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When friendly dogs greet each other they smell and sometimes lick each others noses first. Since our faces are so far up they have to jump up on us to get to it, because that's all they know how to do. We have to teach them a different way to greet us. Everyone in the family has to be onboard with this, no one can let your dog jump on them to be greeted. Since dogs want our attention when they do this we will take away all attention when they jump up on us and say, "off" and pulling our arms up to our chest. This takes away our hands that they might try to nudge and get up under to have you touch them or pet them. Ask them to sit. If they do, pet them and tell them how good they are in a low keyed voice, don't do a happy voice that might get them excited and they will try to jump at you again. If they try to jump again tell them "uh-uh, OFF" and "sit" with a clear hand signal, praise if they do it, if not turn away from them, ignoring them. If they try to jump on your back, walk away, don't talk to them or look at them. Ignore them until they do what you want, which is a sit. After a few seconds ( about 20 seconds) of walking away turn around and ask for a sit again, praise if they do. Most dogs will learn that sitting gets them attention, jumping no longer gets anything except being ignored, which dogs do not like to be ignored. If your dog has a bad habit of doing this it will take some time to break this habit, but EVERYONE has to do this for it to work. You can tell visitors and people on the street who want to greet your dog that they are" in training" and must sit to say hello, give them a treat and have them give it to your dog when he sits for it. That is a greeting also, not everyone has to put their hands on your dog to greet them. They are in training, they need to learn control first, then, they can get hugged and cuddled all they want if they stay seated. You are in control of your dog, don't let someone knee, or step on your dog's backs toes or any of those archaic methods of getting a dog to stop jumping on them. They want your attention, take all of it away even the painful ones. Most dogs will just think that you knee them and that's your way of greeting, as painful as it may be. A small percentage of dogs will stop if you do these other painful methods, but why cause pain if you don't have to, and kneeing them may break a rib. Be consistent. Hope that helps, they ask for attention we take it away. MAKE sure everyone does this, read NILF,( nothing in life is free) thread posted in this training section. No wrestling around with the dog, they must learn control first. This is one of the harder things to do because we love our dogs to be happy when we come home, but they will not know the difference between you and the 4 yr old nephew or 95 yr old grandmother. Good Luck...

Maybe he wants to make you Sgt at arms for the neighborhood watch...LOL

Feeling of sadness and hope. Yes these things happen to our beloved pets, but it still doesn't make it easy when it is staring you in the face. Just make his time as happy as possible, and when his bad times outweigh the good, you'll have to make the call. I always had to judge quality over quantity, and it's a personal choice that is different for everyone. The best to you..~/:\~

When I was looking for a dog, I considered a Boxer, my Aunt in Texas Breeds them and has done so for years. I checked the rescues and watched for a pup to become available, but a GSD got to me first. I love the dogs, I look forward to every class that has one in it, I know I am going to have a good day, everyone is going to be able to see how crazy the dog acts and with a bit of patience and focus, PRESTO the dog is now doing the behavior, I seem to be able to get them to do just about everything their owners can't, I must have been one in another life...lol They have a happy go lucky attitude that is infectious, and there looks and antics just make you laugh, you can't or I can't, seem to get mad at them. I better stop or I'll start to be called the "poster child" for Boxers. >>poke at Coalsky<<<LOL :D

Glad I read all the postings beause I was getting ready to say about the same thing as Carolk9s said...You people are quick...LOL Hear! hear! on all you said....I agree... Carry on! :)

Our thoughts are with you...

It's actually a stretched bull's penis. I love having people ask me what it is and seeing the responses I get, if I can get them to hold it (before I tell them) it's even better, especially the guys in my class. Ever seen a bull elephants? That is OMG large :o

OMG Don't even get ME started on this topic. I hear all the time about irresponsible breeders, those who think they know how to breed and have bred many dogs, and they still have no clue when they think it's okay to breed a dog with a small defect, they say " I'm going to breed it out of them with this litter" ie....small muzzle or droopy eyelids, AAGGGHHH I want to take ahold of them like Homer does Bart Simpson. Many dog owners come to me and they (dog) have some type of aggression and they are planning on breeding the dog, I try my best to tell them how the pups will take on the traits of the mom and mimic her attitude from the time they are born. I wish I could take a full page ad out and or put up a billboard to inform people to not buy a pup from these people ( the ones who have no ideal what they are doing). I am pretty patient in my field but this one I do have to count to 10 before I talk to someone when they ask and tell them every dog you have kills a dog at the shelter. Is there any way you can stand somewhere off property when they try and sell the pups to inform people not to buy them or offer a low price for inferior pups? Is that too extreme...anyone? I need to count to 100.......~/:\~

when you check out books also try "Culture Clash" by Jean Donaldson and "On talking Terms with your dog" by Turid Rugaas. Every dog is different how they show body language, your dog that has limited hair on its body may not show piloerection on it's back like the B. Malinois, also short tailed dogs have different carriage of the tail. It takes a long time to study different dogs and how they interact. Dogs learn how to act and react when they are puppies, that's what socializing is about, they learn to speak dog, and how to respond to each other. And with a deaf dog she may not have learned all the subtle signals and tones she needs. Now I don't know your dog, so can only guess. But this may be why you don't see the "normal" things you would look for. She still needs to learn your boss tho, and she shouldn't go after the other dog, you don't allow it. Since we can't be there to help all we can do is lend an ear (or I should say eyeballs?). Check out the books, read and let us know how it goes.

carabiner:an oblong metal ring with one spring-hinged side that is used especially in mountain climbing as a connector and to hold a freely running rope Sorry I spelled it wrong, sorry for the confusion, I was in a hurry :oops: ...LOL Hope that explains it.

I have also used carbingers for clips also and those zip ties that sometimes cops use to tie up hands when they don't have enough handcuffs, they are real strong in holding something. I use both plastic type and metal type crate, the plastic one when she ( my dog) goes to work with me and the metal one at home because she got out of the plastic one at home. I use the above mentioned things on the metal one I think it is a "Lifestages" crate on Petsmart.com. She hasn't escaped from that one "yet."[quote] "Training is an investment in your dog, if your not willing to invest, don't get a dog, get a stuffed toy."[/quote]