Hello there,
So my puppy is 3 and half months old now at 20lb, but she still tries to greet everyone she meets and gets all over-excited about it. During puppy classes, she is a bit timid at first with other dogs (because of some prior issues with an aggressive dog) but she is the ONLY puppy in the entire class who tries to jump on and greet every single human in the class.
When we take our walks, she tries to greet everyone as well. And because of her cute puppy face, 1/3 of the time people (from the opposite direction) lower their hand intentionally to pet/high-five her while they walk by us, 1/3 of the time she tries to jump at passengers while I try to pull her away but the person being jumped at would turn to her and give her lots of of attention and pets before I can do anything, 1/3 of the time I manage to pull her away before she gets close enough, but the fact that a cute puppy tries to approach them make people give out praises and squeals and my puppy clearly enjoys the attention. So unless I paint "IGNORE her when she jumps" on her furs, I don't think I can train her to ignore people as everyone who passes by encourage her enthusiasm furthermore. She is fine with me and the guests at home though because I gave her the training of never jumping to get my nor my friends' attention at home, however, this seems to make her want to jump at the friendly strangers on the streets even more!
So I am only hoping that the "aloofness towards strangers" in GSDs trait will come up soon before she gets too big. She has mastered a solid "sit" and recall if we are at least 50 meters away from single people and 200 meters away from any major party (she once runs to a bonfire where lots of people gather while we play fetch on the other side of the park), but if there is anything fun nearby she gets too excited and nothing works...Anyway I read online that socialization period ends at 16 weeks, so roughly only two more weeks to go before she calms down and start to ignore strangers on the streets?
Thanks for your feedback,
J
p.s. I have met both of her parents and her 1.5 yr brother, all of them pretty much ignore me while I go visit the pups. The mom was watching me intensely the whole time as I go through her pups, though none of them was ever aggressive with me except when they bark as I knock on the door.
So my puppy is 3 and half months old now at 20lb, but she still tries to greet everyone she meets and gets all over-excited about it. During puppy classes, she is a bit timid at first with other dogs (because of some prior issues with an aggressive dog) but she is the ONLY puppy in the entire class who tries to jump on and greet every single human in the class.
When we take our walks, she tries to greet everyone as well. And because of her cute puppy face, 1/3 of the time people (from the opposite direction) lower their hand intentionally to pet/high-five her while they walk by us, 1/3 of the time she tries to jump at passengers while I try to pull her away but the person being jumped at would turn to her and give her lots of of attention and pets before I can do anything, 1/3 of the time I manage to pull her away before she gets close enough, but the fact that a cute puppy tries to approach them make people give out praises and squeals and my puppy clearly enjoys the attention. So unless I paint "IGNORE her when she jumps" on her furs, I don't think I can train her to ignore people as everyone who passes by encourage her enthusiasm furthermore. She is fine with me and the guests at home though because I gave her the training of never jumping to get my nor my friends' attention at home, however, this seems to make her want to jump at the friendly strangers on the streets even more!
So I am only hoping that the "aloofness towards strangers" in GSDs trait will come up soon before she gets too big. She has mastered a solid "sit" and recall if we are at least 50 meters away from single people and 200 meters away from any major party (she once runs to a bonfire where lots of people gather while we play fetch on the other side of the park), but if there is anything fun nearby she gets too excited and nothing works...Anyway I read online that socialization period ends at 16 weeks, so roughly only two more weeks to go before she calms down and start to ignore strangers on the streets?
Thanks for your feedback,
J
p.s. I have met both of her parents and her 1.5 yr brother, all of them pretty much ignore me while I go visit the pups. The mom was watching me intensely the whole time as I go through her pups, though none of them was ever aggressive with me except when they bark as I knock on the door.