OMG (and I don't use that term lightly)! Having a guest visitor (Miss Rita) here myself right now, I'm knowing the heart stopping panic that hits when your charge makes a break for it. Well I should clarify that Miss Rita hasn't done it yet this time, but she's done it before and we have positioned eyes in the back of our heads to check her where abouts every time we open the front door. Rita is small and moves like a bat of of hell.

Instead of using the *come*, have you ever tried *treats, ebberbuddie...treats* or one that used to work real good *cheese*. Some really special food that they don't get too often, but often enough to associate the word, is sometimes an enticement to do a 180 degree turn and head back to the house. But the deal is if you call out the name of it and they come, you gotta produce. Fair is fair.