Which is the better way to train a dog to not go crazy (jumping on, etc) visitors to the house?
1) Crate them before letting the visitor in, trying to let the pup calm down. Once the pup is seemingly calm, let pup out of the crate to approach visitor. Once bad behavior starts, correct pup.
2) Let the pup stay out when visitor comes in, giving a calming command to the pup. When bad behavior starts, correct them.
I look at #2 as trusting and hoping for the best, and #1 as anticipating and planning for the worst. :D
I've been using method 2 with Bella, but I'm wondering if I should use method 1. She's 11.5 months old and still embarrassingly bad when we get visitors. I don't let visitors give her attention when she's bad, but she's still just as obnoxious around them--every single time. It's like she's a bulldog or something!
1) Crate them before letting the visitor in, trying to let the pup calm down. Once the pup is seemingly calm, let pup out of the crate to approach visitor. Once bad behavior starts, correct pup.
2) Let the pup stay out when visitor comes in, giving a calming command to the pup. When bad behavior starts, correct them.
I look at #2 as trusting and hoping for the best, and #1 as anticipating and planning for the worst. :D
I've been using method 2 with Bella, but I'm wondering if I should use method 1. She's 11.5 months old and still embarrassingly bad when we get visitors. I don't let visitors give her attention when she's bad, but she's still just as obnoxious around them--every single time. It's like she's a bulldog or something!