Jazztoon

Our six month old spoo is doing great. BUT we are having a lot of trouble with "come". He won't. Or he'll come a little bit close and as soon as I reach my hand out to him, he jumps back playfully. He wants to play "catch me if you can" instead. It's getting old. I find myself trying to figure out ways to sneak up on him to get him without making it a game.

My husband seems to be getting some results by making him "sit" first and say "stay" and then he goes and gets him. He won't do that for me. He'll sit but as soon as I'm approaching, the game begins. And his "stay" is not stable anyway.

He does great on leash for me, but pulls on my husband, so we each have our issues with him.

Anyway, would LOVE any advice that you can offer on "come". I tried luring with treats, but that's backfired. He doesn't seem to care about the treat anymore ... plus, I don't want to "lure". I want to reward him for doing it and eventually have him just do it.

(p.s. we are signed up in obedience class, so I know that we'll get help there ... but I don't want to wait and let this bad habit fester)