Dog Owner Chat v4

[Marley.&.Me]

How do you train your dog not to lick people? When our neighbors and friends come over he always licks them a bunch. I use positive reinforcement and I know that licking is natural for dogs. Our friends just get pretty annoyed. They want to pet him and everything but he just licks a bunch. Can I add a cue word to it?

oppie does that too but his cue word is "no" or "enough" and he backs away

[Keriae]

Mary got a jumper today!

[Marley.&.Me]

[shadow~wolf]

[//Kitty cat]

How do you train your dog not to lick people? When our neighbors and friends come over he always licks them a bunch. I use positive reinforcement and I know that licking is natural for dogs. Our friends just get pretty annoyed. They want to pet him and everything but he just licks a bunch. Can I add a cue word to it?

My little baby sheltie Mocha has some trouble with that. She understands "No" and "leave it" sometimes, but what is very effective is the tone I use. I usually no, "Ah-ah" in a very loud, scolding tone and she will stop and make eye contact.

[Jewel Melody]

My dog has never really had any licking problems, I'm not sure if she was trained that way before I got her, or if that is just how she is. She rarely licks anybody.

[CaligulasPeri]

Ive got a question! Are raw parsnips okay for dogs?
We live on a farm, and the field right next to our house is growing parsnips at the moment- and this means extra snacks for Buddy! He'll go outside, and run back and forth between the field and his bed, dropping off parsnips he dug up. He'll then sit there and crunch on them for ages, usually eating like 5 at a time, and they're pretty big parsnips! He's never thrown up because of it though, and he's a lab/cocker spaniel mix :>

[Marley.&.Me]

good boy but.... little devil.

[Imzadi83]

Loving all the adorable dog pictures!

It's such a nice day out I took Chloe for a walk. I was planning on taking her down this side court, but she wanted to go the other way so we went around the horse shoe we live on instead. Found out one of our neighbors across the street has a Rottweiler and what looks like a Westie mix. The Rottweiler barked as we approached (we were on the other side of the street) but it was the Westie mix that barked the most once it caught sight of us. Terriers, lol. Luckily they have a real fence so I wasn't too worried, though of course I carry dog repellent just in case. The owner came out and called them in, which I appreciated.

Other than having to pry some other animal's poo out of her mouth at one point I think the walk went well. She managed to mark three other yards (we don't have a side walk so it's an unwritten rule that the end of people's yards past the drainage ditch gets used like one). One time I caught sight of her going and only one drop of urine came out, she gave it her all kicking her scent around on the grass. I had to admire her dedication.

Hope all of your and your dogs are having a nice day. What's the weather like where you are? Do your dogs like it?

[Jewel Melody]

Loving all the adorable dog pictures!

It's such a nice day out I took Chloe for a walk. I was planning on taking her down this side court, but she wanted to go the other way so we went around the horse shoe we live on instead. Found out one of our neighbors across the street has a Rottweiler and what looks like a Westie mix. The Rottweiler barked as we approached (we were on the other side of the street) but it was the Westie mix that barked the most once it caught sight of us. Terriers, lol. Luckily they have a real fence so I wasn't too worried, though of course I carry dog repellent just in case. The owner came out and called them in, which I appreciated.

Other than having to pry some other animal's poo out of her mouth at one point I think the walk went well. She managed to mark three other yards (we don't have a side walk so it's an unwritten rule that the end of people's yards past the drainage ditch gets used like one). One time I caught sight of her going and only one drop of urine came out, she gave it her all kicking her scent around on the grass. I had to admire her dedication.

Hope all of your and your dogs are having a nice day. What's the weather like where you are? Do your dogs like it?

The weather here is really nice, Ellsa loves it, and Ellsa LOVES to go for walks, she doesn't care about the weather unless it's extremely hot because the majority of her coat is black.


A while ago there was this small group of people (they all looked related, so I'm guessing family members?) walked down our street, and there was a little boy with them, and the boy obviously wanted to pet Ellsa (I had let her out and I watch her when I do because sometimes she wanders), and so he walked into our yard like he owned the place after being told not to and then (what I'm guessing to be) the older brother quickly picked him and told him sternly he can't just go up and pet any dog. Although Ellsa is friendly, she doesn't like it if a stranger is nearby and I'm not, she runs away. She also HATES being chased after by anyone not in our family.