jcwinks

Hey - just tried the growling - Cleo walked away and lay down. I'll have to check out that book!

whitepoodles

JCWINKS
You cracked me up... ROFLMAO....
So you did growl at Cleo, didnt you ??? It worked didnt it?
Maybe we should try this on our husbands.. they do as you know get out of line at times. Ha !!! Thank God he doesnt read the post or he will serve me with papers...

bluespoomommy

haha growling! maybe it works. i'll have to try. mochi doesn't 'grab' strangers because she only gets excited when she sees family. but definitely does it when she's excited.

maybe it doesn't work for every dog though. my mother has a 5 year old dog who gets really annoyed when mochi gets way to excited for her preference...she GROWLS at mochi which doesn't seem to deter her much, but when she snaps at mochi, then usually the annoying behavior seems to stop.

*edit* wait not only does she growl when she's annoyed, she bares her teeth at mochi. it's totally harmless behavior, but definitely an interesting interaction to witness.

i don't know if i could do actually 'snap' at mochi tho haha.

whitepoodles

Cole also innocently growls at Onyx when Onyx decides to pur into Cole's face and lick him silly. Onyx is just this type of a velcro dog not only with me but with his house mates to include Cole.. Imagine two intact males, and one that want to french with the other.
It is a sight to behold. ONyx being only 7.5 mos. old is totally oblivious to what Cole feels and for that matter could care less, and strangely even if Onyx pushes himself on Cole and gives him a tongue shower which Cole hates, he never showed his teeth. Sometimes I wish he would to stop Onyx from giving him such a lucratice tongue shower, LOL..
They will settle it between themselves.. as long as there is no fighting and blood drawn than all is cool. Cole will always be a hand licker and taking it into his mouth. I dont believe I can ever curb this behavior.. but he does not bear pressure with his jaws so I am fine in a way with it.

Mumzilla

We call it 'wolfing' in our family because it is a natural wolf greeting behavior. Zero does this, plus likes to hang off the loop on painters pants. This gets tricky when we have a repairman over! But she is so sweet and submissive, she hasn't scared anyone - the A/C guy actually encourages her. We actively discourage her, but as mentioned before, it is a hard habit to break.

whitepoodles

We actively discourage her, but as mentioned before, it is a hard habit to break.[/QUOTE]

I feel you are right it will be a VERY hard habbit to break. No matter what I do I cant stop Cole from greeting my friends with his open mouth, taking their arm and leading them into the family room. lOLOLOL he is just this type of a dog.. His half sister, Anessa who also resides with us is totally different she is trully what I would call a doggy LADY,
If the dog does not bear pressure with his jaws when he takes the hand gently into his mouth I would not make a big deal out of it.. it is only when it escalates and the dog starts roughhousing is when I will stop this behavior ASAP before escalating further. Some dogs thrive on encouragement in order to escalate aggresive play and I will not tollerate it.

Rockporters

Jasper is "mouthy", too, with hands. Luckily he doesn't nip anymore when playing. He's really into butts and backs though, and he'll occasionally surprise you with a pinch while sniffing. Hate that!

CharismaticMillie

Rockporters - your Jasper is BEAUTIFUL! I just love his face!!! I am growing Millie's topknot out and I want to tie it up like Jaspers!

whitepoodles

Jasper is very pretty I totally agree and I know he will have a successful show career in the ring.