Jumping up on and getting excited.....
Some thoughts would help! Josh |
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| Perhaps she needs to express her dominance over Pooh as well. Be consistant with the "OFF!" command. I might not have your wife get down on Pooh's level and play with him on the floor right now... when standing, I might raise my leg to make it impossible to stand up against you.The "Nothing in life is free" approach might help, requiring a sit or another already learned command to be executed before a treat, or a belly rub, or anything.
Of course, I'm not a behavior specialist... |
| When he is jumping and barking is it an "oh boy, oh boy, its mom" excited thing, or is it more of an "hey man, your in my space" thing? I was just wondering, because my friends lab jumps and barks and kisses whenever I come into the house, but he calms down after a while... (sort of, he doesn't have the worlds best manners but he is a sweet boy) I'm wondering if it is an over excited or agression issue? I guess depedning on the stimulus would help you determine the path of getting the behavior to stop. |
| Are you the one who provides all the love and snooggie wooglie words? My wife does and Lennon does the same thing to me whenever I hug my wife, he seems to say "I'ts my mommy, get your paws off her!" The OFF! command and ignoring him is the best... I don't mind tought, it's just very funny to ignore and not to laugh at his attemps to get us apart.
Sometimes he barks with Sofa until we get together on a group hug, they hate to be left alone from the love expressions. Iriskmj has a point there, is it exitement because he sees your wife, or a dominance expression like the one I described before? You are right, they can hurt you by accident, their paws are strong and their heads are very hard (I've had a few buttheads.. ouch!), so if you are concerned about your wife's safety, best you can do is the OFF! command, ignoring him and getting up from the couch as soon as you see he's getting ready to jump to discourage him from jumping. |
| Josh,
See if your wife can participate more in the training / obedience commands. She needs to assert her alpha role over Pooh. When he jumps - be sure that SHE is the one who's giving him the OFF command and have her tell him to SIT. When he responds, make sure she gives him the reward. She should also reward his good behavior with attention (if he sits - have her pet him and tell him he's a good boy, etc.). If she participates more with his obedience training - he will be less likely to jump on her. There's some great tips on jumping / greeting in the book, The Dog Listener: Learn How to Communicate with Your Dog for Willing Cooperation, by Jan Fennell(which you would think I get commission on it - I recommend it so often!  )
Good Luck! Pooh's still as cute as ever! Kristen |
| No, I think it's a dominance thing, but he does get excited when she gets home.
She did some work with him today and it seemed to help. HE was crated, she spent time before letting him out, and played/trained him...made him sit, paw and then treated him. No barking tonight, and no jumping on....I told her that the concensus seems to be she needs to do some training to get him to understand her alpha role as well. Thanks for the advice! |
| Yeah, I agree that its a dominance issue. Mopsey was the same way with my husband as Pooh is with you, and act like she is the boss with me...One thing I learned, besides the training and nothing is free policy, is that you never look away from their stare. I used to roll Mopsey on her back when she would get very feisty, and hold her down for a few seconds staring at her. When she looked away and stopped struggling, I let her go, then give her a command, like sit, and reward. She is much better with me now. It took a while. I did the belly flop when she was younger, so it was easy, and she fought me many a times. Now, she stays still and her behavior is much better. JMO Oh, does he try to hump her? LOL |
| Replying to Saul's comment:
Harry is the same way when my husband kisses me, especially early in the a.m. when I'm often still in bed. We hear a sing-songly noise from Harry,"He buster, that's my Mom. I'm chief kisser around here." We just ignore it. If it gets worse, then action will be necessary. |
| hahahaha... LOL
Once a sheepie is up, no one is allowed to be up! Our guys knock on our door to let us know that the sun is up and that we can do stuff together again, then they jump on the bed and start going like crazy until we get up, feed them and play with them. Hiding under the covers seems to be the only way to escape from them for while. I guess that's great training for when we have kids  |
Yep. Same here except the door isn't closed. Everyone wants at least one of us to take them out for First Call and then breakfast. Hard to sleep when there's a sheepdog trying to French kiss you........BLECH!  |
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