Jumping up on strangers when we're out

[tenaille]

hmmm, now Martha has reached 18 weeks I only seem to own rather tattered doggy clothes, I'm sure they were smart before she arrived though

[Londongirl]

I see lots of people WITH DOGS smartly dressed, whereas I look like I've just come off a trek in the Himalyas. None of the people, I should say, have a spaniel.

[bizzylizzy]

OK well if things seem to be getting really ugly you could try, 'You're that flasher the police are looking for!' and get your phone out. 

 

Martha can do this as well sometimes, very annoying but how to stop it ?
Europeans seen a lot cooler, my Bryn cocker once pee'd against the leg of a French gentleman we were talking too - he just shook his trouser leg and shoe and continued the conversation without blinking an eye about it.

We're currently in the Provence (and if its any consolation, its POURED all day  ) but have to agree, the French are quite amazing, there're very little restrictions anywhere, their dogs are totally laid back and we've been welcomed everywhere!
(And Londongirl - Henry's not on his own, have exactly the same problem, but was told by a french lady today, I shouldn't worry, he'll learn - humans have to go to school for 9 years, I shouldn't expect perfection at 12 months! I replied that I hope it doesn't take him that long!)

[Londongirl]

*packs bags, moves to France*

[bizzylizzy]

 

*packs bags, moves to France*

We're here for another week, so hurry up, Henry and Humphrey ('umpfriiee) will have a ball!!!
 

[Londongirl]

*packs bags, moves to France*

We're here for another week, so hurry up, Henry and Humphrey ('umpfriiee) will have a ball!!!
 

Umpffiiee. 

[Redked]

This is Bonnie's one remaining (well, there's more than one but hey who's counting?) issue that we just cannot stop. And we also had an incident with a man in cream trousers and this was only last year,  not the puppy stage He was not amused even after I apologised. Why walk a dog in cream trousers?? 

We have tried from the very beginning to stop this little cocker quirk but after 3 years plus I give up. I think it's an impossible one when people (unintentionally) reinforce the behaviour and I'm not about to shout at lovely people who fuss her when she jumps up.  We have always ignored jumping up and do not fuss her until she has 4 paws on the floor but others walk past,  stop to fuss her and then carry on fussing her while she jumps up. So I'm not going to tell them to stop or ignore nice people just so I can have a perfect dog......but it would be soooooo nice to have a perfect dog 

[Londongirl]

That's the thing, isn't it? Just this afternoon, after I'd posted this, we ran into a lady on the street who remembered seeing Henry as a tiny pup. As soon as she said hello, up he went and she was so delighted, chatting away to him about how lovely he was and how much he'd grown, ruffling his ears and chuckling his chin, and I just couldn't bear to drag him down or ask her to stop.

[Finvarra]

Yep, this is Dylan's biggest thing, we've managed get him to just say hello to other dogs and then move on, but it,s the people thing, he just thinks it's his mission in life to say hallo to every person in the world. And when we try and get hi to stop, some person comes along and fusses him and rewards his bad behaviour. So what can you do  . At least he's not biting their feet, li,e our Jack Russell did 

Lesley and dylan

[hoover]

I think you're doing the right things, it just is a very hard one.  We pre-empt it as much as we can and if he does jump up to someone we tell him sternly 'No, Ollie, get down', regardless of whether it is a welcome greeting for the person in question or not.  If they are welcoming it we just say nicely and with an apologetic smile 'sorry, we're trying to train him not to jump up!' because a lot of the time they'll say 'o he's ok!'