Teaching your boxer puppy to “come here” is one of the most important tricks you can ever teach your dog. It can help you avoid dangerous situations and encounters with not so friendly dogs.

What to Avoid When Training Your Boxer Puppy to Come to You

The command “come here” can also be one of the more challenging things an average dog owner can try to teach his boxer puppy. This is mostly because they don’t know how to train their boxer puppies’ right. They expect their dogs to expect their boxers to run to them on command and if the dog doesn’t come right away, the dog owners punish their boxers. This tells the boxer that if he comes, then the boxer will be punished so the dogs just stay away.

Another thing that boxer owners often times do is call their boxer while he or she is playing and usually that means the fun is over. So the boxer might try to ignore you to let the fun last longer and if the boxer puppy knows that the owner will just punish him if he doesn’t “come here” right away, then they see no point in coming. The boxer puppy would rather just ignore the owner and have some fun than run to the owner, end the fun and get punished for it.

How to Teach Your Boxer to Come to You

So how do you teach your boxer puppy to come to you the right way? Well just like with other tricks, its good to start when your boxer is a little bit hungry and really wants that treat. Since boxer puppies can get a little stubborn at times, they will need a little more of encouragement than other dogs. When you are sure that your boxer will be willing to come to you for that treat, then begin your boxer puppy training.

It would be easier to teach your boxer to come to you if your boxer puppy already knows how to sit. You can learn how to teach your boxer puppy to sit here. Tell your boxer to sit down and then move a couple feet back. Now call your boxer puppy to come to you and tell him to sit. If your boxer puppy will just sit there staring at you, show your boxer puppy a treat and tell him to “come here” again. When your boxer comes to you, give him the treat and tell your boxer puppy what a good boy he is.

Now step back again and repeat the process. After your dog starts coming to you every time, try to give him the treat only every other time. Then slowly start giving your boxer puppy the treat less and less times. Eventually you will eliminate the need for treats while you train your boxer puppy to come to you.

Keep practicing this daily even if your boxer has mastered the command “come here”.

It is also a good idea to call your boxer puppy while he is having fun to give him a treat and then let him continue with the fun. This will help prevent your boxer of thinking that coming to you means the fun is over.

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