I always make mine move or they move right before I get to them for they just know I will say move for sometimes I try to just step around or over and then all of a sudden they get up and we get off balance so to avoid that I always say move

 

hrm, most of the time when i'm moving, riley is too... she follows me around like a, well, puppy dog, lol.
but for that reason, if not for anything else, i make her move because you could end up injuring both of yourselves.

We do a lot of "those" things, including making sure we are the first ones to walk through open doorways (she has to sit politely and wait) and being invited up on furniture, etc. Since we've been really consistent and adamant about those things, her self control has improved greatly.

 

Two of my three permanent dogs automatically move out of our way without us having to ask. My old guy has trouble getting up sometimes so he gets a pass.

But, we do teach everyone that "beep beep" means get your hairy self out of my way. It is really funny when someone else hears us say that to them and then watches them follow the request!

 

My dogs will move if I ask them. I don't usually ask them.

 

Funny this is posted today. I got into a war with this and Mandi last night.

I got to the doorway from the kitchen to the hallway where she likes to lay. I told her to move and she looked at me. I nudge her with my foot and more sternly told her to move. (Now I have a teething 5 month old in my arms screaming so I am not in any mood to play games at this point.) Mandalay stretches out on her side and lets out a loud moan and groan as she gets comfortable...IN THE DOORWAY!!

I walk back, put the baby in the high chair, screaming even more now, go back to Mandi and attempt to pick her up to move her. Her body goes limp. We all know a limp dog weighs 10 times what a firm dog weighs, so I am trying to pick up this dog that now feels like she weighs about 700 pounds. I have her abdomen off the ground, but her head and butt are still laying on the floor.

My 6yo comes over and asks what I'm doing. "Try...ing..to...moooov...the...dog!" I have to stop and take a breath. I jump in place, stomping my feet. "MANDI! MANDI!!" She grumbles and refuses to look at me. "I know you hear me dog!!"

6yo now asks me why I did not just tell Mandalay to move. Like I had not thought of that. She walks about 5 feet away and calls to Mandi.

THAT DOG then jumps up as if nothing out of the ordinary is going on and trots over to my daughter, tail wagging. On her way over there, she actually had the nerve to look over her shoulder and grin at me. THE DOG WAS MOCKING ME!!

She will rarely get into a battle like this with me, but when she does, she really does.

 

Originally Posted By: RemoBut, we do teach everyone that "beep beep" means get your hairy self out of my way. It is really funny when someone else hears us say that to them and then watches them follow the request!

I LOVE this, lol! I'm going to steal that from you if you don't mind!

 

Originally Posted By: MandalayTHE DOG WAS MOCKING ME!!

I love the sigh and then the backwards look over the shoulder. lol they are sooo rediculous sometimes!

 

We do beep, beep if Oz is on the couch, then dh tells him "The Giant Ass" (mine) is coming in for a landing.

It really depends on whether they are awake and testing me or if they are in a good sleep. If they are awake and not totally relaxed, I ask them to move, if they are sleeping or just relaxed completely, then I walk around them, over them or find an alternate route.

 

I was about 50/50 with James as he didn't have many dominant tendencies. If he was down and comfy I would say stay if I was stepping over him. If he was down but not 100% comfy and relaxed I would get him up and moving. If he was standing no contest he moved not me.

My cattledog was a velcro dog with very dominant tendencies but even if she was down and comfy if I had to get where she was she was directed somewhere else. And if I was up and moving all over cleaning, getting dinner, whatever she was given a spot out of hte way and told to down stay until I was done to save us both the aggravation of having to move her 100bazillion times.

 

I work with my dogs and students' dogs to stay in position while we walk around, stand behind or walk over them. We also stand straddled over them while making loud noises or stomping our feet.

Part of this is for trust - many dogs are concerned when we are out of sight, even more if we are behind them. The other part is that stay is a command no matter what is going on.

If my dogs are lying in my path, I may tell them to move or I may say 'stay' and walk over them.

Doesn't matter which one from the dogs' standpoint, since they are following a command. It matters from your standpoint, because if you have not proofed them to stay, they could move and trip you.

 

I always make mine move, i would really hate to try to step over them and fall on them. But usually they are really good about moving when they see me coming.

 

If the dog is just standing there in the way, we make them move.

If the dog is lying all comfy, sprawled out on the floor, we just step over or around unless we're carrying something or they are seriously blocking the path. Never had one suddenly stand up and trip us if we step over. Usually they barely notice.

From a dominance "who's in charge" standpoint, I don't honestly think it matters. It would be a very rare dog who would read anything into it. But then we've never followed any of those rules... our dogs tend to eat first, we allow them on the bed and furniture, we step around them, and yet there's never been any rank confusion problems with any of them.

 

Quote:If the dog is just standing there in the way, we make them move.

If the dog is lying all comfy, sprawled out on the floor, we just step over or around unless we're carrying something or they are seriously blocking the path. Never had one suddenly stand up and trip us if we step over. Usually they barely notice.

That's exactly what I do.

 

Yep us too.

Max is notorious for always managing to be in the way. I don't think this is any dominance deal as he really has no isuues with that, I would see it in other aspects of our relationship if it were. I just think it is just Max being Max.

Kayos and Havoc are much better and being close by but not right in the middle of where I am walking.

 

Originally Posted By: MandalayFunny this is posted today. I got into a war with this and Mandi last night.

I got to the doorway from the kitchen to the hallway where she likes to lay. I told her to move and she looked at me. I nudge her with my foot and more sternly told her to move. (Now I have a teething 5 month old in my arms screaming so I am not in any mood to play games at this point.) Mandalay stretches out on her side and lets out a loud moan and groan as she gets comfortable...IN THE DOORWAY!!

I walk back, put the baby in the high chair, screaming even more now, go back to Mandi and attempt to pick her up to move her. Her body goes limp. We all know a limp dog weighs 10 times what a firm dog weighs, so I am trying to pick up this dog that now feels like she weighs about 700 pounds. I have her abdomen off the ground, but her head and butt are still laying on the floor.

My 6yo comes over and asks what I'm doing. "Try...ing..to...moooov...the...dog!" I have to stop and take a breath. I jump in place, stomping my feet. "MANDI! MANDI!!" She grumbles and refuses to look at me. "I know you hear me dog!!"

6yo now asks me why I did not just tell Mandalay to move. Like I had not thought of that. She walks about 5 feet away and calls to Mandi.

THAT DOG then jumps up as if nothing out of the ordinary is going on and trots over to my daughter, tail wagging. On her way over there, she actually had the nerve to look over her shoulder and grin at me. THE DOG WAS MOCKING ME!!

She will rarely get into a battle like this with me, but when she does, she really does.

Best story EVER! I had a GSD years ago that would mock me in a similiar manner. Ooooh... that dog could get my goat!