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Polite Puppies Teaching Your Pup To Be Courteous & Well Mannered (part 2)

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Polite Puppies: Teaching Your Pup To Be Courteous & Well-Mannered (Part 2)

Polite Greetings

Everyone loves it when a tiny puppy jumps up to greet them. “Awww, so cute!” they say, but when that puppy grows up to be a full-grown Golden Retriever with muddy paws, it's no longer cute. In fact, it's down-right rude!

It's very easy to teach a pup to greet people politely. It's much harder to convince an adult dog who's been rewarded for jumping up that he should now greet people politely. Wouldn't you rather try the easy way?

The “good stuff” Sparky gets for jumping up is attention. When your pup jumps up, you look at him. You pet him. You talk to him. Perhaps you even pick him up and cuddle him. He learns that “up” is a desirable place to be.

At some point you decide that Sparky is too big to jump up anymore, but he does not know that. By then, it's a well-established habit for him – a reliable way to get the good stuff.

You try to stop giving Sparky attention for jumping up, but every once in a while, when the mood is right, you slip and pet him when he puts his paws in your lap. Uh-oh, big mistake! You are not reinforcing the impolite behavior randomly. Sometimes jumping up is rewarded, sometimes it's not.

A randomly reinforced behavior becomes extremely durable – it's hard to make it go away because Sparky learns that if he just keeps trying, eventually the behavior will pay off, like a slot machine that gives up its fortune if you keep pulling the handle long enough.

You're not the only one who inadvertently rewards your pup randomly for jumping up. Family members, passersby on the street who want to gush over your pup when you're walking him on the leash, visitors to your home – the entire world is a potential slot machine for your pup. This is where you combine good management with assertive insistence.

First, teach Sparky from the first day he sets a paw in your home that sitting politely in front of you earns attention. Jumping up makes you turn your back, walk away, or even step over or through a baby gate (a great management tool!) if necessary, leaving your puppy behind. Show your family how to respond in the same way so your pup learns the only way to get anyone to pay attention to him is by sitting.

When Sparky has learned that sitting is a rewardable behavior, and if you're walking him in public and someone approaches, gently but insistently inform them that your pup must sit before they can pet him. Your leash is your management tool – restrain Sparky so he can't charge forward and jump up. Tell the person if Sparky jumps up, they need to step back until he sits again, then allow them to pet your dog.



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BONUS : Polite Puppies: Teaching Your Pup To Be Courteous & Well-Mannered (Part 3)

Polite Dinner Manners

In order to achieve polite puppy dinner behavior, you first have to define it. For example, I consider it polite in my household if my four dogs lie quietly at our feet while we eat. If they don't beg, bark, whine or otherwise nudge us for treats, they get an occasional treat from our dinner.

You may, on the other hand, prefer to teach Sparky to lie on a dog bed on the other side of the room during meals. A tether's your ideal management tool for this. Help your puppy acclimatize to being on the tether outside of mealtime so you won't have to constantly interrupt your meals to train. This shouldn't take more than one or two practice sessions. Meanwhile, use a crate or baby gate to confine your pup so you can have relaxed, puppy-free meals.

When Sparky has learned to accept tethering, set up his tether in the dining room away from the table, a distance that's comfortable for you and at least far enough so the dog won't be tripped over as the family moves around the table. Prepare a treat-dispensing toy or other interactive toy to keep him happy while you eat.

Occasionally, when your pup is relaxed and quiet, calmly praise him, and walk over to feed him a treat. In short order you can fade out the treats and Sparky will be content to share meals with you at a respectable distance. Eventually, the polite dinner habit will be so well-ingrained, you won't even need the tether.

Thanks For Sharing

It's normal for puppies to pick up everything with their mouths – that's how they explore the world. You can make life easier for you and your pup if you do a good job of management – basically, keep non-chew objects out of your pup's reach. Inevitably, however, Sparky will find a forbidden object, such as a book or a shoe; something of value to you; or something that might harm him.

When Sparky does find a forbidden object, your first instinct will be to run after him and grab it away, telling him he's a bad pup - but stop - that's the worst thing you can do. Plus, it's a great way to teach him a delightful game of canine keep-away (from his puppy perspective). Instead, be proactive. Teach Sparky to give objects to you on cue. Then, when he grabs something inappropriate, just slip into training mode and ask him to “give.”

To teach give, offer Sparky a toy that he likes to play with. When he's happily playing, offer him a treat. As he drops the toy to take the treat, say “give” and feed him the treat. Then toss the toy for him to play with again. What a cool game – Sparky gets the yummy treat and he gets to chase the toy again!

After a few repetitions, start saying “give” first, then offer the treat in trade for the toy. With practice, he'll learn to drop the toy on the give cue, and you can treat randomly – but sometimes, not always, eventually stopping the treats altogether with just using praise.
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