Hello there
We have a 5 month female and love her to bits, not having any kids ourselves she is spoilt rotten. but after reading redbirddogs post about kids are a bit nervous with what future holds.i have always had bull terrier crossed cattle dogs that children loved and dogs interaction was great.
we have attended puppy training,obedience since she turned 12 weeks and she has won 2 awards for best puppy in gundog group [confirmation to breed] from 2 shows, so very proud and delighted with her and she should have typical vizsla characteristics.
She runs riot at training though seems to be able to do any thing we ask but cant wait for others to have a go and her protest bark is very very loud but we are learning to deal with this and think with age she will be fine and competing at agility shows very competitively.
However when meeting people our place or outside we cant stop her jumping up which became a issue at dog park with a old cranky guy wanted me to pay cleaning bill for his 20 year old shirt, but i totally agreed with him dog should not be jumping on people but puppies do that till taught not to, on lead i can stop most of it but wife has trouble reading situation before she jumps up and we have stopped taking her to dog park off lead.
We have also asked friends with kids to visit and she was fine scared to begin with hiding between legs but then slowly sniffed kid and started to interact however as soon as kid moved away quickly could not resist nipping, mouthing pigtails and i am sure if i did not control situation would have jumped up and knocked her over, been OK with older kids smart enough to turn back when jumps up,but i have been within a couple of meters always to calm her down quickly and think she would get to boisterous if i leave here.
Question i have is do they grow out of this is this just puppy behavior or will we always have to hold her when greeting people and because we do not have kids never be allowed to play except by my side, i have made her sit and let new people come to her but as soon as they bend to pat she jumps up badly.
thanks for any advice
We have a 5 month female and love her to bits, not having any kids ourselves she is spoilt rotten. but after reading redbirddogs post about kids are a bit nervous with what future holds.i have always had bull terrier crossed cattle dogs that children loved and dogs interaction was great.
we have attended puppy training,obedience since she turned 12 weeks and she has won 2 awards for best puppy in gundog group [confirmation to breed] from 2 shows, so very proud and delighted with her and she should have typical vizsla characteristics.
She runs riot at training though seems to be able to do any thing we ask but cant wait for others to have a go and her protest bark is very very loud but we are learning to deal with this and think with age she will be fine and competing at agility shows very competitively.
However when meeting people our place or outside we cant stop her jumping up which became a issue at dog park with a old cranky guy wanted me to pay cleaning bill for his 20 year old shirt, but i totally agreed with him dog should not be jumping on people but puppies do that till taught not to, on lead i can stop most of it but wife has trouble reading situation before she jumps up and we have stopped taking her to dog park off lead.
We have also asked friends with kids to visit and she was fine scared to begin with hiding between legs but then slowly sniffed kid and started to interact however as soon as kid moved away quickly could not resist nipping, mouthing pigtails and i am sure if i did not control situation would have jumped up and knocked her over, been OK with older kids smart enough to turn back when jumps up,but i have been within a couple of meters always to calm her down quickly and think she would get to boisterous if i leave here.
Question i have is do they grow out of this is this just puppy behavior or will we always have to hold her when greeting people and because we do not have kids never be allowed to play except by my side, i have made her sit and let new people come to her but as soon as they bend to pat she jumps up badly.
thanks for any advice
Still am a little shocked when I see a V with tail intact! that thing is log! 
