Excitability: Training Regression
Of late, my Murphey who is now 7 months old has become a chomping/jumping monster when I return home after being away from him especially for long periods of time. As soon as I pull in the driveway he is at the backdoor jumping up looking out window barking and whining in an anxious type "my mommy is home" way. When I pull into garage and he can see me through the door window he begins hopping on his back legs becoming more excited.. Upon opening the door even loudly and firmly using his off and sit commands he is jumping all over me and the teeth are back in full force grabbing and biting because he is so excited to see me! AAAAGGGGHHHH! I miss him too, and yes it makes me feel good to be so missed and have someone so excited to see me, however; it hurts!!! I should also let you know that he is home with my older lab and typically my father is there with the dogs so it is not as if he has been caged for an entire day! This behavior is typical when I am parted from him for some time.. i.e. even when in his cage when I am away from home and he knows this he is acting like this when I get home to uncage and immediately go out to potty.. he sleeps in his cage at night in same room with me and each morning when uncaged he is perfectly fine and walks calmly out to do his business... how do you make a pup not miss you so much and prevent injury and wicked bruises????:confused: