Question by Trigger: How do I stop my dog getting over excited around children when he is off lead and jumping up at them?
He is a 18month old Giant Schnauzer, he has been done. Most of the time he is ok but sometimes he just sees a child and takes off and then jumps at them, knocking them over. I’m at my wits end because I am contantly looking for children, we have 2 small children of our own and he generally is fine with them, unless he gets over excited. Help?????
Thanks for the advice guys
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Answer by Launi *Troll is back* Shoot it.
Don’t let him off lead! When other children are around put a lead on him make him sit/stay until he calms. It is excitement which is controllable. YOU have the means to control it, use them.
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i agree with the other answerer.
or just ask cesar millan.
Make sure you have him on the lead until you have him well trained to be around children. If you don’t try to train and control it then there is no way he will stop because he thinks that is what he should do as learned.
I have lost count of the number of times my partner has “corrected” dogs of this age getting “over excited”.
Get hold of “The Dog Listener” by Jan Fennell, and take some time to “chill him out” and let him know that she doesn’t have to worry, and for now, keep him on the lead if you take him out, the last thing you want is someone getting hurt.
If you contact me direct I can put you in touch with someone local to you who will be able to help, but this will entail some expense and everything you need is in Jan’s book.
Your Giant Schnauzer is still a puppy! Are you doing any training with him? If not, you need to start…I find whenever an issue crops up with my dog, I address that issue. First, I know you know that this big boy needs LOTS of exercise. Make sure you do that before training sessions. Then work on the basics…but most of all, “watch me”. Watch his body language and if he starts to get excited, make him take it down a notch…use the “watch me”,and sit or down and wait until you see him relax. Then give him the OK to play again. But the important thing is to then move your training to where your problem is. Ask your friends to bring their kids over and have a training session with them around. Do “watch me” and down while the kids are playing a few feet away. Keep him on lead until you think he’s listening well, then try him off lead. You can take him by a park, and do a few basics on lead with people and kids as his background noise. The noise and movement will trigger excitement so you have to keep working with these distractions around . Maybe you can jog with him and the kids to desensitize him to their movement. These dogs are way smart…you just have to keep working with him until he knows what you want! Good luck.
enlist some children to help. put him on the leash, then walk him over to the children. tell them to talk quietly. now, introduce the dog to the kids, emphasizing to the dog your “stay down” command, while the children say it also (we also use a hand signal). When he is calm, let him off the leash, everyone using the command(s) for stay down. The minute he jumps, back on the leash and has to sit down, and you give attention to the children. Eventually, after one or two sessions, have the kids be noisy and run around during the session. You give treats, not the kids, for a reward after a session (or during, but again, only you give the treats). It also helps to record children’s voices at play and play it at home and have another session learning to calm down and obeying commands. Have the children run around your house for a session, while you keep him indoors and obeying commands like”calm down”, and give a treat. have treats when you walk him to reward if he turns to you for a treat instead of running after a child.
He will calm over time with maturity but I can understand how that doesn’t help you now. My dog does the same thing as we have 3 kids but she is a 20 lb dog. I can’t imagine how difficult it must be for you with a giant breed.
Is there certain situations where he gets excited? I know for my dog it is when the kids start a game of chase through the house. I have found that giving her a toy to carry she is less likely to jump up for some reason. The other thing you can do is practice it with him. Have the kids do their kid thing, yelling or jumping around while you have him on lead. What I use is the ‘leave it’ command and I run her through her commands that she knows and keep her distracted. It has helped because now when they get excited and start running around, she looks to me first and will come over and sit to get a treat. It did take a lot of practice but it is paying off.
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