My husband is a musician and plays guitar. Every timne he tries to leave the house with a guitar case, Ellie goes nuts. She knows not to bite ankles, but that doesn't mean she hasn't found a way to be obnoxious.
She gets her "baby" and shoves it at DH with every step he tries to take. She pokes him in the legs with her nose. Granted it doesn't hurt like nipping, but it is annoying and he always has to weave through the house trying to avoid stepping on her.
He always uses a growly voice and say, "Stop" and he stops walking for a minute. She is totally riveted on his face and when he is stopped, he is a good stationary target, lol. She just keeps poking him with her nose, trying to get him to play instead of leave.
Last night, I, once AGAIN, told DH that he was giving her exactly what she wanted. ATTENTION. I told him to think about it. She wants you to stop, give her attention and not leave. So you are: stopping, giving her direct eye contact, speaking to her, and not moving.
So, on the second trip to the car, I said try not speaking to her, not looking at her and just stop and turn your back to her and don't move. When he did this, Ellie was totally bewildered. It was really funny. She cocked her head and stretched her neck forward and almost tiptoed to the front of him. He turned his back to her again. She stood stock still. He tried taking a few steps and she quickly picked up her baby and tried to poke him again and stopped and tuned his back. She sat. She could not figure this out. He quitely picked up the guitar case and walked out the door with Ellie just sitting and watching him go. He called me from the car sooooooo happy this worked!
IT IS A MIRACLE! When she was a pup she could care less about being ignored. Now, withdrawing attention is a big deal to her. Hooray!
She gets her "baby" and shoves it at DH with every step he tries to take. She pokes him in the legs with her nose. Granted it doesn't hurt like nipping, but it is annoying and he always has to weave through the house trying to avoid stepping on her.
He always uses a growly voice and say, "Stop" and he stops walking for a minute. She is totally riveted on his face and when he is stopped, he is a good stationary target, lol. She just keeps poking him with her nose, trying to get him to play instead of leave.
Last night, I, once AGAIN, told DH that he was giving her exactly what she wanted. ATTENTION. I told him to think about it. She wants you to stop, give her attention and not leave. So you are: stopping, giving her direct eye contact, speaking to her, and not moving.
So, on the second trip to the car, I said try not speaking to her, not looking at her and just stop and turn your back to her and don't move. When he did this, Ellie was totally bewildered. It was really funny. She cocked her head and stretched her neck forward and almost tiptoed to the front of him. He turned his back to her again. She stood stock still. He tried taking a few steps and she quickly picked up her baby and tried to poke him again and stopped and tuned his back. She sat. She could not figure this out. He quitely picked up the guitar case and walked out the door with Ellie just sitting and watching him go. He called me from the car sooooooo happy this worked!
IT IS A MIRACLE! When she was a pup she could care less about being ignored. Now, withdrawing attention is a big deal to her. Hooray!
. Good job on finding out what the trick was to make her understand what is wanted from her. 
. Oh those hoomans!