[jlaack]

Personally, I would throw out the verbal commands you used to use in conjunction with any physical punishment for not complying during the time your dog was trying to learn and simply didn't know what is expected. You reinforced that come means your going to get hit so I would never use this word with your dog again. If there are other verbal commands that were paired with a spanking I would completely toss them from your dogs vocabulary. You need to train your dog from scratch anyhow so starting with a different verbal command that lacks a negative association will not slow the progress at all. I would suggest replacing "come" with another command, "here" is a suggestion but you can use the word "pickle" or any other word for that matter so long as it never changes. As long as you teach the dog what it means it will have the same effect.

I would also suggest finding a trainer that uses positive reinforcement and teaches you how to teach your dog. Go slowly so you do not set your dog up to fail, especially since he sounds to be a little fearful of you, and rightfully so. Also pretend right now your dog doesn't know anything. Focus less on correcting so he can learn to trust you and focus more on asking him to do things that he knows how to do and praising him like crazy when he complys. No is really a useless term for dogs, especially when it is used as a response for everything the dog can do that you don't like. Instead, once your dog knows them, ask him for a behavior that he can do that isn't compatible with what he is doing wrong. Remember you have a lot of damage to undo so this isn't going to happen overnight. You are going to have to be very patient and be sure that you only correct in a way that is fair and only if your dog clearly knows what you asked for. Likely his failure in recalling is that he didn't know what you wanted and that you progressed much too quickly in your expectations for him, thus setting him up to fail. It is also important in training a dog that if your dog isn't listening or complying with the command that you are willing to take a step back and repeat some earlier lessons.