I have 2 GSD one just turned 7 and the other one 41/2 months.  The eldest one I had before I met my O.H. so she has always been my dog, she took a while to accept O.H. but now absolutely loves him.  The thing I have noticed is how they greet us differently.  In the morning I always am up first, Kizzy the eldest lifts her head if she can be bothered wags her tail and that is it.. the puppy will greet me. but is desperate to go wee wee, so goes straight in the garden, BUT when other half gets up they go berserk.  Jumping all over him etc. The strange thing is I am with them all day, everyday. I do all their training, feeding etc. At weekend the O.H. will often take the eldest one for a walk if I am busy, but she goes reluctantly, and apparently pulls all the way home to get to me. If my O.H. tells her any command she will do it, but ALWAYS looks at me first to say is it OK, and often waits for me to repeat the command before she does it.  But I find it strange how even visitors get a bigger welcome than I do, always thought it odd with Kizzy, but even stranger now that the puppy does it as well.  If I do have to pop out to the shops and leave them I am obviously greeted when I get back but nothing in comparison to the greeting my O.H. gets when he gets home from work!!  The puppy is just like a Teddy at the moment, all fluffy I cant leave him alone he is so gorgeous, I thought perhaps I pet him too much, but that wouldnt account for Kizzy`s reactions. wondered if any of you had similar reactions from your dogs.

Is it because you are the one that trains them?  Do you discourage them from jumping up while your OH actively encourages them?  Our puppy won't jump at me or my OH because we have trained her not to, she is still pleased to see us and will sit  with tail wagging like mad until we say hello to her, number 2 daughter however encourages her to say hello to her :rolleyes: so she does very enthusiatically.

Steve

This could possibly be the reason, but to be honest they dont jump up, just run around squealing with delight, the eldest one often with an old shoe in her mouth. I just wondered if they see me in a idfferent light!!

I suspect they feel they have to earn his attention in a different way - you are always there, in the background, at their beck and call perhaps.....

Sorry when I said jump all over him, they dont jump up as such, just run around him squealing with delight, almost restraining themselves from actually jumping high, O.H. also knows they are not allowed to jump up to people. Puppy is learning this at the moment.

dont know if im right but this is wot i think
there like children mummys at home all day doing everythink feeding gromming walking e.c.t
but when daddy gets home its :) play time.

could be right.....Just feel a little disappointed sometimes, when they dont greet me in the same way.

Same thing happens in my house with my four year old retriever. I put it down to the fact that I am in the house alot more and am more hands on with him all the time than my husband is. He gets spontaneous affection from me alot more of the time. I think he feels he has to make more of an effort with my OH for affection because he's not around as much. It's like children running out to meet Daddy from work like we did when we were kids. We didn't run in and shout "Mummy" and give a big hug when we got home from school. Doesn't mean we loved her any less, just means we are less around the other person and therefore want to show more overt attention to them. At the end of the day, given the choice between you and your OH your dog will always come to you first. Mine still comes upstairs to bed with me even if I go to bed early and my OH is still downstairs cause he wants to be near me. That's when you know who's first in their eyes!