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Vet Q&A; Gregarious Greeting

Feb 03 11:29am

Question

Whenever we have visitors our dog Jessie gets over-excited and barks, jumps up at them (even though she never jumps up at us) and just doesn’t leave them alone. Is there any way we can get Jessie to settle down rather than scold her and make her go to bed?
Heather Treacy

Answer
provided by Dr Carl Milford BVSc

Most dogs will react when visitors drop in as they believe it is their job to alert their owners to new arrivals. To discourage this gregarious behaviour, try restraining your dog on a lead when visitors are around, encourage her to sit, and reward her when she settles.

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1. jbfancarly@verizon.net - Mar 20 10:10am

I love animals! Especially dogs! I have a cute dog named Sophia (Sophie) who is a bichon frise. She has a disease called epilepsy (i think that's how you spell it) and has seizures :( Bye
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