if that dog was in the house as a pup and now the pup can not be caught leads me to think that something was done wrong to make the dog not trust you...
when I was younger I let the pups out of their kennel after I "FED" so they could go play in the fenced in yard. When it was time to put them up I gave the command to come and to kennel. The pups looked at me like I was crazy. I would have to chase them down and put them up.THE ONLY TRAINING LESSON THE RECIEVED IN THEIR BRAIN WAS I CAN OUTRUN HIM AND I DON'T HAVE TO OBEY. The older they get they figure out they can out run us so they do it... but in reality we did it to ourselves...
Let them run first and then use food as a weapon to get them to come and to kennel. Now that makes sense...
We have to be smarter than the pups/dogs...One day my light bulb came on and I caught a brainstorm.
I am always looking for the easy way of doing things...
Well, all I had to do is turn the pups loose and let them go play and let them just get tired.
I called them to me and I played with them and the were conditioned to come to me etc. etc. Once they got tired and got the "FEED" out and called them to the kennel... and they came running...They learned to come when called and they learned to be called out of the woods and learned to kennel even learned a hand signal to come in...WOW, THAT WAS EASY>>> :odid that before they ever went to the woods...
WE CAN CALL IT TRAINING I CALL IT CONDITIONING...or we can call it exposing the dog but to me it is a combo of both...
Now to the original question. Normally I get rid of this type of dog. But one of 2 things happened here IMO... One, someone called the dog and then discipled her and she got the wrong message, or, she was called back and she ran off because what she was doing was way better than coming to the call. This gives her the message that she doen't have to come in and then she learns she can out run you.
Reason number 2 is maybe she developed a mental condition if you did everything right.
Let us assume the problem is man made... I am no expert but the long weedeater string sounds good to me. just call her to you when you have control of the string and then gently pull her to you and pet her up good and give her a small treat.
Take her for long walks on a leash and just try to get her to trust you. Do not drag her around. Must train her to walk on leash first...
EVERYTHING YOU DO WITH HER MUST BE POSITIVE.
