Is it rude not to acknowledge dog?

Clearly doesn’t have a large dog 😵‍💫🤣^ but seriously-

I agree with pp it’s easier to acknowledge the dog, get it out the way. Then dog is calm.

Of course, nobody should have to do this- dog needs training not to jump up. Is dog a puppy OP? Mine jumped as a pup there’s nothing you can do- apart from consistently train, takes time.

I love dogs! Talk to me about dogs and I'm all in.

I will not let my dog jump up and I will not tolerate dogs jumping up. Some dog owners are the worst.

Crikey I wouldn't visit any house that had a dog that jumped up and knocks children over and neither would my kids.

That's a much bigger issue that whether you acknowledge the dog or not.

I'm slightly obsessed by my dog and take him everywhere, but if you ignore him, that's just fine. And he's a sweet fluffy poodle cross not a big beast. He's still little and being trained - what annoys me more is that I'm trying to teach him he only gets stroked when his feet are on the ground and i ask people to stop stroking him until he is sitting, but they go that's all right, I don't mind... rather they ignored him!

A dog is not a baby
If you are childless you have NO baby
The whole idea if subsisting a baby with a dog is disgusting and utterly abhorrent

If her kids were running at me and pushing me, I would probably ignore them too. However, I would hope sil would stop the poor behaviour, the same way I would expect her to stop the dog's poor behaviour.

Training kids and training dogs is pretty much the sane - ignore the bad, reward the good.

I think you have said it right there, dog is their baby, so bound to feel its not ok to ignore, to them its like someone ignoring your children.
I am a doggy person, all in, and if someone came into my house I would probably expect them to acknowledge him because he is part of the family, but I don't allow him to jump on them (he is really small anyway)

Well, it wouldn't, because dogs are dogs, not people.

Perfect way to meet any dog. If the dog is slightly shy, it will be much happier. If it's ridiculously boisterous, you're not stoking it up further. If it's in any way aggressive, you're presenting a very neutral attitude and it's unlikely to bother with you. And if it's working, you're not distracting it.

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I don't know about anyone else, but my kids don't come haring up to visitors, jumping up on them and making loads of noise. Well, not often.

You are 100% right. The dog is poorly trained. Dog trainers recommend that any dog which is jumping / barking etc in greeting is totally ignored and only made a fuss of when calm. Our trainer taught us to say ‘paws on the floor’ then ‘yes!’ followed by a treat in order to eliminate jumping. This is one of the basics to teach dogs but lots of people can’t be arsed so they expect guests to be fine with their dogs leaping up, clawing their legs and clothes because that’s just the dog being excited. Same goes for dogs who are allowed off lead to run up to whoever they like, even dogs on leads. Lazy owners.

No dog should be jumping up and the SIL should not be excusing it - setting a bad example to the children - what a load of bollocks! Her example of not controlling her dog is the bad one.

I always ignore dogs - taking notice of them just encourages them to think you want some interaction with them when I definitely do not. I find if you ignore them they lose interest pretty quickly and trot off to someone who will regard them as a fur baby - finger down throat!

No, because dogs or any other animals are not the same as human beings.

Mind boggling that this has to be spelled out to people.

It would be the same as them ignoring your kids

You’re doing exactly the right thing. You SIL is not. If the dogs are given attention when they bark they will continue to bark for attention

Just ignore it. I can not stand dogs at all, so I never acknowledge the ones family members have, so far no one has complained.

Are people crazy? Being rude to a dog isn't a thing.

It's rude to let a dog jump on people however. I wouldn't set foot in that house nor would any children I'm in charge of.

I do not acknowledge rude bad mannered dogs either.
If a dog is jumping all over me I will turn my back to it. Once it’s calm then I will say hello and give it a fuss.
I will stroke and say hi to any calm dogs immediately.

I absolutely hate dogs who have never been taught any manners and I hate their owners even more.
No one wants someone’s idiot dog jumping all over them

For the love of God, please don't growl at a dog or stamp your foot, at best the dog will just ignore you out of confusion, at worst it will feel threatened and frightened and attack.

What rubbish! Shall I also worship my neighbour's goldfish etc? Why should we all be expected to like dogs? Someone once commented on my ambivalence towards dogs and I said that I didn't actually dislike dogs but couldn't eat a whole one! Sense of humour failure for that!

When the dog comes bounding over to you, and is about to jump up, stamp one of your feet loudly and look it straight in the eye.

Another thing you can do is turn your back.

If the dog attempts to jump up on your kids, growl loudly, and stamp your foot. Go into protective mode, your protecting your kids.

I know some of these suggestions may sound weird but I can assure you it's the best way to tell a dog to stop, full stop. Pack animals communicate with body language, all animals do and this is the language they understand.

No way should your SIL allow her dog to knock your kids over, that's horrendous and she needs to get her dog under control.

I prefer people to ignore my dog when they visit. She quickly calms down then. More fuss makes her more excited. Large dog too, she rarely jumps, though, just barges about and side swipes with her rear!

Ignoring it is a good tactic - it won't get and 'reward' fir coming up to you so should lose interest. But the owner should also call the dug away and teach it better manners.

I have a similar issue. SIL lives with her parents and has two dogs. They aren't trained, certainly not when it comes to barking at every single thing, including people walking past, cars turning in the cul de sac, visitors arriving/leaving, delivery drivers etc. I can't stand the noise of the barking. It's so loud and relentless, it makes me feel what I can only describe as emotional (maybe overwhelmed?) I know that sounds a bit pathetic! So, when I arrive, I ignore them until they STFU. MIL and SIL keep insisting that, if I pet them, they will be quiet, but I don't want to go anywhere near them when they're barking. What I really want to do is put my hands over my ears until they're quiet. When they finally stop bounding at me, scrabbling up my clothes and barking, I give them a fuss. They are making me dislike dogs and it isn't their fault. I'm sick of getting a hard time over my reaction. I try to be discreet, but MIL in particular gets on my case about it and draws attention to my lack of engagement, even though they're not her dogs and, to be honest, she barely takes them under her notice.

Dog & owner (&MIL) are been rude here, not you. I also ignore dogs that are leaping all over me and might give them a pat later on once they have calmed down.

Patting a dog when it is jumping all over you just reinforces the behaviour. I will yell no at a dog I don't know if it comes bounding over - dog gets the message, owner can be a bit grumpy about it.