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Hi, Django is now 10 months old and his recall is aroung 90% (still working on this with a long line) except at the local dog park where he has a few regular friends. The problem I'm having at the moment is we will be playing ball together (he is off leash at this point) when there are not many people about and he will be fixated on playing with me. I have trained him well on the whistle to go left/right/down etc as well as verbal commands so he "works" for it but if just one other person is throwing a ball for their dog he will just forget about me (even if I'm about to throw his ball) and just run over and join in their game. I have tried going over and showing him I have his ball to throw for him but he doesn't care, even if the other dog "tells him off" he will still run aroung waiting for the other person to throw their dogs ball. I have even tried having multiple balls and balls on ropes to try and make it "more fun" to play with his actual human. I'd like to know if anyone else has had this issue at dog parks? and what they did to resolve it?, he is excellent on hikes etc but it is a little depressing when your beloved dog ignores you in preference for a stranger. When this first started happening I attempted to call him back to me but stopped when he didn't come the first couple of times so I didn't reinforce negative recall and the most annoying thing is even though people can clearly see you are trying to get your dogs attention they will CONTINUE TO THROW THE BALL! distracting them further and encouraging the behaviour. When a random dog tries to join our game (very rarely) and I can hear the owner calling them I stop play and tell the dog to "go on" and point to the owner until they get the idea and return. I mentioned his friends at the park, when they are about I put the ball away and encourage him to play with them which he does and the problem isn't an issue. I welcome your input, thanks.
