does anyone know how to get a dog to stop jumping on the company when they arrive? He acts like a crack head!?

Question

he is a poodle/terrier.. his brother is a min-pim/pom. they are to little to push, and i won't ever shock them. Boo just wants to kiss everyone! They go out when company comes... he still freaks out.. when i let him in. We don't leave our dogs out for hours at a time.. so they have to come in.

Answer 1

My dog does the same thing. She's pretty big and it's to the point where my friends won't come into the house unless she's outside. She's not being mean, but she gets so excited when there's new people. I've tried to gradually introduce her to people little bits at a time and always hold onto her. She seems to calm down once she's met someone a few times.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

You need to work with him. There are two ways we taught my dog that went crazy when people came over. We started with a lot of time practicing the sit, once he got the sit down I had a friend come over and come in, she would tell the dog to sit and if he did she would give him a treat, a whole lot of repetition and work. Well honestly that only worked for the greeting and then he would go crazy again, so I bought a remote shock collar. It operates under the same principles as the electronic fence or bark collar except you have the remote control. Its not cruel, my dog was shocked once at a low voltage and now if he even sees the collar he is the best trained dog. When company comes over especially little kids he will wear the collar but never misbehaves. Its a training device but it did help teach him right from wrong.

Answer 3

ok there are several steps - firstly Obedience lessons will definately help because it will give you the abiltiy to focus the dogs attention else where rather than allowing him to jump - you "distract" him into sitting or "stay" or what ever...

anyhow another thing to do is not give the dog something to jump against. - either the company must raise their leg (if its a big dog the leg meets the dog in the chest so the dog more or less falls back - this is not an agressive kick to the dog but just it cannot put its paws on the persons body so it falls back)

have the guest IGNORE the dog.. alot of people "reward" dogs for jumping by patting or talking to it... so of course the dog will do this every time.. if the people fold their hands, step back, or turn away, (without talking) the dog gets no reward..

People should only pat or pay attention to a good dog

Answer 4

Well, definetely I think spray water is a better way to go than hitting. Hitting just never works, little spray startles and helps the calm down factor. I also read in a dog book that having a dog only container of peanut butter at the door for your dog is good for them. It helps its says for the visitors to give the jar. It sure seems like a good distraction and gives the dog something to focus, kind of like a kid meeting someone new at the door. "Hi, how are you, whatc'h ya get me?" Now dog is busy and big people can mingle!

Answer 5

It may sound a little harsh, but every time he jumps up, you give him a firm hit with you knee. He will soon learn that jumping on people can be painful. Never use you hand, your hand represents love and friendship. This lesson is very important, especially if you have a big dog that has potential to hurt small children or the elderly.

Answer 6

well it sounds like if someone knocks on the door he would bark, so when this happens dont say anything, just stand in front of your dog and if he moves then move with him still standing infront of him. eventually he will stop. do the same thing when company comes in. just stand between the dog and your compnay. this will tell the dog that you are the "pack leader"....your probably gunna wanna let your friends and family know what you are doing before they come over so they dont think your the crack head! lol

Answer 7

A dog should be trained on how to eat, walk with you, not to bark, potty training and sleep on its place etc. You can teach anything to your puppy, dogs get trained easily with some good instructions. If you want some good training tips visit https://tr.im/CnfXZ

If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.

It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.

Answer 8

There is a collar you can put on your dog, the other part of the collar is a device you hold in your hand. When your dog is doing something you do approve of, you push the button on the device. It makes the collar send out a silent whistle in the dogs ear, that only animals can here. It is a piercing sound to them and they usually quit what they are doing.

Answer 9

I have a small spray bottle filled with room temperature water and when the dogs do anything they're not supposed to do, I squirt them. All it takes is one squirt and they stop whatever they're doing and no harm done! Good luck!

Answer 10

My owner used to put up a "pet gate" that let me see the company, but kept me from running up to them and jumping on them. But he really wanted me to be able to be in the room with the company and just not to jump on them.

The problem arose because my owner used to get excited when I was little and I jumped up and showed him how happy I was. But when I got older, he was less happy to see me jumping for joy.

The key for him to get me to stop jumping on his company was to train me to not jump up at all, not just when company came to visit. Then he simulated the suprise guest visit and trained me not to jump on the nice people. This takes practice with you and your dog. See the following website to learn all the steps involved in training your doggie not to be so jumpy...