Jumping and Licking everyones face!!! Can it be stopped??

[jeamsden]

My little girl loves to jump and lick all of my guests in the face. I know that all Yorkies love to do this. I was just wondering what I could do to make her stop. She does not do this to me. I have read that spraying with water helps for some things, but I do not want to have to spray all of my guests in the face with a water bottle. lol
Any ideas? Thank you

[AprilLove]

Originally Posted by jeamsden

My little girl loves to jump and lick all of my guests in the face. I know that all Yorkies love to do this. I was just wondering what I could do to make her stop. She does not do this to me. I have read that spraying with water helps for some things, but I do not want to have to spray all of my guests in the face with a water bottle. lol
Any ideas? Thank you

Why not? If they don't like Yorkie kisses they shouldn't be your friends anyways! (LOL, just kidding, hehe )

As a former mommy to SirLickALot, and present mommy to PrinceLickALot, I can tell you that training will help.
If you teach her to kiss on command, then you can teach her to "no kiss" It really is simple, but you have to put the work and patience in to train her. I have taught mine to give little kissies on my nose, so that when someone asks for a kiss, they don't give them sloppy tongue, haha, they give a little tongue flick on the nose and only when asked. It works for us, I just worked with them on it, just like any of the other basic commands, like sit, shake etc.

I would not use a water bottle for this purpose, just to clarify I was kidding on that note

[jeamsden]

Originally Posted by AprilLove

Why not? If they don't like Yorkie kisses they shouldn't be your friends anyways! (LOL, just kidding, hehe )

As a former mommy to SirLickALot, and present mommy to PrinceLickALot, I can tell you that training will help.
If you teach her to kiss on command, then you can teach her to "no kiss" It really is simple, but you have to put the work and patience in to train her. I have taught mine to give little kissies on my nose, so that when someone asks for a kiss, they don't give them sloppy tongue, haha, they give a little tongue flick on the nose and only when asked. It works for us, I just worked with them on it, just like any of the other basic commands, like sit, shake etc.

I would not use a water bottle for this purpose, just to clarify I was kidding on that note

You are right! Who needs friends like like. hehe
I can work on the licking (face, hands, anything she can...) But, it is more the initial dive in mid air to get to them. If you sit down, she is acrossed the room and licking! She does this to everyone, but me. She gets so excited! I know.... she is a Yorkie right! When she is so excited, she listens to NO commands. She is only 6 months old too. Thanks

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by AprilLove

Why not? If they don't like Yorkie kisses they shouldn't be your friends anyways! (LOL, just kidding, hehe )

I have a somewhat different kissing problem with Max. He kisses on command and loves making out with family. The problem is that when he meets someone he really likes, he expects the person to bend over and play kissy face. The average person on the street is not likely to do this, so Max will stand up and push their legs with his paws and make a bossy growling sound as if to say, "hey, where is my kiss?!" It's so embarrassing and some people think he is being aggressive.

I'm not sure how to train him that not everyone is going to greet him that way.

[dawn27]

Just like with any other training this too is doable !

I have had to train one of my girls to stop trying to bite my husband goatee. It took some time but after I trained my husband to stop letting her do it it became so much easier. So keep that in mind when training. If you or other family member let her do it, than she will.

So, Get everybody on board with no excessive puppy kisses and you should be able to train her not to go all licky licky with the guests.

[RachelandSadie]

i've heard of a method that i've used very lightly with Bentley who has a much more annoying tongue and had to be taught not to kiss all his "friends" doing therapy work. i will actually grab his tongue between two fingers very very gently and say NO KISSES while turning my face away from him. i don't hold it but a second just to stop the kisses and it's working for us so far. don't recommend doing this in a rough manner and don't hold the tongue long or it could hurt when they pull it back. be nice about using a tool like that.

other options are to stand up and turn away when they are on the lap jumping and kissing or block the kiss with a hand or arm and say NO KISS

good luck

[Teresa Ford]

Reward for not kissing works. AprilLove has the right idea. We teach dogs to Kiss when asked to and to stop when told No Kisses. The same as we teach Speek and Quiet. You are right your dog is very young to be ready for that. Right now when she kisses excessivly she is trying to calm her self down. Dogs will also spin, or bounce up and down to try to calm down. My suggestion is to allow 3 kisses then say NO More (, Be Calm, No kiss, Enough Kisses) what ever you choose to use. then put her on the floor and repeat No Kiss and give a tiny tiny treat ( or favorite toy when you think she understands.) At first she will bounce right back up on the sofa and lap or whatever. That is Ok, when she tries to kiss, say No Kiss and put her on the floor do not treat, do not make eye contact, repeat, a few times if needed. You may have to stand up and turn your back on her . Set up an exercise with friends or family tell them what you are teaching her.Give your helpers the tiny treats ahead of time. Tell them, they only Give her the Treat when she is on the Floor. Make sure they use your exact word(s) No kiss or what ever you have used. Later teach her to greet guests by sitting when you say Sit. Have them treat when she is calmly sitting. She will learn being polite is better than crazy jumping and too many kisses.