Pulling too hard and jumping crazy
When Biscuit sees other dogs, kids or even people she pulled the lead real hard and she always jumped high to greed them.. Sometimes scare other people and her paws can make some damage to them. Biscuit is 1 1/2 years old. Does most OES dogs behave like this and how old they will stop doing this behaviour? Thanks REgards, JOhnson |
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Some but not all sheepies can be over the top when they are greeting people  as can many other breeds of dog. The behaviour may not stop unless you train Biscuit so that she understands that this is a rude and unacceptable way of greeting humans and most other dogs.You could try some obedience classes as they will show you how to train her and then you get to practise polite greetings with others in the class. At the very least she needs to learn "sit" so that when you approach anyone who she is likely to lunge at or jump on you can ask her to sit instead. Good luck.  |
| My dog is about the same age and I have had the same issues when she greets people. I highly suggest that you sign up for some obedience classes. With Mady, when we are on a walk and a group of people approach, I make her sit. She LOVES kids, so if she saw a stroller coming close, she would start to pull. Now she sits. We have had alot of success with this, so take some classes and then be very consistent when you practice and it will work! |
We have this problem too, but only when someone comes over to the house (very exciting for them  )- what we covered in obedience class was to get someone to approach you (a friend, family member, whatever) while the dog is on-lead and sitting, and if the dog tries to jump at the person approaching, or even moves towards them, the person approaching should turn around and walk away - and only approach again when the dog is sitting calmly. Not something you can really practice with strangers on a walk, but practising at home should help Biscuit understand people only come and say hi if he/she is sitting calmly. Although, I also agree with the other replies, obedience classes will also be really useful  |
| Hank used to jump on everyone. Part of his clicker training was that WE have to manage them until they learn- they called it puppy wrangling. Starting off, they wear their leash all the time- in the house, everywhere. When they run to jump on the couch, step on the leash- it stops them, then you re-direct them to their bed, or what ever you want them to do instead. It works! QUICKLY! When someone comes to the door, wrangle the leash, and step on it, close enough to the head so they can't jump, but are still standing. After a few times, Hank just understood- 4 on the floor. |
| Thanks for all the reply.. I started today and make sure she sit or leashed.. Hope she can learn from that.. Cheers.. JOhnson |
| Something that has worked for me is to ask people as they approach Libby (8 months old now) to do as the Dog Whisperer says--no touch, no talk, no eye contact. It is natural that when someone sees an OES and especially an OES puppy, they just want to touch and coo and make a fuss over the puppy. I ask them to ignore Libby for a few minutes because she also gets excited and goes into wiggle-bum mode and sometimes piddle mode. Once Libby has sniffed around and settled, I tell them to go ahead and touch her and fuss. It is quite amazing that it makes a difference. I do need to stop her from wanting to jump up on occasion but not everytime she meets someone new. Caesar Milan says that the excitement is generated by we two legged creatures and that dogs really only need to sniff each other to extend greetings. Just a suggestion but it works for us. Nancy & Libby |
Inca's Human wrote: We have this problem too, but only when someone comes over to the house (very exciting for them )- what we covered in obedience class was to get someone to approach you (a friend, family member, whatever) while the dog is on-lead and sitting, and if the dog tries to jump at the person approaching, or even moves towards them, the person approaching should turn around and walk away - and only approach again when the dog is sitting calmly. Not something you can really practice with strangers on a walk, but practising at home should help Biscuit understand people only come and say hi if he/she is sitting calmly. Although, I also agree with the other replies, obedience classes will also be really useful We also learned this technique in Puppy Kindergarten. Also, ask the person to hold a little treat and approach. If the dog is standing, then the person needs to retreat and wait for the dog to sit or lay down again. Then the person should approach with the treat. If the dog stands up, then the person needs to retreat again. It is hard in public, because everyone runs over in excitement. I actually say to people to please step back for a minute since she is in training and let me ask that you approach her in this way...... It is tough, but, I try to do it to keep the jumping and craziness to a minimum. |
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