My 19 week old is turning into a wonderful little bitch; she is potty trained, knows all the general commands and is very responsive to us, however, all of this goes right out the door when we take her to a friend's house or when someone comes over - it's like i don't even exist. All my commands are ignored and she is out of control, jumping up on people, running around like a superball and ignoring me. What should I be doing? We take her out A LOT. Also: she still cries and screams bloody murder when we leave her, hope this gets better soon or we will have to put her down - kidding :).

Thanks.

My kids used to do this - excitement. Our pup did this too - we dont take him into other peoples houses though. I used to put him ont he lead when answering the door or when visitors arrive and let them give praise and attention when his feet are flat on the floor. We say OFF to cue him in and if he dosent cooperate its into another room to calm down. Now he knows what to do.

Dogs dont become model citizens until after adolescence :D and that only if the owner has put in an awful lot of time.

A dog may well obey in the home environment, but all commands and expectations have to be "generalised" - ie, training has to be done in lots of different places before the dog or pup truly understands and is reliable. That is why training schools teach the owner and not the dog - the training should be done at home and all over, not just at the training school :)

It does take time too ;)

Lindsay

Completely agree Lindsay.
Train anywhere and everywhere. Always remain calm. Never allow anything today which you are not going to want tomorrow. (It's so much easier to prevent bad habits from starting than it is to stop them at after they have become ingrained)

Regards, John

I once or twice let my pup grab me round the legs - she used to get a soft toy and squash it against my calves, i can't tell you how cute it was and although i KNEW not to do this, I allowed it - nay, actually encouraged it - just once or twice.

Boy have i regretted it - she cottoned on how much fun it was for her, how cute she was from our laughter and attention, and started to do it to other people out on a walk....although being cute they didn't mind. I did manage to stop it but it really took a lot of time...

With my next pup I really WILL start as i mean to go on LOL !!!!! :D ;)

Lindsay

It is horribly easy to do that when they are small and cure though , isn't it? :D :D How many of us have paid for it later one ..when the mutts are huge monsters and still trying to do the things that were considered cute once?

:D :D

great, thanks. she is quite a jumper too... any recommendations on how to stop this?