Murph has a horrible "Come". He just stands there and looks at ya. He does, however, have the most incredible "Stop right there". It's saved us many a time.

The last time was on a camping trip. There was a stray Lab that kept coming into camp, driving Murph nutz. At one point, Murph got loose and took off after the Lab. They were headed for the woods and parts unknown. My friend yelled out to Murph and Murph stopped on a dime. I was amazed. I woulda bet my house that he wouldn't stop, while in hot pursuit like that. Of course, he didn't come to her, but he did wait right there for her to go pick him up.

Neither Collie has been as challenging as Murph. They both seem to have that natural instinct to stick with me or maybe it's just they don't have much of a prey drive. Both have very good "Comes". I don't push my luck by testing them out in the middle of traffic or anything, but I've never felt much in the way of panic with them off leash. I just don't feel like they'd take off from me.

I actually had a problem with Oz in agility that he wouldn't go out ahead of me. So we were only as fast as I was, because he was always running beside me. He was also very good at coming back to me, if he started to venture off to play with one of the other dogs, while off leash at agility. He's never been tested at a dog park though, being called off while in the middle of playing with other dogs.

Gully hasn't been as tested with extreme distractions as Oz, but he has a vedy good "Come" in the house and backyard. Although he does have this habit of when he's outside and you call him to "Come", he stops to potty first. That boy. Ah well as long as he continues to potty outside and eventually come when he's done, I'm not gonna complain.

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