Dog owners, when you have friends or family members over – how do you let your dog greet them?

My dogs have been trained to wait for guests to signal that they want them to approach and not throw themselves at anyone who walks through the front door, as not funny to have a medium size/bone dog jumping up to say hi.

As adult the breed I own does not tend to make a fuss over guests, and will have a look, know everything is fine because I allowed them inside and go about minding their own business.

Family members they have warned up to, some they like, others no more interest than they would a table and ignore them, will wait on the spot they are sent to when I open the front door, controlling their impulse to come over and greet them.

Friends and family like to take their coats off and sit down before paying attention to the dogs and they have to wait.

As an obedience trainer, my dogs have been taught to sit as soon as they hear someone at the door. Once the visitors come in, I release the dogs and they simply walk over to the guests for pets.

I start that training as soon as the puppy comes . Nothing I hate worse that a dog that jumps all over me when I go into someones house.

Depends on whether the friends/family know me and my dogs! If they are not regular visitors, my hounds are confined to the kitchen at least until my visitors are in and settled down. And even then they may not be involved in the visit. As I say, it depends totally on the individuals involved (and whether they are doggie people, or not).

I don’t allow over-excitement.

We don’t have very many visitors and when we do the dogs are put in the kennel for the duration as they are territorial and will not allow anyone on the property.

It depends on if the guest is a dog person or not.

If the guest is not the dogs either go in their crates or outside prior to me letting the guest in.

If the guest is my dogs are allowed to go up and sniff them momentarily… No jumping, barking, or any inappropriate behavior period.

I prefer my dog to be calm(Jumping is not acceptable at all). Generally when guests come over- she ignores them and they ignore her when they arrive, after they have settled in she will just go near them and they can pet her if they want. Sometimes **Depending on the person** she will force them into petting her though(working on it so she doesn’t do this. By forcing them to pet her I mean she will rub herself against them/their feet when they are sitting-she stops when they tell her to/when I tell her to.)

If it’s someone she doesn’t know/their first time meeting her and coming to my house-She keeps her distance from them and I tell them to just ignore her/let her come to them on her own. Usually she just stays near me and away from them.

Well mine has to be crated. He goes wild. We take him downtown every Sun. and he still gets excited when there are people over. I wish he was calmer…

My dogs may occasionally go over and sniff the stranger. They are not pushy or overbearing naturally.

my dog is not allowed to bark but he can act excited … he is not allowed to jump up on anyone unless they invite him … people that show him no interest, he shows them no interest either such as the cable guy, the building manager, etc …

My puppy pees, cries, wags her tail, jumps, everywhere… it’s the best thing in her life when she sees people!