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Originally Posted by clusters  ..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. x x x |
Hehehe, your girl and my Kylie girl were separated at birth, it seems.
This is just pushiness, plain and simple.
One thing, don't have your OH correct her for this behavior towards you--YOU have to be the one to stop it, okay?
The thing is, you're trying to show her what NOT to do, right?
That's fine and dandy, but she's about to go outta her head with energy and the love for you, so you gotta show her what you want her TO DO INSTEAD, okay?
Since she knows her basic obedience, every single time she starts this stuff, give her tasks to do, and reward the heck out of her when she does them. (Okay, you will have to adjust rewards as you go along, as Kylie loses her mind totally with too much happy talk!)
I hope I didn't post this before, but I can't recommend this book enough, easy and fun to read, well-written, total common sense, and inspires you to have fun while getting a well-mannered dog: Pat Miller's
The Power of Positive Dog Training.
Read it, it will change your whole relationship with your silly girl
