I have a WCS, just over 5 months. I have only concentrated on recall and sit/stop to the whistle and this has been coming on a treat, by no means perfect, but for his age not bad in my opinion. But today he seems to have undone all that good work, he just wouldn't come back period, don't think he was just playing either, just sheer defiance to me. This was at his toilet stop so when I did get him, only cos my neighbours dog came to me, I ended the walk. Fast forward to an hour later we went for our usual walk on open field and low and behold, same result, no recall, this is in a place where normally his recall has been excellent.
1: Should I put it down to a phase?
2: What can I do to resolve this problem, if indeed it is a problem?
3: Should I punish the dog?
Every third or forth recall he get a small cube of cheese, I only use this on recall not for any other purpose
Any help, will be most appreciated