Hi! I'm new to this site actually I just found it yesterday and am thrilled. I have a year and half chocolate lab named Canela. Canela was trained at home with the assistance of a private trainer. It worked out pretty well except for the fact that Canela has zero socialization skills. My husband and I are older and we don't have many guest but OMG when we do she goes crazy jumping up and down, barking, and NOT obeying any of my commands (unless I constantly feed her). It is too late? Where do I start? Any distraction is a huge problem! Where do I start? Help me please I love Canela to pieces and she's a really good girl but I need to her to have manners. Thank you
Re: Handful to say the least! Hello and welcome! I have two new puppies (5 months) so not much experience, but there's some great advice on the main site: http://www.thelabradorsite.com/no-more-jumping-up/ Others may pipe up with their own experiences, too. It's certainly not too late. It may also be worth looking into clicker training with her. This is how I train and I love it! It makes things so much easier, in my opinion. Here's an overview: http://www.thelabradorsite.com/ten-great-reasons-to-start-clicker-training/ and some more information: http://www.thelabradorsite.com/clicker-training-whats-it-all-about/ Good luck and let us know how you get on
Re: Handful to say the least! Thank you Snowbunny will for sure look into the clicker training and the links you sent.
Re: Handful to say the least! Hi Zulma You are not alone. My husband and I are also pensioners. I have Molly who is 15 months old. She's pretty good most of the time, but when visitors come she goes NUTS. It is a visious circle, the worse she is, the less inclined people are to visit. Once she is over her initial excitement she is fine, but unless you know that there is a lovely calm friendly dog inside this whirling dervish it is very daunting. She often winds up in her crate, which to my mind does not advance her training. My previous dog did much the same, I used to shut her in the kitchen for 5 minutes while people came in, then I'd let her in. She'd dash in, survey the room and give my visitors a look that said "oh, that same old boring lot" and settle down. She was a much smaller dog so I was able to chance it with her. It is very difficult to train for something that only happens from time to time, but I'm slogging away at it
Re: Handful to say the least! from a teeny tiny black 6 year old Labrador known as The DivaDog and her human
Re: Handful to say the least! I have had rescues who were human aggressive so even our soppy happy to meet anyone dogs rarely get to meet visitors, they are either crated or shut in the bedroom while people are here. I just never got into the habit of allowing them to meet people at home and as not everyone is dog friendly or wants to say hello it's best for mine to be away from the action.
Re: Handful to say the least! Welcome to the forum. We have Hattie 7 years and our rescue boy Charlie 4 years. Being consistent and using every opportunity with visitors, postman, delivery man etc. that arises will help. Look forward to hearing how you get on xx Helen
Re: Handful to say the least! Hello! I too am new to the site but not new to training so I thought I would add my thoughts. I like to use every opportunity I can to reinforce and reward self control with our 10 month old girl (Isis). For example, Isis must sit and wait while I get her food ready. No jumping around being crazy so for us it's easier to ask her to maintain some self control at other exciting times (like when we have visitors). Now of course we all know or have heard of visitors that don't help and allow and/or encourage the silly behaviors. When those friends are coming I tend to lean towards using a leash so that they can't undermine my attempts to control my dog. I also have friends that love to help teach Isis proper greeting etiquette. It's worth the effort and each time friends come over we spend about 2 minutes working on it & of course it gets better every time. I prefer that to segregating her from the group with one exception: we don't have many children come to our house so those visits are a whole different story but eventually we will get that worked out as well. This forum is a great resource. Enjoy your pup!
Re: Handful to say the least! Might be a lab thing. Sara, at 5 months, was coming along quite nicely. However, in the last couple of days things have changed. Totally NUTS. She's desparate to jump up on people we meet on walks. I had to carry her out of her favorite store kicking and struggling. We were at puppy class last night. Total disaster. I've never seen her have so much fun. It was like I was invisible and the premium treats were garbage. I'm surprised her tail still works this morning. ;D. Maybe it has to do with her new teeth coming in. Gee, Snowbunny, she's only a couple of weeks older than Willow and shadow. Hehe. (Glad I don't have 2 )
Re: Handful to say the least! [quote author=chrism link=topic=9283.msg133552#msg133552 date=1420050227] Gee, Snowbunny, she's only a couple of weeks older than Willow and shadow. Hehe. (Glad I don't have 2 ) [/quote] Lalala, I'm not listening! :
