Good Morning All...So we tackled the eating problem. I have a feeling the next one wont be quite as easy. Both Jeter and Dakota get very excited when people come to the door. We (my wife, me and the kids) have a lot of friends and in most case people just give a quick knock and walk in. Jeter will bark at the knock and crowd the doorway. He seems to display some excitement and some who is this and do I need to protect type of behavior so I get a little nervous with new people. I have tried to explain to the kids that when they bring new people over they need to explain to them how to walk in to my house. No touch, no talk, no eye contact. Dakota will jump on everyone that comes in. Her tail wagging feverishly. I have tried using the e-collar and timing everything but it is almost impossible to always be "right there" every time someone comes in. I'm not a fan of leaving these collars on them all the time so this is a challenge. When my wife comes in the house they get especially excited. Jeter will even tinkle sometimes. That is particularly annoying. They used to be worse with me but I have learned to turn my back to them and that seems to make it a little better. Thoughts? Ideas?
Well, as to your wife and Jeter, if your wife is speaking to Jeter, have her come into the house, no eye contact, no acknowledgement, no words, with a relaxed posture and an "I don't see you because you don't exist" attitude. Complete non existence.
When Jeter gets tired of not existing and goes away, your wife can wait a few minutes and then calmly walk to Jeter, ask for a sit, then pet.
Another thing to try is to put a drag line on your dog. Then over the course of the next weeks instruct everyone that just walks in to wait until someone answers the door.
So, someone visits, you or someone takes the dog by the drag like to the door to greet people. Have the dog sit and make sure he is calm before you open the door - mark it. Open the door. If he moves from his sit - close the door - put him back in his sit - when he is calm - mark it. Obviously this has to be repeated until you can open the door and he remains seated and calm.
I would do this without real non-family visitors repeatedly a few times a day to help drill this behavior into him.
mark it...when he does the behavior you want, like, acting a fool isn't what you want, but if he / she stops, stands, sits, anything that is calm and non energy, you say "yes!", then food treat. Its part of marker training. Be very careful NOT to mark when energy is up or goofing off, then you re-inforce unwanted behavior.
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