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[tasillo]

Training Nina(who is 18 weeks) is an ongoing thing.She is an amazing addition and a very well behaved dog.
But ofcourse there are a few exceptions. I take her to drop off the kids at school as well as to pick them up at the bus stop.
This is when the problems...well i shouldnt say problems...but issues come up.
I dont have to tell you how much she LOVES kids....whenever she sees one she goes hyper. So i am trying to keep her calm and in a sitting position...which she was doing today...until a kid comes up who has a dog and loves dogs...anyways she showes her mitten in Ninas mouth and i tell her DONT do that as she will think its ok to bite and will do it to my kids.....well she continues to play ...Nina hugs her...pawing her all over and then they expect her to calm and stop jumping...just like that....ofcourse i could not control it...as i was busy with my 3 year old....so Nina keeps jumping ...then all the parents give me the evil EYES...like control that THING.
I really dont want to stop bringing her to the bus stop....but is this the only choice i have....i cant control other peoples kids....i tell them to stop and thEY JUST DONT LISTEN!!!!
any advice??

 

[vichy]

Buster also LOVES kids and have found out that they are pretty funny creatures.... They are just the perfect height to play with and they might have something sweet smeared around their mouths....!!!

Well the good(????) thing here in Hong Kong is that most kids are very afraid of dogs so we usually have the opposite problem with kids running away from Buster which really makes him want to play..I try to tell kids in a firm voice that they shouldn´t run or shout near Buster as it WILL make him want to come up to them.

As for your problem I can understand that you don´t want Nina to jump or bite the kids, but it is pretty good training and if the parents are there and don´t say anything I wouldn´t care to much myself, even if I know it´s hard because you feel the responsability...and you don´t want her to do it to your own kids. Maybe you can try to train her to sit still until you allow her to say hello?? We have done that with Buster when he is of leash and he meets other dogs, he is not allowed to say hello until we let him. It works with a lot of patience and goodies... ...Good luck!!! Boxer kisses to Nina from Buster.

Vicky and Buster