Dog Jumping on People
By dahs75 from West Islip, NY
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RE: Dog Jumping on People
Dogs jump on people for attention. You have to learn not to give any attention to your dog when he jumps on you. When your dog jumps, fold your arms, look pointedly away, frown, turn slightly away, brace yourself, and imagine making the room temperature drop with your disapproval. Do not respond to the jumping, don't touch the dog, say anything or look at him. After a few jumps, the dog will back away in puzzlement and you must immediately praise, smile, open your arms, imagine making the room sunny with your pleasure in his company. He will probably immediately jump on you again and you immediately freeze him out again.
The faster your responses, the faster the dog learns. Most dogs will learn to keep their feet on the ground in just minutes, because they only get what they want from you (attention) when they are on the ground. Some stubborn dogs take more repetitions, but they learn if you are consistent and it is the quickest method as well as the safest. Some people, including (sadly) dog trainers recommend stepping on toes, kneeing the chest, the stomach or grabbing the paws and holding the dog so they can't get down.
These methods don't work for many dogs because they give attention, but also they are dangerous. I've seen toes broken, a diaphram injury and broken ribs. Even if you knee gently, when you put your knee out, the dog may come down on your knee with force and cause injury to himself. And it just isn't as effective.
Post by Chiismychi
RE: Dog Jumping on People
In obedience school with my German shepherd, we learned that jumping on someone got a firm (not painful, just uncomfortable) knee to the stomach. Asking family and guests to do the same thing works miracles. A couple of days and you have a good dog! Have since trained several dogs in this way and it always works.
We also learned this advice for anyone with a large-breed dog: Anything the dog does now (puppy stage) that is cute or funny, ask youself if it will still be cute or funny when the dog weighs 100 pounds. LOL This applies to jumping up, lap-sitting, getting on furniture, nibbling fingers, licking, etc.
Hope this helps! Sarsi
Post by sarsi
RE: Dog Jumping on People
We learned this from taking our dogs to obedience training.
When a dog is a "jumper" each time he jumps up at you speak loud and clear. No down and as the dog is still standing as they will not know what this command is to start you walk directly towards them causing them to loose balance and fall over at times backwards but it wont hurt them as they know how to fall, but it is unexpected movement towards them and it will startle them. After they are off of you tell them "Good Dog!" Do not reward with treats only words. Each time they go to jump up repeat the same thing exactly, starting with the LOUD, NO DOWN and wald directly into them.
It will take only about one or two days to teach them as they will discover that each time they jump up they fall down and as we all know a dog does not like to get embarrassed so they will stop and it is not harming them in anyway what so ever but they do learn and they learn it quickly as well. Good Luck and remember the words, never change them or they will be confused as to the appropriate action that you want from them. No! Down! and walk forward. It works believe me, we have 200lb Newfoundlands and you don't want them to jump up on you as they will knock a good size man down if they wanted to. A good dog is a trained dog.
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