Lunging At Everything

[daunting]

I don't mean me personally

Max has a habit of lunging all the time.
Have been working hard with him lately but can't seem to stop this happening.

He lunges at me when he knows i have a treat, when i am doing food, when i walk in the kitchen carrying an arm full of dishes  And he can jump - how i haven't smashed all my plates i don't know
He does it everytime i walk in the same room as him too.
He's literally knocks people of their feet when he lunges   Normally my sons' girlfriend

I try to stop it before he starts but he always gets in the lunge first

Pleased to say that i don't say Max repeatedly throughout the day now  so he is getting better at most things except this.


Edited to add

How did it get in the grooming section ::
Can a kind Mod move for me please

[paddys mum]

No advice to give as such. Im sure someone with much more experience will be along soon, just wanted to say hope things get better soon, Paddy used to do this a bit and I ended up with bruises all over the tops of my legs. So I tended to turn my back when he did this and only turned back when he was calmer or sat down and made a fuss, gave a treat etc.

[tobycat]

Oooo I hope someone can help coz Oscar does this too!

[Cob-Web]

He lunges at me when he knows i have a treat, when i am doing food, when i walk in the kitchen carrying an arm full of dishes   And he can jump - how i haven't smashed all my plates i don't know
He does it everytime i walk in the same room as him too.
He's literally knocks people of their feet when he lunges    Normally my sons' girlfriend

I try to stop it before he starts but he always gets in the lunge first

How to you react to the "lunge"? Molo used to jump/lunge, all the time, and we have reduced it by ensuring that he gets no attention, not even eye contact, until he is is sitting still at our feet  

So, he sits for a treat, and then gets it. He must stand nicely by the puppy-gate across the door before we go through it to him - if he jumps at it, we turn our backs on him. When we walk into the room, he has to be calm before we fuss him - if he jumps/lunges, we walk across the room, ignoring him completely (and trying not to tred on him or trip over in the process) until he is calmer.

If you give him attention when he lunges (even by saying NO or restraining him) you are rewarding the lunging, and he repeats it cos he knows he is going to get a reaction from you  

It is a long process; in fact, until I read your thread and thought about it, I hadn't realised how much better Molo is than he was a few months ago - it does work, but it takes a lot of persevervence, scratched legs and laddered tights  


Good luck!

[daunting]

I think the lunging is the one thing with him i do react most to - probably because it is difficult not to tell him off - especially when carrying things
And he can jump the gate so has to be told no


Maybe i am the one that needs training to keep my mouth shut  any volunteers

Will have to bite my tongue and see how he gets on  

And i so identify with the scratched legs