Can he detect this? - Page 1

Is this just something that Anubis picked up on? - Yes, by the guy's hormonal changes, they can smell that. As they can smell (if trained) - upcoming heart attack, low insuline alert, etc...

By the way, if your dog is almost 6 months old - socialization is done. His habits have formed and there is no need for every Dick and Jane to pet him on sight.

Time for you to be more selective with adults. Kids are always fair game (should be VERY closely supervized by you). Pups have a tendency to jump up to be close to their face (for a lick), at least most pups, and some people may be uncomfortable by this.

So, my advice, adults, on a case by case basis, cause frankly, there are some people out there that I don't want anywhere near a pup, kids always.

I al glad you always ask sensible questions and seek answers, we all have been there.

Good luck.

A lot of people plead their case with dogs, like  "reasoning" with them, a little diplomacy. You can't do that. When you don't want him to do something, you are NOT asking him of it, you ARE telling him not to.

I am higher than you on the totem pole in our little pack and as a pack leader I decide when you should act and when you should leave it alone.

Later on as the time goes on, when you stick with the consistency (read when he is a trained adult), he will do it on his own, just ignoring distractions around him focusing ont he task at hand.

Remember, confusion kills focus. There is nothing worse for dog training then NOT being consistent. Dogs don't like to be confused at all, everything must be black and white and day and night.

Adi has a good point. I am selective of which people I let pet my dogs all the time. Yes, I do want my dogs to learn manners and appropriate behavior, but I want the beginnings to be under controlled conditions, I understand that there are times when things can't be controlled, but by that time I hope my dogs training will win. I spend the entire time we are together as a learning time, both my dogs and me.

GSDGuy08, My dogs pick up on amazing things. I have one male that can sense storms a good 4 hours off (he has never been wrong, great on a boat). My big male Loki wanted to go outside one day a few years ago when the neighbor's house was being painted by a crew. He spent the whole time in the front yard watching one painter in particular, everytime this guy got near the wife or daughter, my dog growled (he rarely ever growls) and his body language was screaming "I want that man NOW". We contacted a friend of ours on the township police force who ran the crew. Low and behold, this particular man my dog hated was a fugitive from a southern state, he fled while on bail for felony rape (3), mutilation (3), and murder (last victim). The bad guy's brother stated the brother had just arrived that day so he put him to work, never knew the brother was wanted, but he wondered why the brother dyed his hair and shaved his beard off.