Dog Jumping on People

By dahs75 from West Islip, NY

Archives: Request: Dog Jumping on People Archived on 09/15/2009 I have a female boxer who is 2 years old. This is not my first boxer and I have had her for a year. She will not stop jumping on me and she hurts me. I have even tried a choke collar for the first time in my life. If I turn she jumps on my back. I don't want to give up on her. Nothing has worked. I know she loves me because she was so ignored in her past. I think she will be in this puppy-baby stage for at least another year. I am 5'3 and single and I am using a stern deep voice but to no avail. Please help me. Thanks. By JD60 from Sulphur, LA Feedback: RE: Dog Jumping on People I think a video teaches training better than words. Here is a good one with several others below it to choose. Please let me know how it goes and I will try to help you with this problem. http://www.ehow.com/video_2348895_prevent-boxer-from-jumping-people.html Thank you and good luck! (04/14/2009) By Robyn Fed RE: Dog Jumping on People What worked for us is a knee to her chest. You're not really kicking her. Basically, when she's in the process of the jump, you pull your knee upwards. Rather than her body contacting you (and knocking you over), her body will contact a bony knee to her chest. It doesn't hurt the dogs, but it does surprise them and somewhat knock them off-balance, and it's not as fun. With our dogs, just a few times was all it took. Good luck! (04/14/2009) By tsiegl RE: Dog Jumping on People Two thoughts; one, get a squirt bottle and fill it with water. Squirt your dog every time she jumps. Two (and you can do this together with the squirt bottle technique), tell your dog to sit instead of yelling at her to stop jumping. If you give your dog a "job" to do, it will take her mind off of jumping. Good luck. Be patient. Be consistent. -Lee in FL 3 dog house! :) (04/17/2009) By PainterLee RE: Dog Jumping on People Okay, put a leash on your boxer while she is in the house. Step on the leash when she tries to jump. Once she is sitting praise her. Pay no attention to her while she is squirming when you are on the leash. Do not do this with a choker collar on, only a regular collar. This is not harmful to the dog at all and is not negative in any way. Best of luck! (04/17/2009) By Kristilyn3 RE: Dog Jumping on People When I had 3 puppies in my kitchen, we used tabs on their collars, which are just short leashes about 12" long. Whenever one of the pups jumped on me or the kids we'd grab the tab and yank it (not too hard but hard enough to get their attention), and say "Down!" or "No!" As long as you're consistent it works. I highly recommend tabs for puppies and dogs! (04/17/2009) By Wendopolis RE: Dog Jumping on People What worked for my dog was when she was up jumping, I would cover her back toes with my toe, touching lightly, and she would get down quickly. That and the bump with the knee, putting her almost off balance. Now she jumps up in the air, which is fine with me. (04/17/2009) By kimhis RE: Dog Jumping on People I haven't seen my own technique here, so I'll add it. I'm visually impaired and none too steady on my feet, so the knee thing wouldn't work; I'd fall over, lol! Instead, whenever either of my 65-pounders (one purebred American Pit Bull Terrier, one pit-Sheltie mix) jumped on me, I'd say "ouch! That hurts! Then I'd push them down with my hands until all four feet were on the floor and sternly say "No jumping." Then I'd instantly pet and praise. We have three dogs - our third is an English Mastiff - so handing out treats to one and not all isn't feasible. I handled the jealousy thing similarly. I've trained our little bully (the purebred and our only female) that she won't get any attention at all if she pushes someone else out of the way to get it. I did this by literally pushing her out of the way and saying "It's Tigger's (or Caesar's) turn, he deserves to have some attention, too," and similar things. Dogs are a lot like children, and I treat mine as such, which works for me. As far as guests go, hubby refuses to allow guests to mingle with our dogs because we've learned that doesn't work for our dogs, either. None of them have ever been socialized; hubby wouldn't hear of it. He says he got them to protect us, and wants to be sure they'll do just that if the need ever arises. He forgets that ours all jump between us if he gets too rowdy playing with me, lol! Yep, I have some resistance from hubby, but my dogs have learned they have to be gentle with Mommy! (04/18/2009) By JustPlainJo Report Spam or Abuse Request: Dog Jumping on People Archived on 04/14/2009 I have two pit bulls, one is 8 months and the other is 4 months. I would just like to know how can I get them to stop jumping on people when they come over? I tried putting them in the other room and give them treats but nothing works. Please help Sheila from Jersey City, NJ Feedback: RE: Dog Jumping on People My Mom once tried the leg up correction technique where the knee meets the chest and makes the puppy or dog fall off balance, and she nearly lost her own balance, the dog twisted its leg around hers and wouldn't let go. It was funny at the time. this problem is not easy especially with an energetic breed and a loving breed like yours. I would suggest working on a sit exercise and then a stay exercise. Also no petting at all when he jumps and no attention or eye contact when he is misbehaving. I like to teach sit first because it is so useful. You will have to have treats on hand all the time at first. Then get a clicker or practice making clicking noises with your mouth. At each good obedience, like sitting or "off" when all four feet are on the ground within a second of the behavior. click and reward with a yummy treat, no usual treats this has to be an outstanding -get his attention-kind of treat. After a few tries, he will learn a click means great news. At this point it will be easier to communicate. Sitting involves holding a treat above his nose and telling the dog he is a good darling or so, and when he sits or even begins to look like he is going to sit, click and reward...clicking is the only reliable way to train some dogs, since they are so focused on hearing. Also signals, hand signals will be more paid attention to then just words alone. Once you have him doing obedience like sit, or come here, etc, he will be easier to train not to jump on another person. Sometimes it is better just to have a crate and put him in it if he is not behaving. Make sure the guests are not over exciting him with attention. (02/19/2009) By Robyn Fed RE: Dog Jumping on People I had a shepherd/husky mix and she was horrible about jumping up on people, including myself, especially when