Good advice... Dog will stick by your side through woods , strange fields etc but as above be aware of distractions such as livestock, people or wildlife. Keep calling the dog to you and just touch or stoke its head and praise it. This gives the dog confidence and reassures it. In no time you will feel confident enough yourself that if you meet someone or something that catches the pups attention the dog will return on recall, but also remember as a pup they are still a baby and play comes before anything so if you don,t get instant recall just relax and don,t show anger when the pup returns.