Dont spoil the name!!
Do you find your dog sometimes ignores you? sound familiar? When we are training our dogs or just walking them off lead we may use their name too much. It all becomes like white noise to them a noise in the background. Think about it, how often to you talk about them, call them, tell them off? over the course of the day it is very frequent. So when you are calling them back they ignore it. Solution? Develop your own attention noise. This can be anything that your dog responds to. I use a trill noise which sounds like i'm singing a mexican song! Lyn makes a sound like a 70's disco ('You can ring my bell') for those that remember! It doesnt matter what it is. Just experiment. If you feel self conscious you might like to use a high pitched 'pup pup pup'! Have a play with it and have fun!!