Stopping wild or sudden unwanted behavior with "No!" or "uh oh" or a sudden touch to the flank using two or three outstretched fingers if he's absolutely manic to distract the dog and standing him down is much more effective and won't ever scare the dog or make him fearful of your hands coming near him. In time, if you keep showing him he cannot do that, he'll learn that every time he re-offends, you are going to interrupt him and back him down and he'll begin to police himself, abort the behavior mid-stream or before it starts. Pain and fear don't teach dogs, lessons do.
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |