I Need Some Tips ..

[Lolly]

My 4 m/o B/C is growing perfect in every way. After an initial wake up period for me we've settled nicely into a routine and he can "down" (means to sit, he's a showdog), "stop", "heel" and "stand". He also understands NO but still does things he's not supposed to like BARK at people who dont stop and pat him on the head. Sometimes he'll have a little bite too but that has pretty much stopped about 97% of the time.

He lost his two bottom front teeth yesterday - I've not ever seen anything more adorable!

I have a 2 y/o nephew and the dog is currently the same size as the boy. The dog jumps up and puts his front paws on the boy's back or front to have a lick and the boy FREAKS out. Cries and runs. YAY for the dog who thinks this is a great game. I'm not sure what to do with this - I dont want the dog and boy to start hating each other.

I'm introducing the "down" to stop the ballistics that goes on whenever anyone walks in the front door. He is made to DOWN and then can move once he gets a pat from the person (or me if the person hates dogs). Should I just do this around the boy as well?

Can dogs learn not to jump on particular people? or is that dumb question? My SIL is allergic so the dog can't jump on her and my nephew screams and runs so I'd like to stop the jumping on him, but the rest of the family love being jumped on.

Is it an all or nothing thing? or can I teach him to pick & choose?

[PAX]

I teach my dogs to jump up on me by invitation only. I have found it easy to train and it is really clear for the dog, I call it 'paws up'.

Most people the dog meet wont appreciate them jumping on them so I think it's best to train it.

[BrunoBella]

Hi Lolly

You can't pick and choose who the dog will jump on, this is too confusing. You have to stop him from jumping on anybody. You should not allow your dog to jump on a two year old child. Hold the child in your arms and/or remove the dog until the jumping is sorted out. Leaving a 2 yo on the floor with a jumpy dog is asking for trouble.

To solve the problem I would introduce a "space" around people, particularly little kids. A space stops the dog from jumping because it cant' get close enough to jump.

To create a space walk toward the dog and say "Back". Use your body to back him away. When he is two metres or so away, reward him. My dogs learned this very quickly.

The other things you can do is, turn your back on the dog until it calms down; remove the dog from the room/crate the dog if it jumps; get the dog to sit whenever it tries to jump.

Your down strategy is a good start. Make sure you are only rewarding your dog when it is calm and not just for completing the down command.

Good luck with your training :p

BellasPerson

[Lolly]

So it's all or nothing and by invitation only .... great *rolls eyes* more training of the humans :p I swear it's easier to train the dog to do the right thing than train the humans to do the right thing by the dog.

If I have to tell one more human that the command is DOWN, not 'sit', 'ahhha', 'no' or one of the other numerous commands they use and then wonder why he wont do what they say, I will tattoo it into my forehead.

I taught the older kids to say NO and turn their backs on the dog, which has been working great, but I cant teach the 2yo to turn his back.

Thanks :p

[BrunoBella]

Human training is very hard :p

I can teach kids from 4 to help with the dogs but 2 is too small. I do teach kids under 4 to make the dogs sit over a doggy/baby gate but no kid under 14 gets left alone with my dogs.

I think it would be fine for the humans to use down or aahha as long as they all were asking the dog to do the same thing.

Have fun training your humans and your dog :p

[dee lee]

Its SOOOO hard to get the humans trained. But if you are vigilant you can slowly eliminate the problem, the ol "ah ah" or a squirt with one of those pop-up water bottles will get the message through! eventually... Then you can start on the dog! :wink:

[BrunoBella]

Its SOOOO hard to get the humans trained. But if you are vigilant you can slowly eliminate the problem, the ol "ah ah" or a squirt with one of those pop-up water bottles will get the message through! eventually... Then you can start on the dog! :wink:

:p :p

[Lolly]

Its SOOOO hard to get the humans trained. But if you are vigilant you can slowly eliminate the problem, the ol "ah ah" or a squirt with one of those pop-up water bottles will get the message through! eventually... Then you can start on the dog! :wink:

Oh, don't tempt me ...