Originally Posted by clusters

Hi,

Sorry to be late in my reply. and by the way - it's a bit long but I wanted to try and give you as much info as possible.

For an overview of what I do-
I ALWAYS walk through a door (or into a new space) first.
I eat before her and then gesture eat with her food, she has to sit and wait before I let her eat.
When I say 'firm' I mean that she isn't pampered and doesn't get away with bad behaviour. I correct her with an 'AH' noise (as she seems to respond better to this)
She is taken out twice a day, every day, for up to 3 hrs in total
I feed her
She is allowed on the sofa when she has become relaxed on the floor and only when I invite her up.
I don't allow her to be above me
I do training/games with her every day too

I think that's most of it!! I will have a look at the NILF technique - it's not one I have come across so hopefully there will be some good tips in there for me.

When I mentioned that she is always 'at' me, what I mean by that is she will mouth at my arms and hands, if I try to move her away by standing up and moving towards her she just comes at me more. If I ignore her, she does everything she can to get noticed like jumping at me, pawing at me (which sometimes feels like I'm in the ring with Mike Tyson!), she will sometimes drop her front end down and have her back end up- pupils are massive and she makes funny noises and then lurches at me.

Non of it is aggressive (no snarling etc) it just seems dominant. My OH will try to stop her but as soon as he backs away, she will be at me again. I don't let her lean on me or put her paws on top of my lap etc

Hopefully that has given you a better insight, maybe I am doing something wrong??

x x x