[nagdu] Doggie excitement?

[Julie J.]

My technique is to pivot 180 degrees, so I'm facing the opposite direction 
from the excitement.  Then if possible I have the dog sit or hand target or 
anything that gets his attention back on me.  If he's still to excited, I 
walk away from the thing that is exciting the dog.  When the dog settles, I 
try a sit or hand target or whatever to get their attention back on me. 
Slowly we move toward the exciting person, but if at any time the dog gets 
too bouncy, I stop or perhaps back up.  the dog learns that to get what I 
want I must keep composed.

I can tell when Monty sees someone he knows, he gets a prance to his step 
and is more determined in his pull.  He's not unsafe or anywhere out of 
control, so I'm content with it.  I actually kind of like knowing there is 
someone I know approaching.

Now excitement over other dogs...that was insane!  It took a long while to 
work through that issue!

Julie