Or she could simply frighten or bother someone who, whether they like dogs or hate them, doesn’t want to be jumped on. Orly could hurt someone by knocking them over or scratching them. What if they are 3 or 5 or 85 years old? Or unsteady on their feet? Or afraid of dogs? Or wearing nice clothes because they’re going to an important meeting or a nice dinner? What if, once she learns it’s OK, she keeps doing it in a few weeks or months when she reaches her full size and 55-65-pound weight? Once she’s learned from you that it’s OK to meet people by jumping, though, she’s going to use that approach with anyone she feels like meeting, and that’s a problem. And they’re out for a walk or at a puppy class, probably not wearing their best clothes. Puppy Orly is unlikely to knock them over or injure them. Well, the people who “don’t mind” that she jumps tend to be young or young-ish, able-bodied adults. (That’s what dog trainers call a “ default behavior,” the behavior that the dog does by default, without having to think about it.) Sitting quietly takes some thought - unless and until sitting quietly becomes deeply fixed in her mind as the one and only way to get to meet new people. What Orly learns each time someone pets her when she jumps is that y can be either.Īnd, because she’s a 5-month-old puppy with poor impulse control and because she’s out of her mind with excitement over the prospect of meeting a new person, jumping is very likely to happen. That’s as true if y is jumping on a person as it is if y is sitting politely. When they see a pattern of do y action get rewarded with food, pets, and affection, they will keep repeating y action. They also love being petted and praised and given treats. When she gets attention for jumping, that teaches her that jumping is allowed.” Instead, I muster my most patient, polite self and say, “I’m trying really hard to teach her not to jump. I want to growl at them, “It’s not about you.” There are always the ones who cheerfully assure me that “it’s OK,” or they “don’t mind.” As they pet her, tell her how cute and good she is, all while she’s jumping on them. Same at puppy class: Most of the people ask her to sit or ignore her when she jumps. And, while most of the people we encounter on walks and who ask to pet the puppy are polite and wait, as asked, until Orly sits, there are always exceptions. And, being an ill-mannered puppy, she expresses her enthusiasm in part by jumping on them.Ĭali was never a huge jumper, and when she was little, I was working at a dog school where everyone enforced the no-attention-if-you’re-jumping rule. On walks, and (very frustratingly) at puppy playtimes, she’s eager to meet people, any people. I’m working on teaching Orly good manners and self-restraint, difficult concepts for a 5-month-old, insanely friendly and curious puppy. That’s how addicting and enjoyable they are.Orly & Cali practice self-restraint, waiting quietly while I fix their dinner. He also makes weekly calendars, which I also bought, and I prefer using my phone calendar, but had to have this just for the quotes. It’s now prominently displayed in our “everything” room, after I read it twice of course. Now Matt, the author, has also written a short book “thoughts of dog”, I had to have it, and I do. Keep in mind, this sells out fast! We missed 2020 for this reason and got another dog calendar, it was not even in the same ballpark! So we pre-ordered 2022, and it’s just waiting to be opened. And now more than ever we can use a little extra healing and live in our lives. It’s written from a dog’s perspective, and is so innocent and “real”. Very short while, both my husband and I fell in love! We actually kept every day from that year to make a book. Now I do t care for one a day calendars, and prior to this one, I was actually disappointed by the gift, until we began to use it in 2019. A while my husband will ask me if the skittle is still under the fridge, lol!
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