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Rylee is about 9 months old and is leash learning very fast...She moves to my side when I say heal doesn't bark at other dogs...when I say stop she sits and stay she holds even if i continue walking. We live in an apartment so i walk/run her often...In the apartment she only comes to me when she wants too. Know any tricks to teach the command of come so she does even if she is interested in something else. Tyler

Huskies listen to you ONLY when they feel like it, or when they have no other choice.
My big husky Duke is by far the best behaved husky Ive ever met or have seen in person, but do not ever make the mistake of trusting one off of a leash, or cable, or outside a barrior such as a fence.
I have tried to teach him "come" in the backyard with or without the cable. He learned so fast how to on the cable, and 4 tries he roamed free, came to me on command with no indication of hesitation.
Heres where it got fun, on attempt number 5 you could see the instinct "kick in" by the look on his face. He immediately ran like the wind, luckily my puppy (not a pure husky) distracted him, and followed, to slow him down. The next distraction that stopped him long enough for me to catch up (Im a fast runner) was a neighbors female dog, and dive on him, I was able to barely get a handful of skin to stop him.
Indoors he will "come" about 95% of the time, and that percentage drops at the dogpark, add other dogs there, and that percentage drops further.
Huskies are nomadic, they do not a have that instinct to return home, its 30,000 yrs of breeding to keep them as nomadic sled dogs, they have only been kept as pets since the 70s in the US.
Other than never being able to roam offleash outside a fenced in area, Duke is the perfect dog.