[nagdu] Behaviour question

Sun Mar 15 13:25:26 UTC 2015

Hello Tami,

thanks for sharing your experience.
I'm glad I have some things I can try to work with now. So I won't feel so 
passive anymore.
I'm also optimistic, Taylor will get better with it because normally, he is 
learning things very quickly and once he has understood what I want from 
him, he's very willing to do that.

Lisa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tami Jarvis" <tami at poodlemutt.com>
To: "Lisa" <dreamymarmot93 at yahoo.de>; "NAGDU Mailing List, the National 
Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Behaviour question

> Lisa,
>
> Those techniques should help a lot, once you start to get a handle on the 
> exuberance.
>
> It can also really help if you can convince the people who come in to be 
> greeted will just stop and turn away from Taylor until he stops jump;ing, 
> then turn to look at him, then turn away when he gets excited, then look 
> when he settles... If you have a friend or two who can just come in and 
> out and play that game, it might take you a long way. When Mitzi was 
> young, I had a neighbor and her kid who would do that with Mitzi, and it 
> was great. The kid thought it was a great game, so we all had fun even. 
> /smile/ At the time, Mitzi was still reserved, but she adored them and 
> started going nuts when she saw them. By the time she was relaxed enough 
> to greet others, she had learned nice greeting manners from them. Whew!
>
> We've had more trouble with my husband's dog, since she is super excited 
> to jump on people and is also built like a brick. We're always afraid 
> she's going to break someone. For some reason, my family has not been able 
> to figure out about just stopping and ignoring her, so it's ben difficult. 
> She's 3 and a half now, so much better, but I had to bring in a 
> professional trainer to walk in and out of the door ignoring the dog to 
> get her started on settling down. I also taught her to sit at the end of 
> the carpet before the entryway, which helped some. I think Loki is getting 
> some benefit from my ongoing work with Zay (the pet), but I do need to 
> remember to give my family instructions for the round of upcoming visits. 
> Sigh.
>
> Good luck! I think you're on the right track.
>
> Tami
>
> On 03/14/2015 07:32 AM, Lisa via nagdu wrote:
>> Hi Daryl,
>>
>> thanks for your quick reply!
>> The first advice regarding the toy definitely helps.
>> And I can understand the solution with lying down when he jumped up to
>> people. I think when we try this, I have to take him on a short leash or
>> something because otherwise, he would lie down for 10 seconds and then
>> jump up again because the new person is still around and still so
>> interesting. On leash, I could prevent him from getting up again, after
>> he has lied down. Will have to see how this works for us.
>>
>> Thanks again! :)
>> Lisa
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Marie via nagdu"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 3:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Behaviour question
>>
>>
>>> Heya, Lisa!
>>>
>>> In the first couple months with Jenny, she had a similar problem of
>>> jumping at people or up for toys.  It was a behavior I actively
>>> discouraged, and what I found worked for us was the following:
>>>
>>> If she jumped at a toy, a stern "No jumping!", the toy gets put down,
>>> dog goes to bed, play is over, PERIOD.  I did this... I think twice,
>>> and it caught on right away.  I seriously don't remember the last time
>>> it happened.
>>>
>>> As for people, we wound up with a similar issue, and we treated it in
>>> a similar way.  Dog jumps up on someone, a firm "No jumping, lay
>>> down!"  Dog cannot jump while laying down.  This jumping behavior will
>>> likely continue so long as the person actually reacts, because it
>>> reinforces it.  If the person turns their back on him, it shows him
>>> that he will not get the attention from them, which he wants in the
>>> first place.
>>>
>>> Does this help?
>>>
>>>
>>> Daryl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org> Sent: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 07:46:45 -0600 (MDT)
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Behaviour question  Hello everyone! I'm coming to you
>>> with a question once again. Just to give you the basic info: I have a
>>> 3-year-old lab named Taylor. I got him in September 2014. We work alot
>>> on different things and it's amazing to see his or our progress. My
>>> question is not about his guidework but about his behaviour when
>>> people come to visit or when we stop and talk to people outside. He
>>> wants to jump up on people (is that the right term? Sorry, if not. I
>>> think you know what I mean) and just gets too wild and excited when I
>>> start to talk to people, also strangers. When people come into our
>>> apartment and don't ignore him completely, he jumps up on them several
>>> times, starts to run in circles around them and gets all excited.
>>> Depending on how the person reacts, it stops soon or gets worse and
>>> worse. Of course I try to forbid him to jump everytime. I also try to
>>> let him sit after a short greeting. But I just feel I haven't found
>>> the best solution to control him in such a situation yet. Especially
>>> here in the apartment, I of course don't have him on a leash and
>>> therefore have to think of other things to do to stop him from getting
>>> too excited. Do you have any strategies or exercises for me that could
>>> help me fix this issue? It's just very unpleasant, this surprised
>>> reaction from people who are often like "He is a trained service dog.
>>> Why is he behaving like this?" best wishes from Germany Lisa
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