Excitable
 My concern is that if anyone I mean anyone is in his peripheral, he has to stop- stare- and then lunge! We've trained him to sit and stay anytime he might see someone to prevent having him run towards the person or wanting to jump on them. We always give him a treat for sitting and staying (this isn't always successful). Sometimes (like today), he threw himself on the ground when I didn't want to cross the street to say hi to whoever it was he was trying to say hi to..lol..I was reading other's comments about the leader collar, socialization etc.. I guess my question is, is he just excitable because he's a puppy? He meets people everyday and even has a different dog walker 3x's a week. So he's exposed to a lot of people...I feel like I'm starting to get anti-social while he's Mr.Personality! lol...thanks for your feedback ! |
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| I think most Oes puppies are like that. Ours is. She loves people but you have to put your foot down |
| Dexter is just now 10 months and he is like that. Possible bad news is that our last OES was like right to the end which was 13 years old. Our first OES was a female, she hated men, liked women, wanted to mother children and was always well behaved and ladylike when it came to meeting and greeting. |
| Better talk with the dog walkers. They may not be into as much training as you are, letting him get away with bad behavior. He's being a spoiled brat, you have to let him have this little tizzy on the ground, ignore it, when over move on. No talking, eye contact, and obvioulsy no rewards or treats. He has to EARN everything. Do you have a "no" sound? Something that you do that he learns me "stop it now, don't think about it" is used even before he starts to misbehave......you learn to watch their body language. If the noise doesn't work, tap them.....with the leash end, your foot, something to break the eye contact on the other person. |
I know I have to put my foot down! After reading your responses, I realized that I'm always rewarding bad behavior w/a treat. I always give him a treat to distract him from whatever it is that he's doing. I guess I can manage an excitable dog with the right tools. Thanks again for your feedback  |
| Chowder wasn't very food driven so treats were touch but something one trainer taught us was not to let her meet every single person when she was that young. Some walks she got to meet every 3rd person. She would put into a sit position next to me and the person would walk past us and we would continue our walk. Or I would have really short leash and we would walk briskly past the person. Leisurly strolls she met everyone as long as she was sitting or laying down. it was tough but she learned she didn't have to meet everyone after a few months. Not everyone wants to her meet now that she is so large. |
Quote: Not everyone wants to her meet now that she is so large.  Not so in this house! Thought DH would swoon when he met my brother's 180 lbs Newf, "Now, that's a dog!" Big dogs don't scare me, it's those little ones I don't trust. |
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