My little boy is 27 weeks and since he was a pup was super well trained we put lots of work in and he was such a good boy. Anywho, in the last month it's like everything I taught him is gone, he now ignores me, when going for walks he pulls and doesn't engage with me when I say his name, dog parks he now just runs into the water or chases birds and doesn't come when called so now we have him on a long lead and also we taught him not to rush out the door without a release command but apparently he's forgotten that too. I'm concerned mainly for his safety particularly with his recall and rushing out the door.
Would really appreciate if anyone else has experienced this and what they did? When he was a puppy the recall command was probably his strongest, and now's he's just disinterested in me (even when I have high value treats) and just does his own thing running over to other dogs, birds, water and only listening when he chooses to.
I know that this is an adolescence phase thing but I want to know what I can do to nip this in the bud and get him back on track? For reference, his recall we practiced at home and he got straight away and then he just did it outside home too. Now he still listens inside the house, but outside is another story so I don't really know where to start with that training as we never had to "train recall" as such when he was a babe.
Thanks in advance!
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