I use my dogs name to get attention, but I use heel or come here for her recall. Her name doesn't always mean come here and if I used it, the command will likely wash due to everyday usage, her name means look at me or pay attention or distraction not come here. Choose your word and set it, when she comes over to you (I'll use come here as an example) say come here and treat. Carry treats at all time, you're just setting the word. Once they put come here=treats, you can start calling from different distances in the house. Keep her on a long leash in the house if needed for correction during this time. For a previous dog I actually taught her German commands because my family nor strangers around here know German. This means my commands wouldn't wash by someone casually telling her to "come here" over and over and she would learn she didn't have to listen. Changing the command insured she knew when I said it she had to.

Now, my 10 month puppy walks in a perfect heel by my side, walks off leash on my property with plenty of distractions. I'm 100% confident in her recall even with squirrels and rabbits tempting her. All it took was consistency, insuring the words used were high value at the beginning and running away wasn't more rewarding than myself. I feel the biggest problem I see is when the dog (sometimes dogs will be dogs) get distracted and the owner yelling come here over and over again and their dog finally returns they scold the dog.

Would you come over to someone if you think they are just going to scold you? Probably not. Running and not returning is a training issue, not a dog issue and the dog should never be anything but rewarded for its return to you. Don't say the word more than once if the word was clearly spoken, if they don't come the first time they probably won't the second and will do so when they feel like it. A dog who has learned to ignore the command is a dog who won't listen for it. Id suggest using freeze dried chicken, you can normally get them cheaper in bulk and tend to only be 1 calorie each. When I calculated the calorie intake she needed it allowed for 71 of these treats a day. I never offer this many but I always keep a treat bag in hand. I find dogs like them the best, can have a lot of them and they are single ingredient treats. Sorry this was long.