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I have a Puggle (half Pug half Beagle) and this is the first dog I have ever had. I trained her well (sit, stay, shake, heel, etc) but I can't get her to stop her little jump up and down on me when I come home thing. She does little nips in my fingers when she's doing it and I'm worried she won't stop. I tell her no every single time but she gets so excited, she even does it when I've only been gone long enough to check my mail. My man says she'll grow out of it with age... but like when? She will be one year old in one week I think that technically makes her not a puppy anymore but... So from your experience how long did it take your dog to stop spazzing out?

PS I hope she never outgrows doing random crazy laps around the coffee table though :)

Answer 1

You have to train her not to do it. When she jumps up make her sit down. If she was a big dog you would knee her in the chest but since she's little you'll have to take her front paws and put them on the ground while you say the word OFF in a stern but not mean voice. If you do this every single time and don't let her get away with it at all you can fix this behaviour in a few days. You have to be consistent. She's smart or you wouldn't have been able to train her to do the other things she does. Your man and anyone who comes over has to do the same thing. It's not good for her knees and back anyway. So it's good to stop it now. When she nips at your fingers squeeze her mouth but not too hard and tell her no. For now don't let her touch you with her mouth at all because she doesn't know the difference between licking, biting, etc. Persistence, patience, and reward for good behaviour. These are the tools to harmony with your dog.

Answer 2

I to like your self have trained my dogs all to sit, lay down, and take a treat from my hand or any ones else's hand with out biting their fingers or hands. I have trained them with authority in my voice where to pee on the paper in the kitchen and with this same authority you should tell this little dog Not to jump or get excited..But might I suggest that once you are home for a little while feed your pooch and then go for a nice walk..Somethings a lot of people are not aware of is this, a huge number of dogs have the attention span of 20 seconds if you are lucky..So take you time training it may just seep into their little brain before you know it..
Good Luck!

Answer 3

When I took my dog to pet training they had us turn away from the dog (giving they no attention) when they jumped on us. It worked wonders. Your dog probably thinks you saying no or pushing her back down as attention bad or good. Also, try keeping some treats in your pocket or outside your door so when you come home you can immediatly get your dog to go in a sit position for the treat.
Never do anything that will hurt the dog in any way. Not even squeezing the dogs mouth if she nibbles. This can damage their air passageway. Positive reinforcement is the safest for the dog. For nipping they sell harmless sprays you can spray on even yourself that taste bad, I think this works great and I am not ashamed to say I have tated it my self and its bot going to scar the dog or anything like that. This is a more humane way of teaching your dog not to use her teeth. I hope this helps. Good luck.

Answer 4

heres an answer i just gave to another person with the same problem.

"ive always found the best way is to do it one of two ways:

one: when you walk into the house after being out and the dog goes to jump on you quickly turn around in the oposite direction so it wouldnt touch you. keep your back turned until it trys again. then keep turning a 180. do not pay any attention to it. as soon as the dog calms down and is not jumping give it praises and maybe a treat too. it takes awhile and alot of patience and persistance but it will eventually learn that to get a reaction from you it has to stay down off you or anyone else.

two: everytime it jumps up onto you grab its collar tell it "no! down!" firmly and yank it to the floor. not hard just a little snap and hold the dog there. everytime it goes to jump up tug at the collar so it sits back down, or stands. which ever you prefer. hold it there until it gives you the reaction you want. then praise it/give it a treat. this works a little faster then the first but is more forceful. it takes alot of time, patience, and consistance. this is simular to the training most dog trainers do with the choke collars. which i do not approve of. the little jerking of the collar gives the same negitive reaction with out the pain/chokeing or the harsh panting from not being able to breath.

always take the time to retrain your dog no matter how much of a hurry you are in. the idea is to get it to give you the right reaction to your actions and to praise it positively. consistancy is the key. dogs are all about that.

take care and best of blessings."

unforutnately dogs dont "out grow" jumping on people. you have to nip it. my beagle was the same way. he use to run laps around the living room lol dont worry yours wont out grow it. beagles are a naturally hyper animal lol it took me about 6 months to teach him to stay down off of people. he still got really excited tho which is fine lol he just had show it in a different manner. :)

Answer 5

It is obvious your dog loves you very much and you should be very proud of the progress you have made with her.

