Pawing "slapping"
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| Do you mean hooking you about the legs? Wendel is really, REALLY bad when he wants attention. He'll dig his claws into my leg to get attention and BOY does that HURT! Not only does he paw for attention, he'll paw if he wants you to use both HANDS! |
| My pup Hank paws ALOT! Every time he wants attention, he walks up and "grabs" us... arms, legs, feet, face... anything he can get to. We've just started tuning out backs and yelping, kind of like when teaching bite inhibition, and it seems to be helping. |
YES! my Tinkerbell does this when she wants attention! with her paws and her nose |
| We've cut a lot of Jack's pawing, but he still drops that big mitt onto us when he wants attention. No hooking, thankfully. |
| the only time duffy paws at me is to wake me i have had a an nasty scratch on my eye and when he is really aiming a good rip on the lip |
| Makes me appreciate the instense face washings instead.........by 3 different dogs. Help, I'm drowning! |
Yes Tiggy paws at me to get attention. We call it paw bashing.  Havent really tried to stop it. She's in full coat so all the hair cushions the blow and seems to stop any scratches from her nails. |
| Yes, Kenzie paws occasionally when he wants attention - it hurts! We discourage it and turn our back etc. And yes we have to watch he doesn't do it with our young grand children as it would hurt them more - they know to turn their backs too. But it is a thing he does! Nik  |
| yes, panda paw slaps and hooks.....lets just say that i get ''taken'' down a lot...... |
| Beckett paws too yep. Mostly if u quit petting or playing or whatever. He will sit/lay still alllll day if u pet him but boy oh boy the second u stop.... lol |
| Harvey too..... We had our dogs at our wedding reception and Harvey sat in front of our friends 4 year old daughter while she sat on the floor eating cake in front of him. He was very polite on the most part and then decided to "pat" her on the head with his paw once....and then again! Thankfully she saw the funny side of it but we do have to watch him at times! |
| Our boy Murphy is a slapper as well. He also bumps and herds us. He seemed to understand "ouch" when he came to us, so we use this when he slaps or bumps. He usually backs off quickly, as if to say, "sorry... didn't realize I was so rough." |
| Yes, you can train them not to do this - just like any breed of dog. It's just a matter of not rewarding it - ever. That is the simplified version...but it really is the bottom line. If they paw you and you acknowledge them, etc, it has just been a rewarded behavior and continues. OES are one of the breeds that really likes to do this, but they aren't by any means the only ones. I never allow this - I do therapy work and a dog who paws and scratches for attention is a HUGE no-no. Plus I think it's a rude or dangerous behavior - kids, the elderly - this can cause injury. There are many safer and acceptable ways to get our attention! This is one of the 1st things (along with jumping on people) I work on in my beginner training classes. Call it a pet peeve, but it's important! Even our adult dogs that come in with this habit (we foster OES and bassets) learn - and it stops pretty darn quick....  |
| Speaking of how dogs use their paws...this morning something kinda funny transpired. As most of you know I have two Aussies and Violet OES. My youngest Asia(25 1/2 inches withers) is almost the same size as Violet(26 inches withers)...so both big girls. So this morning I woke up and my back was a little sore so I was laying for 5 minutes to "pull it together" and get up. Well while I was laying Asia climbs up on the bed and lays down in front of me...China (22 inches withers) comes up on the other side of the bed and lays down on the other side of me.. The funny thing is as soon as China jumped up on the bed Asia put her paw over my hand and layed her head on her paw. She didn't want me to pet China.  That girl is too smart! |
| That is too funny Helen! These creatures are so incredible. Murphy is our first OES, but 5th rescue over the years. He has melded nicely with our Pyrennese and Lab, but I am constantly amazed at how different and bright these dogs are! After wanting an OES forever, I am in Sheepie heaven. I uploaded Murphy's pic, but haven't quite gotten the hang of how to make it show up in my posts. |
| After 30 years of having only cats, I woke up one morning and for some reason decided to get my first dog, and for some reason decided to get an OES! I've no idea why, I'd no experience of them, or any other dog. It wasn't a reasoned choice, but I think it was inspired. Apart from diving in at the deep end, it couldn't have been a better one and I've never regretted it; my life has been enriched so much. It's been a steep learning curve! But I have nothing to compare them to, and so the typical antics of my wonderful OES are "normal" for a dog to me! I'm only now begining to appreciate that they are such unique and special creatures. Nik |
| Sunny too. "shake a paw" is almost off limits in our house. As soon as you ask her to shake a paw she gets soooooo excited and takes a good swipe at you, like she's trying to shake your shoulder instead of hand. She's scratched us pretty badly in the past, and we've given up trying to train the correct way into her, she's just too excited to do it her way. She almost smiles when she does it, like she's so proud of herself. We call it the Dew Claw of Death. To get attention, she'll go over to something that isn't hers, like a chair, a fan, or one of our daughter's toys and whack it with her front paw. So she's not whacking us in that way, but she does whack stuff. We tell her no and then she goes into her fake barking routine (her mouth is barking, but no sound comes out, we call that one "Farking"). Around that time, we usually put her outside to Fark it out. A good run in the park is the only permanent fix though. |
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