I need a little help here. My dog Rosie is about a year old staffie cross, she's so lovely and sweet and friendly. And usually very well behaved, however we still have a few problems. One thing is that because she is so friendly and loves everyone she meets, she also wants to say hello to everybody, and I mean everybody. She gets so excited when she meets people and always wants to be the centre of the attention. And also, when she's around other dogs she gets really excited and just wants to play non-stop, and I mean non-stop. Ok, this doesn't happen with every single dog but pretty often anyway.. and especially around my in-laws' dogs who don't always appreciate it as they're not so young or playful anymore.. but she still tries and tries and tries. And I guess the other thing is related to this as well.. She is very good on the lead, but only if there's no distractions. :tongue: If she smells something or sees something, she forgets her manners and just goes for it. We've tried to get her more focused on us and she is and gives great eye contact... but only when she wants to. Soooo... Help? :tongue: Any tips from you guys? Her over-excitement isn't about the lack of excercise as she gets plenty of it, on the lead too but mostly off the lead. She's well socialised with other dogs and people. She is just sooooo friendly and curious... I want to teach her that sometimes it's ok to just chill out!
basicloy she should know its up to you not her when its ok to play when she should just stay.. teach her to sit and stay then before the ppl or dogs are there have her stay.. make sure she does while then introducing the pets or ppl into the situation making her continue sitting calmly... then allow her to play..on your command
That's basically how we've been doing it. She sits and stays very well when lets say we're at home or on a walk, but she gets so distracted by other dogs and some people too that she just forgets I guess...
thats the hardest to brewak sometimes that excitability how olds she? i had a fox years ago it wasnt hard litter trainning her she was very freindly with pplk and animals but when new ppl would come over shed get extremly excited & forget or im not sure its really they forget just the excitement makes em wanna play more then just pay attention to you try keeping her focus with treats or a toy what breed? i remember seeing a pic
now i remember her and got a creative idea she got a fave toy like rope toy? tie it to center of lead..when her attention shifts give it a shake to get her attention on it.. instead of them.. then 2-3 min of staying b4 lettin her play. & increase it
if you still need help, i can send you a very short video it is easier for me than to write it all down i am not bad at dog training
will have the video ready for tommorow olymic bullshitter is right i made the mistake of treating my first dog like a baby, big mistake i have spoken to a friend who trained my current dog for a few tips first what are her sleeping arrangements what are the arrangements when you go out no toys in your house/living area(this defines boundries for pup - this is your kennel, not hers) if you take her for a walk, use a lead and a choker chain(that sounds horrible,but it isn't and you won't use it forever) kosmic blue, i will get the video organised. it will be so easy to understand when you can see it
kosmic, i have sent two very short videos to your inbox please just take what you want, i won't be offended if it is not for you also fist time doing video when i first read this thread, i was a little stoned...having re read the thread there are some great ideas. i might adopt a few ideas. when i first read Soaring eagles post, i couldn't understand it. reading it again, it sounds great
video is downloading right now, had a few problems(no idea what i was doing lol) rather than kosmic passing around the video i would prefer to send it myself one it is downloaded, it is easier so i hope it is ok to send it to your pm boxes edited to say signed, sealed and delivered too KosmicBlue and Crummymommy wasn't sure who bella was
oops, sorry about the name lol i hope they helped, just thinking i migh have not got to the point. IMPORTANT in the second video i made a mistake intead of saying rosie come, rosie come, Say good girl rosie, good girl rosie if she comes on her accord encouragement is the name of the game
I have a pit bull and have had a few. One actually was a staffie, First be glad those are all the problems you have haha, overfreindlyness is a good thing in staffies and just a breed characteristic. The main thing as far as to much energy goes is, those dogs need excersize on a dailly basis. Do you un her? let her pull you on a skate board? bike rides? do this everymorning and she will be more mellow for the rest of the day, especially if you have company and dont want her being overly excited, go on a bike ride before. Just be consistent with training, take her to the park or places were she would be easily distracted and teach her to stay when told, or actually how is she off leash? does she come when called?
