| Angie, There are many people out there more experienced than me, however, what you are describing sounds sort of normal to me. She is only 3 1/2 months old? She is obviously a confident, eager, maybe dominant dog. But I don't think that's bad.
Some of what she is doing you can just ignore. Walk away, don't give her any attention for being a nit-wit. Some of it, when she gets too annoying, I would grab her by the sides of her cheeks, look her in the eye, and say "NO!" and repeat that as many times as you have to. Leave her out by herself for a few minutes or put her in her crate. The idea of what works for me is positive attention for the good behavior, ignore the negative when appropriate. Don't let her get too carried away though. You're right to try to stop her before she can't stop herself. They get silly sometimes. But your dog is just a baby, don't forget that. She's supposed to act like a puppy. |