Hi, my 14 week old choc lab gets too hyped up when meeting my friends staff..

She will jump on the 6 year old staff's back, pawing her face and biting, then when the staff has enough will turn on my lab..

She literaly will not stop jumping about in her company.. The staff does not want to play , but I am concerned for two reasons.

Dog socialisation, should she be like this? she isnt really like this to other dogs she meets on her walks...

I am nervous that she will get biten for her exuberrance, as the other, older dogs will get rather chessed off with her...

any advice would be appreciated...

My Lab is just over a year old and has always been a nutter when she meets and plays with other dogs, it's something I've just had to learn to control and live with! I have to be careful where I let Emmy off the lead, she has a pretty good recall but I can't seem to stop her running off to dogs in the first place. (If any one can offer me advice on that I'd be grateful!)

I understand your concern about meeting another dog that won't tolerate puppy antics... my friend has an older Burnese Mountain Dog and when Emmy was younger we tried to walk them together but it was hopeless as Em just wanted to play play play and my friends dog would get close to giving her what for! It's a shame but until she calms down a bit (they say around 2 years old for labs!) I only allow Emmy to play with dogs similar age and size. We are lucky that Emmy has a boxer friend we often meet on our walks and they get to burn off lots of energy together, it's wonderful to watch them together as they play so well.

It's important that your pup does get to meet other dogs though for good sosialisation, maybe use a long lead when out on walks and if you notice the other dog getting a bit fed up then call your puppy back for a bit of time out. Puppy/dog classes will help get her used to other dogs too.

My trainer said to me once that a puppy being put in its place by an older dog is sometimes a good thing as it will teach them not all dogs like to play. I'd hate to see Emmy get hurt though, so I'm just extra careful about who I allow her to go see. Hope this helps a little, at least you know your not alone, I think it's a lab thing, they just love to play!

Thanks Joules,

Thats good to know that she is not alone..

Have been trying to introduce her to as many animals as possible... Although I think my mothers cat is off limits as minstrel chased her around the kitchen yesterday and the poor cat got soak as she fell into the washing bowl...

Although amusing dont want her to make a habit of this...

Thanks again and perserverance is the key i think...

My 5 month old boxer is the same (as you can imagine). He has now learnt dogy eticate (not sure how to spell it). He still bounces all over dogs but only the dogs who will bounce back. He plays beautifully with smaller dogs. He gets down to there level lies on his back so they can jump all over him.

Its natural for pups to be bouncy. Socialisation helps them understand what is or not allowed and as your pup meets more dogs she'll get the idea. We used a sit ( on lead) while other dogs passed us until Morse learned not to bounce over everyone, then a down so he approached the dogs more under control or could be called back. Puppy classes also helped us with this. Morse came to us at 6 months with zero training/socialisation and he is still overjoyed to see dogs, but more aware of manners. Can you have a chat with your friend and agree what should happen on both sides when your dogs meet? Then you can support each other. :)

Most older dogs are fairly good at dealing with over bouncy pups and although the pup might yelp no damage will be done and puppy learns to be a little more respectful. It terrifies the puppy owner far more than it concerns the pup!

It really helps to find a well-socialised sensible adult dog or two that your pup can meet. In the meantime teaching your dog to come back to you/sit/any-other-control-thing is a great thing to do, although it's not a substitute for dog to dog social skills.