This is the puppy training podcast episode 168, polite greetings.

This podcast is designed to help you on your journey of becoming best friends through love and learning as you train your own dog from home.

And I'm here to help you every step of the way. This is the puppy training podcast, and I'm your host,

Amy Jensen. Hi, and welcome to the puppy training podcast. Thank you so much for listening. It's because of you

that I get to do what I love doing, and I really, really appreciate it. Also, thank you for sharing this show with

your friends. My goal is to help anyone who has a dog enjoy living life with their dog. So,

if you know someone looking for help, send them our way. Today, I want to talk about greetings.

Does your dog need to sit when being greeted? Is it okay if my dog is excited? How do we help

shape our dog's behavior even when

they're bouncing around like crazy? I've been there. I know many of you have been there. We have

these exciting dogs that are just super happy to see people. And what do we do about it? So if you

are thinking, yep, that's my dog, no worries. You have a happy dog, which is good. But today's

tips can help with their greetings and to be more polite.

So just remember dogs are dogs. They don't know human rules and it's our job to teach them how

to interact with a human. Now, just as important as teaching your kids how to properly act around

others, dogs need to learn an appropriate way to say hello to people, as this will inevitably be a part of

everyday life while living as a member of our families. Now note, I said an appropriate way,

not the appropriate way, as this will be different for different people and dogs. Each dog is a living

breathing creature with their own mind and they get to make their own decisions.

So we just want to help shape their behavior in a nice, polite way so that when they greet

other humans, it's nice and polite to that human as well.

It is a rare individual who enjoys it when a stranger's dog abruptly introduces themselves

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