| Re: Dog "challenging rank?" or just looking for attention
I agree with the above posts - I deal with this issue too. Hudson gets very excited when we have visitors over as well. He is leashed before anyone enters our house. He must sit by my feet while we have guests over. Guests are instructed not to talk to him, pet him or give him any sort of attention until he is sitting calmly by my feet. Nipping is a HUGE no no. I would be stopping this immediately - even if you think it's him 'playing' it's unacceptable. Neither of my dogs are allowed to do any of this. I try not to crate Hudson when we have people over because I want him to be social in the appropriate way with guests. Shelby is great around anyone, she's excited, but doesn't jump, she licks hands, then she's done. I hope Hudson can be like that some day. |