Actually that is what I recently started doing more, like yesterday with Tasha. I called and when she didn't come, I just shut the door and started doing my own thing. After a couple minutes she came up and looked in the door wanting to come in, but I let her sit out there a few more minutes. I just hope after a few times they make the connection. :PHere's what I would do if I were in your position, if I let them out and then called them and they didn't come right away when called I would leave them out there until they knew that you were playing their came anymore.
Their timing is flawless though, they seem to know just when they have the advantage to push the line.
Most the time they're really good about listening. I just don't want to do anything that actually reinforces the behavior, like Crikit was talking about. In my experience dogs are notorious for making a game out of things like this.
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