stopping my puppy from jumping up?

Question

can any one please tell me how to stop my puppy staffy from jumping up people when she greets them its very embarrising shes 14 weeks old. i have joined trainnig clasess but it does not start till november 1st.

Answer 1

My puppy does the same thing every time I get close to him, I think they just like to play that way... Maybe try to scold her everytime she does that...

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The problem with kneeing a dog for jumping: you are correcting her for being friendly! People have broken their dog's ribs using this method.

She wants attention. Show her that she doesn't get attention when she jumps, she gets it when all four paws are on the floor. Instruct people to not pet her unless she is standing or sitting. You can certainly cue her to do one of these, if she has been trained to respond. Otherwise, just wait her out. She will eventually get tired of jumping and stop. That's when people may greet her. Kneeling, rather than bending down, should prevent further jumping. But, if she starts again, they should stand up and take a few steps away until she is calm again.

For those people on the street who tell you "Oh, it's okay - I love dogs!" I suggest a little white lie to my students. Tell the person that you are trying to get your pup into a therapy dog program and she won't be accepted if she jumps on people. They will be more compliant if they think you are training her for a noble goal instead of *just* wanting her to be well-behaved.

Answer 4

Try keeping a leash on her all the time. (at least until you can get to your training classes for more help). Try stepping on the leash when you go near her. Now step on the leash close to her neck so she can stand but not jump. Try to ignore her while she is trying to jump. Don't give any attention to her. You don't want to give her any attention while she is doing the behavior you don't want. Now as soon as she sits down quietly (have a treat ready), praise her and say "Good sit!" You are telling her that is the behavior you are looking for. So when your friend approaches you make sure you are standing on that leash so she cant jump. Talk to your friend and ignore her while she is trying to jump up on her.Your friend cannot pay any attention to her either! Until she shows you how to be quiet in a sit. Praise! Praise! When she does sit. Try this until you get her into classes. She may be better behaved before you even start! Good Luck!

Answer 5

Keep her on a leash when visitors come. Let them approach her and pet her as long as all four feet are on the ground. If she starts jumping up, the visitor walks away until she has all four feet on the ground. Keeping her on a lead helps keep her in one spot and not chase the visitor. Get a friend to help you practice greeting visitors. The puppy will learn she'll get attention when she has all four feet on the ground and she won't get any attention when she jumps up. Use treats to reinforce this behavior. Once she learns "sit" and "down" make her do a sit-down before visitors approach.

Don't encourage her to become overexcited by saying "Whos at the door? Whos that at the door?" and acting excited. Dogs feed off of our own energy. If you create the excitement of course she'll be excited and want to jump on everything. Be calm, have the visitor be calm as well. Explain the "rules" to all visitors of your house if you want the training to be successful.

Please don't step on your puppys toes as a correction. Negative corrections don't solve anything and will make your pup be shy when its feet are handled and possibly become nippy/aggressive when you go to groom her toes/nails.

Answer 6

is she a large breed or smaller? Well either way you could keep an empty pop bottle with some coins in it near by. When she jumps hit the bottle on the wall or your leg and yell no. They noise from the bottle will scare her. It is kind of like the newspaper thing. Dogs are more scared of the noise.

If she is rather large, when she jumps have the person she is jumping on put their knee up. This way there is a block and she gets a gentle push back knowing that it is wrong. My vet told me about that one. I thought it sounds cruel and mean but he said you aren't kneeing them in the chest you are putting a block. My aunts huskie is WILD. I did it once and she doen't jump o me ay more.

Answer 7

Teach her what to do instead....let her know that she will only get attention from you or anyone else if she sits. You will learn that in puppy school soon, but until then, walk away from her every time she jumps on you, so she won't get ANY rewards for jumping (careful, sometimes the smallest reward is reward enough for them to continue jumping, like eye contact, or any kind of physical contact...)
Another good way for her to learn how to greet people properly is for you to have her on a leash whenever people are trying to say Hello to her, and step on the leash, making it short enough for her to only be able to sit....DON'T step on her feet, or knee her, or hurt her in any way, you wouldn't want her associating the pain with greeting people, that could create other issues worse than jumping.....Also, don't use the word Down, down is a behavior you will learn in class, don't confuse your puppy....if you have to say anything say Off instead....Good luck in class, I promise, you will have lots of fun!!!!

Answer 8

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/0a3Mv

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 9

regrettably, that's how a good style of habit issues initiate whilst they might have been prevented-- vendors think of their domestic canines are lovable whilst they're misbehaving. attempt a pair of issues: -once you walk in a room & she starts to leap, say "No" (or notwithstanding your "undesirable" be conscious is) and turn your decrease back & pass your arms. do no longer pay her interest. do no longer puppy/communicate/play along with her. This takes time and consistency. -Sound aversion. the main inexpensive way is to apply a pot & a spoon. whilst your canine jumps on somebody, bang the spoon interior the pot to make a noisy noise. this could be an unsightly reaction on your canine's leaping and it won't take long in the previous she stops. My canine started leaping on the settee thoroughly immediately. We did this sound aversion technique final night approximately three times and he or she hasn't long previous close to the settee on the grounds that.

Answer 10

Hi there,
You should definitely attend a dog training course if you want to stop these unwanted behaviours. A good one I found online is http://www.goobypls.com/r/rd.asp?gid=572

It's really well made (it has a lot of videos), simple and effective. I recommend it.
Bye

Answer 11

When someone comes over, either put her in another room before you open the door or hold her. Whenever she jumps, put a hand on her shoulders and say, "down". You don't have to shout, just say it every time so she associates the word with the action. Eventually when you say "down" she will understand it to mean that she is to stay down.