Get off me!!!

[Kat09Tails]

Willow is what I consider a physical dog. She's a bit of a space cadet. Very driven - especially for food and she absolutely just batters the hell out of me when we do stuff together.

She has a tendency to nail me (as in physically run into me) side of the knee when we practice heeling, finishing, and sometimes on the recall - most of the time it's when we're doing nothing... like simply walking around the backyard. Tonight I simply reached down to pet her and she threw her head into my face... again. Yet again another bloody nose and black eye I swear one day this dog is going to give me a concussion or knock me down the stairs one day.

It would be one thing if I felt it was an occassional oops but this is pretty frequent right now and **** it... painful. Any advice on getting/expanding a personal bubble when a dog is just excited and being a turkey?

 

[Kat09Tails]

I just want to add that she's a pretty **** happy dog. Usually she's doing the full body wiggle and making happy whale noises when she does this to me. I don't want her to be unhappy about goofing around. I am just tired of the bruises and the I just played fetch with the dog knee ache.

 

[MericoX]

Yell OWCH! And end the game. That's what I do for Charlie as just moseying around she's clawing skin off me and stepping on feet.

 

[Aescleah]

Lol my boerboel has no idea or personal space. my bull dog is about as bad. and they both run into things at a dead run trees are fair game as well but man when they run into me sometimes. its both of them at the same time. the bull dog hets the ankles ad. the boel gets the knees its like getting run over by a hippo and its baby

Ashley