threenorns
Well-Known Member
my dog used to be a mad jumper. seriously - he'd do essentially a box turn off my stomach (felt like a karate kick). got him to stop that so he settled for pogo-sticking.
he's way better now but some ppl and some behaviours still trigger it.
i've already been teaching him to lie down when someone acts afraid: i, like many idiot new dog owners, had had a lot of fun dangling treats just above the puppy and making him jump for it. didn't think that when ppl are afraid, they pull their hands up and and back - so of course dandy goes jumping all over them looking for the treat.
so now when someone does that, he lies down (going to extend it to covering his eyes, lol).
once i'm done, he'll also lie down for:
stupid babbling baby talk ("EEEE!!!! oosa woodgie goo' bwoi!!!? oo's a goo' bwoi, den!!!")
encouraging him to jump up by patting their chest (YES, there are idiot ppl here who do that bec apparently everybody likes having a giant hairy black dog doing the "wax on/wax off" all over them)
patting their thighs while bending forward making kissy-noises
blowing in his face
he's way better now but some ppl and some behaviours still trigger it.
i've already been teaching him to lie down when someone acts afraid: i, like many idiot new dog owners, had had a lot of fun dangling treats just above the puppy and making him jump for it. didn't think that when ppl are afraid, they pull their hands up and and back - so of course dandy goes jumping all over them looking for the treat.
so now when someone does that, he lies down (going to extend it to covering his eyes, lol).
once i'm done, he'll also lie down for:
stupid babbling baby talk ("EEEE!!!! oosa woodgie goo' bwoi!!!? oo's a goo' bwoi, den!!!")
encouraging him to jump up by patting their chest (YES, there are idiot ppl here who do that bec apparently everybody likes having a giant hairy black dog doing the "wax on/wax off" all over them)
patting their thighs while bending forward making kissy-noises
blowing in his face