A doggy with a mind of her own!

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This doggy of ours is taken on slightly longer walks at weekends than she gets during the week. Her name is Okami (don't ask!) and she is a 2-year-old border collie. On Saturdays my wife takes her out for at least an hour and a half to give me time to get the house cleaned - the thinking being that it is a lot easier to do so without the dog chasing the vacuum cleaner! On Sunday mornings we take her out together, for about as long (or longer) as the Saturday walks take. Okami really enjoys being off the lead in the fields near our village, to the extent that she is often reluctant to being put back on it, which is essential when we have to cross a field with farm animals in it or meet a road with traffic passing along. This morning she was a real pain, and on occasion we had to wait for ages for her to obey the "come here" command. To be honest, she has never been good at this and we have had to resort to all sorts of tricks. This is a dog with a mind of her own - if she doesn't want to do something, she just doesn't do it! Has anyone got any suggestions?