Thanks for replying
I am a bit relieved to see others are dealing with this too, because when I go for a walk in the park, Gwenda seems to be the only one bothering other people with her enthousiasm. The problem is in fact that when I walk her in the park she's always off lead and when she sees someone with a dog, she sets out for them, so she's always there before me, therefore I can never correct her when she jumps up on them. And the problem with guests is that they're not really cooperating, some even make it worse.
But since 2 days now, she listens to me much better. She pays much more attention. She even comes back to me at one recall, which is very good for her, knowing she used to ignore my recalls. I've got the feeling she left the stage of puberty allready. Am I mistaken and is the worst yet to come? She is only 7 months old now, but she really doesn't provoke me anymore at all. Except for the jumping on people, but I don't really know if she realizes I don't want her to do that. I havn't been able to be consequent with her at that point.
Is it that cockers tend to calm down a bit growing up? Or are they as much excited when they're 10 as when they're 1 year old.
P.S. There may be some grammatical and spelling mistakes, because English is not my mother tongue, hope that doesn't bother.
Just one last thing; I love reading all the messages on this forum, it's really interesting to see how other cockers are doing, I myself can't stop talking about my own cocker Gwenda. And I think the people around me get tired of all my anekdotes, but she's just so wonderful. She brightens up every day. She is my first dog, but I know for sure there are many more to follow. Just needed to say that.
Tjarda