The amount of time required can be different from dog to dog, but with proper training, you can reduce the time greatly. I had a similar problem with my German-Dane-Wilier (her mother was full German Shepard and her father was 3/4 Grate Dane & 1/4 Rot Wilier.) She is a beautiful, solid black, short haired dog with mostly Grate Dane features. She is big and loves us very much. She would act like a little dog when we came home and meet us at the gate trying to lick us and getting in the way of opening the gate.

The trick with her was to make her understand that her actions would not get her what she wanted. When I would reach for the gate latch and she would stick her nose through trying to lick us, I would pull my hand away, say NO, and walk a step away. When she would become a bit frustrated with this little game, she would back away trying to figure out what to do. When she did that, I would open the gate and give her praise. Now this took several days for her to figure out, but eventually she realized if she stayed away from the gate, I would come in and give her attention. Since she had already learned “SIT,” I was able to add that command to the mix and eventually she figured the game out.

Your dog wants to please you. It makes her happy to do so. Be both persistent and consistent. When you walk into the house, tell her NO. Don’t ever use her name in relation with the word NO. Give the command to SIT. Gently assist her with the command if needed and praise her for even the smallest compliance with your command. Even if she just puts her butt down then stands up. Over time, require her to stay down longer before you give praise. Before long she will be wagging her tail fiercely, but setting and waiting for you when you come in the door.

Answer 6

Three years was the magic age for every dog I ever had. Some of them still acted like puppies until they died ( running and playing), but as far as behavior problems and such, it was three.My dogs have all been large too.That might have something to do with it. Some time to get a dog to stop jumping,knee them gently in the chest when they jump. I said gently, don't knock the dog to the ground sideways.

Answer 7

I would totally allow my dog to donate blood. One of my dogs had to have an emergency transfusion to save her life and if one of the vet techs at the vet hadn't offered up her dog that was already there, mine may have died because we didn't have time to go home and get our other dog. It's a great thing to do, it doesn't hurt the donor and it could very well save another dog's life. As long as care is taken to keep the donor comfortable, then why not? I wouldn't do it excessively, but here and there to help out, absolutely. Edit: To Sunny, you mentioned that it could bother your dog. I watched them take the blood from the donor before putting it in my dog and he was fine. They gave him a mild sedative and he just laid there calmly. They all stroked him and comforted him and afterward he just sat up like nothing had happened. He wasn't traumatized at all. If it were distressing for the individual dog, then that dog obviously isn't a candidate, but I think most dogs would do just fine.

Answer 8

I think this is funny. My lab and min pin run laps around the front yard. They do this because they have bursts of energy. I have made a voice command for then to do this now. They still do every time i say "yee haw". But as far as your problem, with small dogs you need to get down closer to her. Hold her down while you are at her level. If you give her the attention she wants she might not jump as much anymore.
good luck

Answer 9

I have a chawawa he is 8 yrs old now he was that way for 3 yrs. and he still come up after we have been gone. we found that when we return we started taking the dog out side and he stoped jumping up. he is still play full and some of his anticks are still there. Just work with her and she well calm down.

Answer 10

I was told that if you ignore the dog (as hard as it sounds) for 5 minutes before you leave and 5 minutes after you come home, it will make your arrivals and departures seem less dramatic, and she won't get as excited. You have to let her know that you will acknowledge her when YOU'RE ready to. I tried it with my babies, but I'm usually just as excited to see them as they are to see me, that I can't do it. So... from experience, I don't know if it works. And my babies haven't outgrown acting like complete wackos, so your 'daughter' probably won't either (the laps around the coffee table thing). Mine race from the front door to the back door, I have no idea why, but it burns their energy before it's time to go to bed.