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 Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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I have a six and a half month old German Pointer who can get overjoyed to see people so when were out/about and I spot other people I call him back and put him on a lead so I can then make sure that a) people want to greet him and him to greet them and b) to make sure that his greeting is acceptable i.e he stays on all four paws. If he does try to jump up, I tell him no and take a step back. It does work as he realises unless he stays on his paws, he won't be allowed to say hello. I've done this with all mine.
Don't wait for him grow out of it, he might not so you do need to start to take some control of how he's greeting people as even though you know he's friendly, if a member of the public complained about him jumping up, he could be deemed out of control which could land you in trouble. I know someone locally who got a warning letter from the dog warden as someone complained about her puppy jumping up...There are many people who don't like dogs or are scared of them so we do need to try and control our dogs as best as we can to make sure we don't fuel the anti-dog brigade even more and lead to more and more restrictions as to when/where and how we can walk them.
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Herewego Offline
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Poppy is 8 months and a bit of a nuisance when people come to our house. We have tried to give her a toy to keep in her mouth as that worked with Molly (2) but she isn't interested. She just wants to jump up on everyone until they make a fuss of her and she collapses on the floor in a heap of extacy  .
Regular visitors know to ignore her and we just direct her away from our guests. If she is being persistant she will be put behind the kitchen gate until she calms down. With new visitors we put her behind the gate straight away until she has calmed down (a few minutes normally).
We always stop any fuss / cuddling if she starts jumping up or mouthing (although she hardly mouths these days).
Her self-control is definitely improving so hopefully it's only a matter of time before we can keep her in a down-stay when people arrive...well I live in hope!  . Molly is 2 and will stay on her bed (if told) when people arrive but you can see her muscles twitching so desperate is she to greet her human friends 
Camilla x
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JulesW Offline
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:05 am Post subject: |
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Ellie is nearly 9 months greeting visitors at home is great she'll stay on vet bed whilst I answer the door - so no one gets mobbed but she does like a waggle dance or she'll sit and wait for treat. Most of our visitors are doggy friendly so they want to cuddle and fuss her.
My bigger problem is when she meets anyone when she is on her lead - she is a party animal and thinks everyone should want to play with her. She missed out on a lot of early training due to her being rescued so I am having to play catch up. Currently she most definitely hasn't got her listening head on - like forgetting her name, sitting down on walks and refusing to budge ( mind you that may have something to do with just putting her in a harness suggestion of trainer but I am not convinced) and well you can forget recall!
So your pup is at a awkward age but you can with training steady him.
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It took me years of working on Charlie to make any dent in this behaviour. It could be really embarrassing at times.
For people who came to the house, I used to send Charlie to his basket until the initial excitement had worn off. If we were out and about I used to try getting him to sit or lie down (sometimes with my foot on the lead) whilst I attempted to distract him with food. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. I also advised people to turn their backs and ignore him, though in many cases I might just as well have tried talking to the nearest wall. 
It is something that has gradually reduced over time. At the age of 7, he doesn't jump up very often now, although can still forget himself in a moment of madness.
I have the added complication of having a petite little cocker spaniel, and I find that people virtually encourage her to jump. Charlie is normally with us at the same time and can usually still be controlled, but sometimes their encouragement to Topsy is just too much for him and he responds to the cues they are giving her.
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