scenario that happens and I don't know what to do about it...we begin training and once he's responded to the come command the first time with a marker and reward, he won't leave my side! He is stuck to my side like glue..he knows I have treats....so at this point I generally work on heel...LOL. I even have my husband and kids try to distract him away from me, but he doesn't move from my side. I'm sure I can use this to my advantage some way, but I'm getting frustrated. On the other hand, he sits until called out of a sit and is making good progress with down and he'll shake paws, etc. But I want to seriously work on the come. Any advice would be helpful! Thank you.

What a great "problem" to have!

I think you just need to wait until the pup gets distracted, try going outside (with him on a long line) or have one of the other family members up the ante by sitting on the floor or rolling a ball around.

maybe you need to start only working on your recall when he not expecting it, in more distracting environments like the park or a grocery store parking lot.

sounds like you have a great little pup there.

In my opinion at 4 months old your puppy is doing great. Once he is consistent with his sit and stay, These are the things I would do if I were training my puppy: First thing is I never call my pup with the come command unless I know that I have control of him, if he is playing in the yard and I want him to come w/o a lead on him, until he knows the command, I just run , sqeak a toy, or anything to get his attention to get him to come w/o the command and then when he gets to me then I say good come and reward him. For training, I would do the sit and stay, leave him and then call him to me. Be glad that he wants to stay by your side. I would not discourage that. Also I have someone else hold the long lead, while I walk away and then after I go a distance call him and the person holding the lead lets go of the lead. Increase the distance each time, and then step behind a blind come out and then call the puppy. I find that these things work well with my pups. The obedience dvd sold by Leerburg shows working with the come in great detail, it is a fabulous dvd, we watch it over and over. when I am training any step, I rewatch that part of the DVD. even if it something that I have been teaching my pups for years, because he gives really good suggestions to make it a 100% obedience, and I am not a "certified trainer" I just train my own dogs and so I am always learning... I reread your post and saw that you have the DVD, I just love that DVD and keep recommending it to everyone.....