I need advice. My Golden Retriever mix id one of the dogs I show in the 4-H fairs. However, she's attached to my mother. (I'm a teenager, I need her to drive me to these things.) My mom was the one who trained her when I wasn't around. Now whenever I do Agility or sometimes Obediance, she stops right in the middle and runs to my mom! I almost got disqualified last time! She just started this and I need some advice on how to get her to listen to me and not my mother. Can anyone help me?
My dog is attached to my mom
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training is the best bonding experience I know. So the fact that your mom did that means she has bonded with her. You should start training her, even if they are not commands that you would use in obedience. I'm assuming she knows all basic obedience commands so you can't go through the experience of training those, that's why you should do something more "exotic" 
. Train her to do high five, back up, roll over, crawl, speak, yawn on command, bow on command, play dead or do back yard agility with her and train her to do all the jumps and tunnels and ramps. It will be fun and will be a great bonding experience. Also like Iceyblue said, if you don't already, start feeding her and walking her. If you do all these things she will bond with you more.
. Train her to do high five, back up, roll over, crawl, speak, yawn on command, bow on command, play dead or do back yard agility with her and train her to do all the jumps and tunnels and ramps. It will be fun and will be a great bonding experience. Also like Iceyblue said, if you don't already, start feeding her and walking her. If you do all these things she will bond with you more.I agree with Sarah, take on all the responsibility and jobs surrounding her, spend lots of time bonding with her. Sometimes once a dog picks a person it doesnt matter how involved (or not involved) that person is with them they will not break the bond. But often the dog bonds closest with whoever is most involved in their life. My boys are tightly bonded to me but that's because my parents hardly give more than a scratch or two to them. They feed them for me if I need to be away and sometimes my mum takes OC jogging but day after day I am their main care giver and I do all of the training.