Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby View Post
I have been alerted by people screaming at their out of control dogs.... "GET BACK HERE! HEY!!" and then i hear the dog running towards me......
"GET BACK HERE! HEY!!" is not a verbal command. Most dogs (unless their Mall's mutts super smart seeing eye pups) do not understand sentences. My mutt has a pretty reasonable "Mae come" response once I discovered it's not the words but a particular tone.

I could yell "beige HUM" or "cage YUM" with the same inflection and tone, she'd come.

But how well do you know your dog? If she saw a squirrel or another dog or a delicious bit of ewwwww to roll in would she run to you? I'm not sure so that's another reason Mae stays on leash.