I have an 8 month old lab who never jumps on guests or visitors inside the house and never jumps on us but when she is outside if we are greeted by a neighbor or someone we know she always tries to jump. This behavior seems to be getting better over time as she gets older but it still happens.
The worst is when we go for our runs and someone is passing by on the sidewalk she always tries to say hello to that person by sort of lunging, or walking sideways and turning her head when we pass which obviously makes running a little difficult because then I trip over her. It takes a lot of people off-guard and strangers get scared thinking she may bite but she is just friendly and wants to say hello to EVERYONE. I particularly notice this behavior at night (I dont know if its because her senses are heightened therefore her reactions to situations are heightened) I want to find a way to correct this behavior, we've been successful with clicker training so I had some ideas for how to correct it by just brining that along and yummy treats and just distracting her as people go by but I'm not really sure if thats a long term solution. I am interested in anyone else has had this problem and if its just a "puppy thing" that passes OR if it isnt how you corrected the behavior.
The worst is when we go for our runs and someone is passing by on the sidewalk she always tries to say hello to that person by sort of lunging, or walking sideways and turning her head when we pass which obviously makes running a little difficult because then I trip over her. It takes a lot of people off-guard and strangers get scared thinking she may bite but she is just friendly and wants to say hello to EVERYONE. I particularly notice this behavior at night (I dont know if its because her senses are heightened therefore her reactions to situations are heightened) I want to find a way to correct this behavior, we've been successful with clicker training so I had some ideas for how to correct it by just brining that along and yummy treats and just distracting her as people go by but I'm not really sure if thats a long term solution. I am interested in anyone else has had this problem and if its just a "puppy thing" that passes OR if it isnt how you corrected the behavior.