Coaching Your New Puppy How to Greet People

So you now have a new puppy and of course the kids are thrilled as they first set eyes on their new pet. It's all so exciting and puppies are of course adorable, fun, playful and they are very very energetic!

However, they also have a great deal to learn. Nobody really wants to feel embarrassed when a visitor arrives at the front door only to be greeted by an over excited puppy dog greeting them in the way puppies do-by jumping up on them with maybe nice muddy paws and certainly very sharp claws! All puppy really wants is attention and that's the reason it leaps up on anyone the moment they see them.

The best way to train a puppy how to act in the presence of somebody new is to first train it how to greet members of your immediate family when they arrive home. It's a relatively simple step in the early instruction of any dog. As mentioned above, the reason puppies leap up is for attention. So all members of the family should be asked to help in the puppy's training by resisting its advances.

This resistance will take the form of turning away and ignoring the puppy the minute it tries to jump up.

Now at first your pup may be persistent and continue trying to jump up in hopes that it will obtain what it is it wants- somebody to reach down and make a fuss over it. But that kind of attention only encourages undesirable behavior. But rest assured dogs are very intelligent creatures and yours will very soon learn. Once it becomes calm or, even much better, sits down, then it can be greeted by the rest of the family with a pat on the head and told it's a "good puppy"!

You will also find that it's a good idea to let anybody outside the family, friends, neighbors, postmen etc., know about about your new puppy. Tell them its name and explain to them how you' would like them to act on meeting it when they enter your home. Most people will be very happy to cooperate with this your instructions. After all who really wants muddy paw marks or doggy hairs all over their cloths!.

If everyone rallies round to help by ignoring it when it tries to jump up your puppy will very quickly learn how to say hello nicely to anyone new.