I was in my nursing whites and on my way to and from work. After having to change my uniform while on my way to work many days, I finally had enough. I started pointing to the ground and yelling NO and SIT. She finally realized after a while that I wasn't going to pet her until she sat and stopped all the hyper jumping. It's funny looking back now, every time I'd walk out the door to leave, or come in from being out, she'd see me and just sit and wait. If she didn't sit when she saw me, I could walk up to her and point at the ground and she'd sit and wait for me to pet her. She wouldn't do this for my husband, lol. Good luck. (02/19/2009) By Shelly RE: Dog Jumping on People Discipline, routine, and reward. I have two golden retriever pups that are nine months old. We went through a short period of jumping. The way I corrected this behavior was to give them absolutely no attention when they did this other than to sit them down, and in a stern voice I look them in the eye, point my finger and say wait. They would fight each other for attention before. You couldn't pet one without the other trying to plow you over so they could get petted also. They know now that if they wait patiently they will get an equal amount of attention. Remember, you are the pack leader and you have to make sure they know this or they will never do what you want them to. (02/19/2009) By washburn6394 RE: Dog Jumping on People I used a small water bottle to train my dog not to do things she shouldn't. Set the spray nozzle on stream, and give him a squirt when he jumps. After a couple of times he will only have to see the bottle! Worked for me. Good luck! (02/19/2009) By Pam RE: Dog Jumping on People I had the same problem with my dogs jumping on people when they came over or myself when I came home. I tried the knee thing but they just learned to jump on my back or just out of reach of my knee. Now I warn people before they come in the house to completely ignore the dogs for at least 20 minutes, this works really well with the dog however not every one wants to do what I say. For these people I put the dogs in the other room for 20 minutes, and when I let them out there is still a lot of jumping and excitement, but it is not nearly as bad. (02/25/2009) By a.beikmanis Report Spam or Abuse Request: Dog Jumping on People Archived on 02/17/2009 My Ozzie is a Boston terrier mix, he is a little over a year old. I'm having problems with him when people are coming in the door. He jumps all over them and scratches, of course not on purpose. But when little kids come over I don't want them getting scared or hurt. I want to control him more when people are entering my home, what can I do? Nikki from Chicago, IL Answers: RE: Dog Jumping on People When I took our dog to novice dog training, we were taught a collar correction. Because it requires a training or pinch collar, I recommend having a seasoned trainer show you the technique so you don't hurt your dog. The idea of those collars is not to choke or hurt them, but give them a quick surprise to teach what not to do. Usually it just takes a couple of times of being corrected to stop the behaviour so it's not something you have to do for long. After I got the initial jumping stopped, I started to teach my dog that she would not get petted unless all her feet were on the ground. I'd put her in a sit and if she jumped I'd stop petting her, put her back on position and then would resume petting and treating her. You could just try the second part without the correction, but it would depend on how quickly your dog learns. (10/29/2007) By Cindy RE: Dog Jumping on People Do not use any kind of collar training. That's very old news. The reward system is best. If you search this site you'll find lots of good info. Basically, you need to have the dog out of the room on a leash when company comes. Have plenty of small treats. Put him in a sit, reward him. He will jump up and that's expected. Put him in a sit etc. When they are comfortably in the room walk him in. If he jumps up, have them turn around, away from him. He needs to know he gets no attention when he does it. As soon as he's down on all fours, reward him. I've done it, it works. At some point take him off the leash and let him have free fun. If he does it again have them turn around again and reward him when he's on all fours again. This is just one way. (10/31/2007) By Me RE: Dog Jumping on People Have you been to obedience training (for you, that is) as the first poster recommended? I would make the dog sit before I opened the door, and sit again as needed until the excitement of visitors dies down. When you come home yourself, ignore him until you have unloaded your things, and make him sit to be greeted by you. I would also make him sit to be fed. I assume you walk him daily, do you not? He should never go through a door before you or pull/ walk in front of you when on the leash. You have a darling species, so teach him to be a wonderful pet. It's up to you, since you set the rules. (10/31/2007) By the Oracle RE: Dog Jumping on People For your own protection against lawsuits, have you considered a "beware of dog" sign? I'm not saying your puppy is a killer but when I say "hurt" I might mean a greater or lesser degree of injury than you might mean when you say "hurt". Consider that there are some people who complain about the tiniest things either to get attention or sympathy or even money. So, if a child cries that your puppy scared it, that child's parents could construe that to mean that they have a terrorist in the neighborhood with a dog of prey! For your own protection a "beware of dog" sign would be what I would opt for. Even though, little kids might not be able to read it, it's there. So the individuals can't come back on you about it. It also might "ward off" other unwanteds who would be swayed by the sign. (10/31/2007) By melody_yesterday RE: Dog Jumping on People My trainers told me to put the knee up to stop this. Jennifer from Northern Virginia (10/31/2007) By ILuvDobes RE: Dog Jumping on People Here is how you stop a dog from jumping on you. First of all when it does, you ignore it and walk away. Then when it realizes its attitude isn't getting him any attention he will adopt another one. That's when you guide him to sit. When he does you reward. After a few days of constant routine it should be learned. Oh, and if he scratches, try trimming. If you can't do that, then when he scratches you say ow! and go into another room for 3 minutes come back and repeat once again. After a few repetitions he will understand that scratching makes people go away. (01/27/2008) By John-Kevin RE: Dog Jumping on People With a stern voice tell them no! (11/23/2008) By Report Spam or Abuse