My sister's dog jumps on me all the time. He's this big, beautiful, and bad boy Australian Shepherd, and I really dislike it when he jumps on me.
No doubt about it, Lennie is being friendly, but he's way out of line with that behavior.
So I talked about it with her, and she actually said that she didn't
think it bothered me because he was just playing, etc, etc, etc. and she figured it was okay because I hadn't said anything.
I'm really blessed because I can tell her, "Well no, it should not be my job to have to feel uncomfortable to make your dog behave. So she now keeps him from jumping on me and others too because she has perspective on it now.
So, I think that even though my Yorkie is only 3.75 lbs. it is not okay for him to jump on anyone. When I answer the door, I pick him up. It's not okay with me if he jumps on anyone other than me and DH. And if he does jumps on anyone, he is told, "NO" sharply.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's not adorable when someone else's dog jumps on me, and I assume that it's not adorable to that person when my dog jumps on her. |