Hi,
I highly suggest clicker training, or marking the behaviour you're looking for with "Yes!" or "Yep"!. Load the clicker by doing several sessions of click and treat; click and treat. You'll know she knows when she hears the click and comes running over. Once the clicker is loaded, you can begin:
1. Say her name in a really excited, high pitch tone - most puppies should run towards you if you are more interesting than the environment. If she's difficult to distract, try when she's a bit hungry and may be more motivated to pay attention to you (ex. right before dinner).
2. When she turns around from what she's doing, (i.e. changes direction, starts to make her way), click, and when she arrives, reward her handsomly.
If you don't want her to come to you every time you say her name, this is another method: (personally, when I say my dog's name it's usually to get her to pay attention to me/come to me from whatever she's doing, but it's really personal preference).
Part 2:
1. Say her name in a really excited, tone to grab her attention
2. The moment she looks at you, click and treat.
The reason why I'm suggesting a clicker, is because often with words, it doesn't pinpoint the exact moment you are rewarding her for. This will make it easier for your dog to understand what exactly she did that you liked.
Generally, use her name around her often, and she will soon learn it's hers
I highly suggest clicker training, or marking the behaviour you're looking for with "Yes!" or "Yep"!. Load the clicker by doing several sessions of click and treat; click and treat. You'll know she knows when she hears the click and comes running over. Once the clicker is loaded, you can begin:
1. Say her name in a really excited, high pitch tone - most puppies should run towards you if you are more interesting than the environment. If she's difficult to distract, try when she's a bit hungry and may be more motivated to pay attention to you (ex. right before dinner).
2. When she turns around from what she's doing, (i.e. changes direction, starts to make her way), click, and when she arrives, reward her handsomly.
If you don't want her to come to you every time you say her name, this is another method: (personally, when I say my dog's name it's usually to get her to pay attention to me/come to me from whatever she's doing, but it's really personal preference).
Part 2:
1. Say her name in a really excited, tone to grab her attention
2. The moment she looks at you, click and treat.
The reason why I'm suggesting a clicker, is because often with words, it doesn't pinpoint the exact moment you are rewarding her for. This will make it easier for your dog to understand what exactly she did that you liked.
Generally, use her name around her often, and she will soon learn it's hers
