Jumping On People

[poodlefan]

Put the dog onlead when visitors come.. bloody hard for it to jump on them when its attached to you.

Well, I guess you haven't seen how tight some of the places around external doors are in our house. It's bloody hard to stop a dog attached to me jumping on a visitor if I had to answer the door. I've tried it! E gets wildly over-aroused by visitors at the front door. I don't think the leash helps matters much. It does seem to make the visitors more worried. I guess they see him on the leash and think he must be dangerous. I like the baby gate better. We can cue him to sit or down on the other side of the gate and only let him through once he's calm enough not to jump on anyone. Theoretically.

In your case, sort the door out and put the lead on when you're ready to bring him through the baby gate. He can't jump if you're controlling the interaction.. If he looks to do it, you move away. Only calm behaviour is rewarded by contact.

Telling visitors (once in) that he's onlead until he learns some self control will probably relax them.

Edited April 4, 2011 by poodlefan

[dandybrush]

yes i better brush up on my jumping puppy skills, as i have one now my older boy will still occassionally jump and im not tough enough on him, he is mostly good though i found for raz time outs were very effective, when i had guests over, every time he jumped he got a time out in the bathroom, he stopped pretty quick, i havent been as solid on my time outs as i should be, hence him doing it occassionally now, i might crate willow when guests arrive and let her out when she is calm, then time out every time she jumps

[Ptolomy]

Last night I watched a very experienced trainer work with a 20 weeks old keplie puppy who would come bounding up to people and jump all over them. The trainer actively encouraged the puppy to jump up and of course the puppy obliged, but the puppy got very tired and so sat down - so the trainer threw food on the floor and told the pup to get it. Then when the pup had eaten the food - she then encouraged the pup to jump all over her again. This time the pup half heartedly jumped up, but it didn't last very long before he sat down again and once again the trainer threw food on the floor and told him to get it. The next time she tried to encourage the pup to jump up, he just sat there and no amount of encouraging could get him to jump - so she threw food on the ground and told him to get it.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed how well it worked and I have to say this method worked much better than trying to encourage the pup to sit when it approached somebody, which they tried earlier in the night.

Just another way of achieving the end result.

[dandybrush]

hmmm i might give that a try at home ptolomy thats pretty interesting

[Scarlett Dog]

we have been told to teach her what to do rather than what not to do. So we had our girl on lead until she knew she was to sit politely for a pat.

Edited April 5, 2011 by Scarlett Dog

[sas]

I agree, teach the dog to sit when greeting people. Only reward for ass on ground lol

I allow my dog to jump up on me when we play games etc but she is not allowed to jump on anyone else. Actually my mum encourages her to jump on her as well. But she generally doesn't jump on others.

See thats what im worried about if i get a pup i want people to make sure he sits before they pat him but there are some people i know in my family who think its "cute" when they are little but then get annoyed when he is grown thats what it was like with my cattle dog so it would be tough for me to break that haha but i will just get angry if people dont listen to me i'll be like hey! its my puppy and i dont want him to do that!!!!.

Then put the dog away if people can't play by your rules....better that way than her rehersing incorrect behaviours.

[Guest]

when your dog jumps up, turn, push into his space with your shoulder,or hip if he is a small dog, if you are a visitor dont give the dog eye contact or fuss over him/her as soon as you walk in.

lablove

[cee9175]

I personally can not get my dog to stop whatever I do! Ive tried ignoring, turning my back, sticking my knee out, getting him to sit - everything. I think the main problem is consistency - the people I live with just wont cooperate!

[Zug Zug]

My poodle x was a huge jumper as a younger dog. We have done the things suggested here (trained a really good 'sit', turned our backs, ignored her when she was out of control etc.) and it worked really well. She doesn't jump on us much at all any more (an occasional lapse, but quite rare).

The funny thing is she still obviously feels the need to jump. So now when she's really excited she jumps up and down in front of us. Like a pogo dog. Really funny actually

[Pudel]

My poodle x was a huge jumper as a younger dog. We have done the things suggested here (trained a really good 'sit', turned our backs, ignored her when she was out of control etc.) and it worked really well. She doesn't jump on us much at all any more (an occasional lapse, but quite rare).

The funny thing is she still obviously feels the need to jump. So now when she's really excited she jumps up and down in front of us. Like a pogo dog. Really funny actually

We have a standard poodle, who only jumps up if we pat our chests and have dancing games. I have a very simple rule, and it is consistent the dog is only patted with 4 paws on the floor. She sits well and gets lots of pats when sitting or standing. She hates the drop position. It is a bit of a hassle going down to pat them as puppies, but puppies can grow into big dogs, dont encourage a puppy to do what you would not like a dog to do. My dog has learnt when she can jump, and yes her nickname at obedience was pogo. She jumps when excited but tends to jump straight up, not on us without permission. Mind you she will still bench surf when she thinks she is not being watched. She knows and reacts to down, very well when caught though