dog jumping and nipping @ owner training?? - Page 1

I have a friend that has a 6 month old gsd. that about all I know about them I meet them once and have had 1 play date.  I have seen the pup in action jump up and nip her in the cheek! She said at home she is always jumping up and nipping hair, butt whatever she can I think to get attention. She said she doesn't do it to her husband or anyone else. She takes her on fairly regular walks and is home with her mostly all day. The dog also walking next to her in the hall will "bump" her over and when she's on the phone the dog demands more attention. Atleast the dog is young but this is very unexceptalbe and we are going to her her work on this. Obvisouisly the dog has picked up on her and has made her owner her playmate and needs more exercise. I don't know the bloodlines she told me her fiends on a farm had an accedental breeding so I don't think she has much of a soild pedigree so hopeful the mix didn't create some crazy monster. she walks well on a leash and seems to be decent on obience.
Any recommedations??
Also the dog pees when exicted  and suggestions on stoping this?? My male use to pee when he was scared but he grew out of it! thank god

Thanks everyone

she and her dog need obedience lessons........lot of them

well she took her to puppy classes which is basically socializing and is currently taking her to obiendce and fist session pd for a private lesson so she is willing to do that and like I said the dog is ok obdience wise it is just with female owner who works from home she is a Preacher so she is more of the leadership kind.  she had been busy and wasn't able to go to class for 6wks but is back on track now and was going to talk to her instructor about it as well as come and work with my husband and I, but I thought I would get more intakes.

Thanks

 I will tell you that it is critical that this person get her dog under control and now. If this dog continues doing this, it is going to someday do this to a child and someone, whether the dog was playing or not, will assume the dog was meaning to bite. Any nip to the face could be serious. The simple answer is to stop it now, and there are lots of ways to do this. I could take this dog and stop this behavior in less than 5 minutes. What is done depends on both the handler and the dog. In some dogs, a firm "no" might be enough. In others, they may need to end up on their back, and other might even need to be set up with a prong collar correction. The most important thing you say is that the owner has not been able to attend class for some weeks. That does not cut it. If one has a dog and needs help, then that means the owner MUST get to class or arrange private sessions. Starting and stopping does neither the owner or the dog any good. Clear signals must be sent to the dog that the behavior is not going to be tolerated. The question is, can the owner send such signals?

Just because the lady is a leader of people does not automatically make her a leader amongst other creatures.  The puppy obviously feels that she can get away with this behavior, and has been for some time.  I'd hate to have a 6 mo old on a prong collar, but my Zoe is a "hard" dog, and very recalcitrant.  It takes a lot to give her an effective correction, and we had to use a prong on her at that age and still do.  Breeding doesn't have anything to do with this kind of bad behavior, it's on the lady to stand up to her own dog and put her foot down on this nipping and jumping nonsense. 

My female was doing that at this age too. I introduced her to more a structured OB and bitework with a soft sleeve immediately. I firmly had to tell her NO! Rewards and punishment is a must. The needs work...The owner has to be the pack leader. I am a novice at all of this but advice from good people in the GSD arena has really helped me. I used the crate when she did it in the house. The pronged collar for me made her agitated and it worked but I wanted to try stopping her without that. Well...bottomline, when she turned 17 months she did not do it anymore and is very obediant. I did it !

I know it is a little odd but I wanted to share that I placed her food on different obstacles and changed her routine alot to keep her mind stimulated. Her mind is always clicking. If she is bored she would respond with actions that I did not want. Especially being hard headed. I would allow her to run loose when my trainer would tell me to always keep her on a leash. I learned that the leash is your friend. It imposes dominance over the dog that you are in charge. Well I hoped my advice helps a little. My female is Zissa von Haus Yu (my first showline female). You cannot keep her away from me now. Stay strong an PM me anytime. 

DiAngelo

I did have this problem , but the dog was a Belgian shepherd  and most of them do like  nipping.Jumping is something else.   My 4 years old  Gsd  she's nipping my hands softly I do not care about it ,shes greeting me this way,or she wants something.

I did have this problem , but the dog was a Belgian shepherd  and most of them do like  nipping.Jumping is something else.   My 4 years old  Gsd  she's nipping my hands softly I do not care about it ,shes greeting me this way,or she wants something.