BASTA! Or... maybe not? We need a trigger word for a Really Reliable Recall. Your opinion/idea?
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So... we need to train/practice with Sky for something called the "Really Reliable Recall". This is where you train the dog to come immediately to you when you give a certain command...
no matter what. It's a command you use in an emergency, when the dog may be really upset or distracted, etc. - like earthquake, he/she's about to run into traffic... etc.
You train by using the best, most amazing, most irresistible treat EVAR when they come to you on that command, and by periodically reinforcing this training you should be able to have one word that they will respond to in any situation.
But the word. It needs to be different than any other word you use when you talk to the dog, it needs to be short, strong, unmistakeable, and easy for us to remember so that we aren't fumbling for the word when we need to use it.
V. came up with "Basta" (meaning "enough!" in Italian), which is nicely explosive and identifiable (seems unlikely to sound much like anything else we would say to her), and I think that our best idea so far, but wanted to ask if you guys have other ideas.