If the owner is that clueless it is probably better to just bite your tongue off!
Neighbours puppy must be about five months old now. We met about three weeks ago, again this morning and same as last time they leashed her up before meeting us. I asked again if she could come off the leash and once again the answer was, "She can but she's not well socialized yet." I bit my tongue. They did let her off to meet Oban though, both times, and she was pretty well behaved and he mostly ignored her.
Then she jumped on me and the woman shushed her down saying No, No. I said she couldn't hurt me and I was wearing my old, grubby dog walking clothes but I would not encourage the puppy to jump. I asked what their word for jumping was. "It's NO. It's NO for everything right now, until she learns and then we'll give different words." I bit my tongue again.
These are nutty ideas they have but I'm just a person walking my dog, what do I know? So I didn't say anything. Would you have?
If the owner is that clueless it is probably better to just bite your tongue off!
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That's always hard. Some guy came over to check on some handyman type things we needed done. He saw my dogs and said, since he used to "breed labs" (e.g. letting his own 2 labs have puppies on 2 occasions means he's a breeder apparently) that he knew how to act around labs and not let them get away with bad behavior. I don't remember exactly what he did, they were super excited to see a new friend ya' know, but it annoyed the heck out of my husband. If they don't ask me for advice, I try to hold my tongue but I agree it's often very hard. Sometimes I'll phrase something more like, "this is what I do/did" rather than "this is what you could try". I figure we give plenty of advice around here and people don't really know if we're legit either.
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That is a tough situation. If I ran into you on the street it would probably be immediately obvious that you were knowledgeable and I would welcome advice. However I hate getting advice from random people who don't know what they're talking about. Since I'm training Bubba to walk loose-leash with a flat collar, there are times at the park when he is pulling to get to another dog before I can regain his attention. The amount of randos who tell me about this amazing tool called a halti or front-clip harness is really getting old.
I don’t think I would mind the not wanting to let the pup off leash ... I don’t think I would let either of my two off around a strange dog no matter what the owner said because I want to maintain control. What if the other dog snaps at them and they run away in terror without having a bombproof recall yet? Or it becomes obvious the other dog is annoyed but they won’t leave him alone and I have no way to enforce it. As for the using “no” for everything, I would probably just have asked “And she doesn’t find that confusing?” in a puzzled tone and if they are open to discussing that possibility, great, if not ... oh well.
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I did tell them Oban's word for jumping was FEET (on the floor) and I told them about the F words and how they are supposed to work.
Puppy is a cutie. It's funny, I've met two Blue Heeler puppies this month and they're about the same age. I wonder if they are litter mates? This one today came from a good ways away though. Still, there aren't many of them here.
Maybe. Maybe not.
I was taught to turn away (repeatedly if necessary) from a jumping-up dog, it is effective with all but the most enthusiastic puppies. On the very rare occasion Achilles jumps up I say 'Off!' in a leader-like tone; I might have mentioned this.
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Tough situation. Fell that sometimes I have had to tie my tongue in knots.
I also use off but do like the feet command for jumping up. Although, when Archie jumps up, he goes straight up and then gently leans into me. There is really no pressure. I use the off when he tries to climb in my lap, not that that's bad but he will try to get up, then down, then up, etc.
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I have a standard line about getting basic obedience training then I offer a reference. There's just not much else to do.
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