Looking for some training tips! My 3 yr old collie has developed a couple of annoying little habits id like to nip in the bud.
First thing is sometimes when he meets someone with no dog, usually someone who is paying him no attention or looks suspicious to him (like the guy who lives along the rd wears big long coat and has a big long beard and he isn't a 'dog person', he is a prime candidate!!) he will jump up on them and grab their sleeve. He makes no noise and isn't 'biting' as such but it obviously could frighten someone and i want to nip it in the bud. Any suggestions? I wondered if just perfecting his 'wait' command is best? So he never gets to go over in the first place? Although there are times i am not there so would be good to discourage the actual behaviour too, if anyone has any suggestions.
He is quite a timid dog, not too nervy but definitely not bold.
The other thing he has started is going out of the garden and down the track to meet friends who are coming to the house (generally knows not to go out gate and has been very reliable with this until recently when this started) he will jump up at them in an excited to see them manner but very noisy and mouthy, runs off looking for a stick, then runs back jumping and mouthing them. He even took my friend by the glove today - very gently bringing her up the track. Obviously as this is only people we know they can help with this, so no attention for the behaviour, saying 'no' firmly etc but just looking for any suggestions maybe from people who have had collies with similar traits. He has no bedness in him, he is generally a sweet well behaved boy.