I also don't want my dog to like all people, and have no problem if my dog growls at strangers. I don't want strangers touching my dogs without me interacting with the person first. There are many trainers who want to take this form of aggression out of dogs. If my dog bites someone who approaches my dog while I have her on a leash after I told them she is not good with strangers, shame on that person. I would teach my child, to not interact with strangers as well. This is what I consider ideal. Maybe some say, "what if my dog escapses". Well shame on me. I have not had it happen yet over 20 years of owning and training dogs.
How do the rest of you feel? Do you feel like some advice just does not fit in to what you consider an ideal dog?
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There are many different training methods out there and one doesn't just fit every dog, as you said. If you want a dog for protection, you aren't going to sign up for your local basic obedience classes using positive reinforcement. Just as you don't go to one doctor for all of your medial needs (my internist won't fill my cavities, my dentist won't adjust my back, etc.), I feel it's the same with training. It depends on how you want your dog to behave. I find it hilarious that people think no matter what their dog does, they are trying to 'dominate' them. Our dogs are allowed on our furniture. They have to ask first (they do so with a paw up), but we taught them that because we have company that comes over who may not want our drooling AmStaffs on the couch with them. They may weigh 70 pounds, but they still try to sit on my lap. This isn't because they are dominant, but because they love to cuddle. People watch too much tv and believe everything they see on it.
Jumping dogs drive me nuts. When we were training our youngest, it would really tick me off when she would jump, I would correct her and someone would say 'no, it's okay.' It's not okay. She will be a big dog one day and then she's going to knock someone over. We have friends who think its adorable that their labs jump on everyone that enters the house. Acceptable for them, not for us. People definitely have different views of what is acceptable and what is not. Our dogs are allowed on furniture, my dad doesn't allow his dogs on furniture. Our dogs aren't allowed on our bed, but my bestfriend lets her dogs sleep with her. To each their own. I did find it funny in my very first training class that someone tried to tell me we should always eat before our dogs do or they will think they are the boss. Really? Just because I ate a few potato chips before Max and Lily got their kibble on the floor, they're going to think they own the house? But some people really believe this. My dogs sit for their food. They wait until they are given a release signal to eat. I don't make my children do that. We eat as we please. I seriously doubt they think they're at an elevated status because I fed them their kibble before I took a half hour making a complete breakfast for my husband and kids, of which they got none. To each their own, and whatever works for your individual dog, though.
While I agree that it is shame on someone for approaching YOUR dog even after you have said it doesn't like strangers, I don't think the court will see it that way if it bites a child. The problem is not your dog, but children these days. Their parents don't teach them about dogs. We have a little 'biter' in the neighborhood who is in the middle of a dangerous dog hearing and his owners may lose him. He is an extremely nasty little purebred Jack Russell from questionable lineage (pet store pup) that has bit almost every child in a two block radius. Why should the owner not be allowed to walk his dog? It's not HIS fault that these stupid kids coming running right up to him and stick their hands out. However, their parents don't agree and have sued. The parents have won and medical bills have had to be paid. After all of this, the dog is likely going to lose it's life. Why? Because people don't ask. They just see a small, cute dog and reach for it. While I agree with you, the courts don't see it our way.
My dogs are extremely friendly, it's inherent in the breed and there wasn't a thing we could do about it even if we wanted to. They welcome strangers with open arms. We are fine with that.
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- it can be hard to train them to do stuff like that and only bark at certain people i've had my dog for 5 years and she still barks at friends that she has seen many times
- i wish my dog was like that she is the friendliest puppy to all people but if she meets a new dog she will FLIP OUT. she will growl, stand up and try to make the other one become submisive altho never actualy hurts the other dog
- research the breed of the dog. base your training on it's natural instincts. 10 weeks is very young for obedience training. Try the umbilical cord approach. Keep the dog's leash on (inside the house too), and tie the other end to your belt. The dog will learn you are the boss and will want to please you.
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