"diddy" none wrote in message:

First, I had to teach my friend to direct her dog so that her dog develops
the belief that she CAN earn attention appropriately.
My friend was doing a LOT of rewarding for the exact sort of behavior she
did not want, she simply wasn't aware if it.

There's a little bit of information I inadvertently left out. This dog
never solicits attention inappropriately from the owner. He only does it to
other people.

So it was more catching her when she rewarded the negative behaviors, and
combined it with teaching the dog it can appropriately earn attention (by
bringing stuff, doing tricks, or just paying for quiet)

I've been watching the dog and owner, and although she initially let his
'Pet me, pet me' behavior go, she is being pretty diligent about reeling him
in when she feels the behavior is inappropriate.

The handler needs to learn to pay attention the QUIET times and make a
concerted effort to pay for those, and totally ignoring the attention
getting behaviors.

This is going to be part of the challenge. Not so much with the owner, but
with everyone else. There are people that love that he's such a love bug
and are more than happy to indulge him (they're regulars, so all of us know
the dog very well).

And yes, I would get that dog a patch.. DO NOT PET. This
is not the time you want people petting the dog. They may pet, when she
TELLS them that they may.

I will let her know. Thank you!

Suja