Ok, Hector has an issue with jumping on people, which I have been working very hard on putting an end to. I've tried the whole turning my back on him thing (he just jumps on my back instead), and also the tactic of grabbing his paws and keeping him up longer than he'd like to be, but neither have met with any great success.
However, the issue got way out of control yesterday - he got out of the house when Emmet came home from work, jumped up on and knocked over a neighbour's 3 year old son. He also scraped the boy's face when he jumped up. This was always my main concern with his jumping (that he would hurt a child while doing it) and I almost died when I saw it happening yesterday - it was my worst nightmare. Naturally the child screamed bloody murder and I actually hurt my neck and shoulder trying to grab Hector and get him back into the house.
I am absolutely BLESSED that the neighbour was extremely reasonable about the whole thing and knew that Hector was being (way) over-boisterous and not aggressive, but I'm still at my wits end because it is still not acceptable behaviour for him to do this. I know for a fact that had it been the neighbours from one house further down then there would have been bloody murder - she has already complained about the dogs being outside (supervised) and has intimated that she doesn't believe that they're not some kind of bull terriers. All I can think about is that if Hector had knocked over her son, we may well be trying to reason with the dog warden not to take him right now.
However, the issue got way out of control yesterday - he got out of the house when Emmet came home from work, jumped up on and knocked over a neighbour's 3 year old son. He also scraped the boy's face when he jumped up. This was always my main concern with his jumping (that he would hurt a child while doing it) and I almost died when I saw it happening yesterday - it was my worst nightmare. Naturally the child screamed bloody murder and I actually hurt my neck and shoulder trying to grab Hector and get him back into the house.
I am absolutely BLESSED that the neighbour was extremely reasonable about the whole thing and knew that Hector was being (way) over-boisterous and not aggressive, but I'm still at my wits end because it is still not acceptable behaviour for him to do this. I know for a fact that had it been the neighbours from one house further down then there would have been bloody murder - she has already complained about the dogs being outside (supervised) and has intimated that she doesn't believe that they're not some kind of bull terriers. All I can think about is that if Hector had knocked over her son, we may well be trying to reason with the dog warden not to take him right now.