Chase is going with the family today. Fingers crossed he's a good boy. Worried he won't try to jump and lick everyone.

Well he did really well. We took him to a local creek so my boyfriend could fish and Chase, my daughter, and I could get in the water and play. I knew he loved playing in the kiddie pool but hadn't tried him in anything but that..... he LOVED it. The only issue we had was when someone came to the creek (It was deserted when we got there). He was whining and trying to pull to get to him. How do you correct this behavior with your dogs? He of course loves everyone but I want to be able to take him with us this summer and not have to worry about him whining and pulling my arm off when he sees people.

We try to correct this behavior by not giving him what he wants when he does that. Whining, crying, and pulling should not result in him getting the attention he wants. The problem is when the other people come up to him anyway and pet him. Sometimes people will dismiss our requests to ignore him because "they don't mind" "it's ok, my dog jumps up on me all the time." ... uhg.

Glad he had so much fun.

That's what I did. I made him heel and wouldn't let him go get the attention he wanted. I guess I need to get him out around people more before we just jump right to going to the lake with tons of people. At least he doesn't bark!