My puppy is not a very gentle guy, but he is very friendly maybe too friendly. He loves people especially kids. Whenever he is out, he keeps running towards strangers and attempts to chase them then jumps up them. People get scared because he is pretty big and he keeps licking. Yesterday a neighbor complained and we might get kick out of our neighborhood. Any help? I try “stay”, “come”, and treats, but whenever he sees a person he forgot me and just runs away? I leashed him when we go out, he is really good with walking next to me, but when a person appears, omg, yanking the leash and running for his life to stranger.
Hi there, what have you done in the way of training so far? And how long have you been training for? Teaching 'stay' and 'come' effectively takes time and patience. And you need to follow an effective program of training. In the meantime, keep your puppy on a leash or long line in situations he has not been trained for. And try to avoid using your cues (sit, stay, come) outside of structured, planned, training sessions, where you cannot control the outcome.
When you say you have tried 'treats', which treats have you tried? You will need to use high value treats to compete with high value environmental reinforcers. So you will need to be using cheddar, frankfurters, any sliced sandwich meat, boiled liver or kidneys and so on... Not just kibble or dried pet store bought treats. Training a dog involves more than just saying words at them which they've never heard before and having treats on your person. You need to follow a systematic training programme at home and ensure you have excellent responses which you are reinforcing, at home... before you try them when you are out. And lastly, prevention is incredibly important: If you know your puppy is liable to ignore you and run to people, then you need to keep him on a long-line to prevent this - whilst you put your treats on his nose, and encourage the response you want. Otherwise, if he repeatedly runs to other people, reaching the other people is only going to reinforce him - and he will only try it again, next time.
