Can anyone tell me how they deal (politely) with people who stop to fuss over pup and encourage him to jump up .
As he is so excited he is still at the stage when he is more interested in the fussing than listening to me
People always say " oh its ok" but its NOT !!!
i DONT want my pup to jump us as when hes bigger they will soon moan !!!
:(
Lel

Oh, tell me about it! :(

I've learnt to say "You won't like it when he's bigger, so I want to stop it now". But when you meet them the next time, they do exactly the same.....grrr

Just tell them his just trodden in his own mess, see if they still say..."OH ITS OK" then!!!! hahahah :) :) :)

Josh :D :D :D ROFL

Sandy x x

ROFL ?

Rolling on Floor Laughing :D

nice one!!!! :)

i know what you mean!!!! My Tarot [dane/boxer cross] is nearly 14 months, we've had him for nearly three. He had an AWFUL problem with jumping up about pretty much everything and at EVERYone. The sheer amount of people that would encourage him when we took him into town with us was astonishing, even when you ask them not to encourage it, and point out to them [nicely] that we have a young child in his pushchair and we are trying to stop the dog bouncing at people partly because of this. It falls on deaf ears!! A couple of people have tried to start a physical game with him in the middle of the street also :(
It's not like he's a small dog for crying out lound, why can't people exercise some common sense?????

Annette

Hi Lel,

I just wanted to let you know what I am trying to make work for me. Basically I am trying to take the people out of the equation by teaching Jay to sit when you say 'hello'. We did this at training class and worked really hard on it for about 6 weeks and it works 'almost' all the time at the front door and with varying success on walks (I just need to work harder!:D). We taught it initially in the same way as sit but just said hello instead, and then added a person saying hello (which got him really excited) and I held him gently in the sit position. He is a BC and is far more interested in people than other dogs, so I just tell them that if they say hello he will do a trick (which is sit :)).
This does not really deal with the people, just your dog sorry! But I do find that he will not jump on people who crouch or bend down to meet him as they are already at eye level, only the people who 'hover' and seem nervous ( which makes them worse)! He also loves to jump on clean people when he is dirty LOL :D

Hope this helps
Nicola & Jay x

That's a good idea, will give that a try!

Annette

People do seem very impressed when it works!! :)

I nearly died of a heartattack the other day as I was walking my 12 month old GSD in the park.
Kyra is not very good with people outside our family, she doesnt like to be touched by strange hands. She will always shy away, but if pushed I have known her to growl as well.
Something we are currently working on very hard, but in the meantime I always call her to me if we meet people and make her heel.
She does a very reliable offline heel, so here I am, walking through the park, minding my own business and making sure MY dog does not bother anybody, when this couple come walking up. They had a baby in a pram and a toddler walking beside. They couldnt have been more than 18-19 years old themselves. They just stop to light a fag, totally obvlivious of the rest of the world, while their toddler comes charging in and goes for my dog!!! The child was obviously very exited to see a dog, and stormed at Kyra with open arms!! I just froze in my tracks in horror and fully expecting Kyra to growl at this -what in her eyes must be a pup out of order-.
Instead she just jumped away. Im thinking, had she been on the lead, not able to escape, I dont know what she would have done...
I've been wondering ever since, is it my responsibility to put a muzzle on my dog just because other people dont have their children under control?? I mean, this kids face was no higher than Kyra stands, so if she had bitten her in fear, that kid's face would have come clean off!

Parents also have a responsibility to take care of their children but having said that it would probably be the poor dog who would be punished :(

Lel

Kyra,

You probably will not like what I am about to say, nevertheless, if you have a dog that is unreliable around strangers you should *not* be walking her off lead. She needs to be under your complete control at all times and that is impossible if she is not on a lead. If she shys away and sometimes growls at strangers it means she is afraid. Fearful dogs are always unreliable, unfortunately.

I am sure you will the best for her in terms of training, confidence building and socialisation. But walking her off lead right now is a really bad idea.

Stacey

In myview, the parents were really reallystupid, but "there's a lot of it about" - and I agree that sadly you and the dog would end up on the wrong side of the law.

Lindsay

If the dog jumped away then I would say it is ok and just frightened, but never the less not a chance id be willing to take.
I guess the park is the only place a toddler can run free without danger of being run over, and the park is not only for dogs.
So in the interest of the dog and yourself I think I would be keeping your dog on a lead.
If kids are about in case one should come over i would have the muzzle with me for safety.
At least then you will doing all in your power to protect the kids and your dog
Mari

I have a 7 month old GSD bitch, & I have the same problem shes not good with people she doesn't know, when I say that what I mean is she tends to bark like mad when any one she doesn't know comes near,
the only place I let her of the lead is the fleid I take her to, but if some one else comes into the fleid I put her back on the lead, luckerly she comes back to me when I call her, its not that I dont trust her, but I'm not sure what she would do if a small kid ran up to her like that out in public I would rather be safe than sorry, she is good with kids that she knows. Is this normal for GSD bitches? Do they grow out of it? She also still tries to get away with puppy nipping when does this stop?