I agree with KJD about running the other way to encourage your dog rather than running after him, although this feels very counterintuitive at the time it is much more effective. Work on his recall by having someone sit with him near the gate and positioning yourself in the opposite direction to the gate, call him too you in an excited voice while running backwards a little, when he comes make a huge fuss and give him a treat. Do this regularly until you can have him sitting off lead with the other person and still call him to you far away in the opposite direction. Because the whole thing will be so much fun for your dog he will soon learn that going to you is much more exciting than whatever may be going on outside the gate.
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