Thank you - I am - very! This was a couple of weeks ago and unfortunately I have pulled my hamstring so have not been able to do any agility which is extremely frustrating when he started off so well!

That's not so good hope it gets better soon.

When you condition her that it's more rewarding to keep her feet on the ground.

Or less trained!

Thank you!

It will stop when you have trained her that jumping & mouthing is not acceptable & not rewarding.

It's not enough to simply turn your back & expect her to realize that you did it because she jumped up.

At our pet club we teach a very simple technique with the dog on a lead being held by someone you approach normally, if the dog starts to up up you turn away & walk away. This is then repeated until the dog remains on all 4 paws & then you click & reward.( This is coupled with teaching the dog to sit & give attention to you which is taught separately at first whilst you are sitting down ) It the dog starts to sit than again click & treat. This technique can work amazingly fast, for example it took a 6 month old Jack Russell 30 secs to learn to not jump up & a nearly 3 year old Manchester Terrier 1 minute to learn.

I stop mouthing by simply never(& I do mean never)react when a puppy or dog nips or mouths me, my youngest dog(14 week old BC puppy)stopped mouthing the day I got him, he also learnt not to jump up on the same day.

The key factor in dog training is consistency & not changing from method to method after a couple of attempts. Patience is also a must. Dogs are not stupid & slow to learn.

Lovely lovely Jack! Bella did this when she was a tiny pup. Well she was so tiny we reckoned she had to 'jump up' to reach us! She still jumps sometimes now (when she wants to be picked up) but without the nipping. She used to be able to jump just high enough to reach your derriere!

I remember when my boys were tiddlers and I had a GSD puppy - all their PJs were riddled with puppy teeth holes.

joedee that sounds great, to check I've understood correctly.

I have Penelope on a lead?
When someone, say hubby, approaches if she goes to jump I turn and walk away immediately?

Then praise when on the ground?

Hamstring OUCH! I know what that feels like. Painful. Have you been advised to do gentle stretches and massage it?

*back to the subject. I've been reminded of when Bella was very young and had emerged from her dire illness and my daughter exclaimed loudly 'Mum she bit my @rse!!' I said 'oh don't be daft' whereupon Jen lifted her skirt and showed me the nip marks! lol! She'd been standing walking away from her when it happened but Bella, at the time, was all of about 6 inches tall! Quite bouncy dogs these minpins!

One of the few benefits of working for the NHS is that you are fast-tracked for a physio appointment! I've had a few sessions, including ultrasound, and exercises to stretch. Now I have exercises to strengthen the muscle as well as the stretching ones. I ordered a neoprene support but it was too big so I'm just going to use vetwrap and bandage my leg up to give me confidence. I'm planning to go to a show tomorrow so just hope that I don't strain it again!

No the person holding the dog doesn't move, it's the other person who moves away if the dog jumps up & the other person also clicks & treats if the dog keeps all 4 paws on the ground