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I'm not a dog trainer, but when I was a kid I was the only one our rottweiler would listen to 100% of the time if I called him.
When you call her, are you like maybe somewhat anxious or uncertain that she'll listen? I know it sounds like a catch 22, but I feel like when my parents called our dog they had like this anxious expectation that he would just go do what he wanted anyway. When I called him I felt, and he responded, as though he simply would come as I was expressing that he needed to.
But like, I also didn't really care what he did in terms of dog stuff? Like, I wasn't trying to get him to go a particular place all the time and I didn't ask a hell of a lot, so I don't think there were as many opportunities for waffling and confusion. My commands tended to just be like, come here or go to a specific person (because he'd ignore their calling), or go lay down.
Again, I'm not a dog trainer and the one here can certainly correct me if I'm way off, but for me it was mostly about confidence and not waffling, I think.