teaching a one yr old shitizu

Question
Kim,  you have helped me to potty train my rescued dog at nine months old.  I finally have her trained.  Thank you.  I now need to get her to respond to the command COME.  I cannot trust her off her leash at all.  if she shes any one she takes off running like she has a.d.d. and I cannot get her back.  is it too late to train her. and where do I begin.  thank you

Answer
Hello, Lorayne!

For your dogs safety, I would recommend working on the sit/stay command first, and this will resolve the problem you mention.  See this blog post:  http://blog.gizmo2wizmo.com/2008/09/02/3-things-every-dog-should-be-trained-to-d...

Then you can work on "come."  I found this good article on this topic.  http://www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIPS/DogTip_ComeCall.html

Good luck!