Dog problems (Manners)?

Question

I have a problem with my dog. And don't tell me she needs a trainer I want to know if I can do this at my home. Every time someone comes she jumps into them and doesn't leave them alone for the rest of the night. We can't have visitors because she is always so annoying with them, so is there a way that I can stop this? Will she ever be able to be with us and leave the visitors alone? Do you think crate training would help? Have her all night in the crate until the visitors leave? What do you think? This is a really big issue because we have visitors very often but she will drive them away if she keeps doing this...HELP ME PLEASE!!!

Thank you for taking the time to read this and to answer it, too...

Answer 1

Tell them to push the dog down and ignore it if it's jumping on them. Then you make the dog sit and wait until it's calm, then praise it. You will have to do this over and over.

Answer 2

There might be two issues here... Does your dog get enough attention and excercise and get to meet new people? If not, the dog might just be desperate for attention. Of couse it is also possible to overstimulate a dog. But your dog should get out for walks or fetch or swimming or whatever works for you and the dog on a regular basis. And the dog should just get some time to "hang out" around people so it doesn't feel too lonely. If a dog is home alone all day and it's a high energy dog, they start to go stir crazy. You might want to try doggie day care if this is the problem.

The other possibility is that it's just a training issue. The dog hasn't learned what you want her to do. There are several things you can work on. You will have to train your visitors. When you have people over that are good friends or family, tell them that when the dog jumps up, they should raise their knee and push the dog away and ignore her. You or the visitor can also give an angry, growling, NO. Does your dog know some commands? You can tell the dog to "sit" or "lie down" or "get your bone" or whatever the dog knows how to do. This will give the dog something positive to think about and when the dog does it - LOTS of happy, happy sounding praise. Does the dog get excited when she hears a knock? Then, make her sit or down or whatever and lots of praise when she does it. After she learns to be calm with someone behind the door, then you can move on to greeting guests. Use the crate while you're in early stages, but in the long term, the dog should be able to greet people politely. Do you take you dog out on walks and practice greeting people on the street? After the dog can remain calm when someone knocks or rings the bell, start practicing manners with dog on lease. Later you can graduate to loose dog... Praise, rewards and attention when the dog is good. If the dog manages to lie down and stay or whatever, the visitor or you can give the dog a treat.

Answer 3

Crate training is a good quick fix. Otherwise some training on your part will have to be done. This is going to take time and effort.
First thing do not let peeps play ruff with her (creates a hyper sometimes aggressive dog). Instead have a toy to play with. Do not let her jump on you, instead go to the dogs level. Like a small child. Small dog? See if one of your friends will help you be the "visitor". Put her leash on her, do not give her pets until she calms down. Ones she calms down then have your "visitor" pet her and you two tell her she is a good girl. At first she is going to go nuts, do it all over again. Some dogs learn faster then others. Having visitors over is a big deal for everyone your dog included.
Praise = treat or food. if your dog has a weight problem giving the dog treats is not going to be good! Your dog does want to please you, though sometimes this is hard to see!
Good luck and one can train there dogs all by themselves. This is something I would do. Does not mean this will work for you or your dog. Read up on other styles. Find the teaching style that best fits you and your life style. Be persistent! It is so neat when that flash goes off in the eyes of what ever critter you are training. Like OK I got it!

Answer 4

Ok...this is a fairly simple problem to fix, whats happened is your dog thinks its the boss...and you have to set it straight again...
When the dog jumps on the visitor (I am presuming they are sitting when the dog does it) get them to say nothing but stand up, when the dog settles again get the visitor to sit, and when the dog jumps up on them again, get them to stand again, and keep repeating, do not say anything to the dog but just continue to sit and stand till the dog gets the message that its place is on the floor.

If the dog jumps on them from the time they walk into the door then follow this basic rule...This is quoted from the forum on the site I have listed below.

Regarding jumping up. My favourite method is to ignore the dog when it jumps by turning my back and not looking, touching or talking to it until it has four paws on the ground. Then I wait for about 3 seconds of calm before giving attention and praising the calm behaviour. Therefore you are ignoring the jumping behaviour and praising the calm. This only works if everybody does exactly the same thing including all family, friends and relations that visit. The dog soon realises that he gets nothing from jumping. Sometimes the dog can jump more as they harder to get attention but persevere and you should see a change. On no account should you grab the dog's collar , pull him down and yell 'no.' This could damage the neck but is also giving attention to the dog. It might be negative but the dog is still getting what it wants.


Below is a web site that is very very helpful, its to a show called "Its me or the dog" its an excellent training show full of very help full tips like the one I just gave you, go have a look at the forum. There is no reason with this sites help that you cannot train your dog to have better manners.

Hope this helps

Answer 5

Sounds like a very loving dog! I would try to tie her nearby so that she is not able to jump on the visitors. Get her to sit and give her treats when she gives you the desired behavior. Ignore her if she is misbehaving. She hopefully will get bored and lay down if she isn't getting any attention. Give her treats when she settles. If you don't have the time to put in when visitors are over, then crate her. Good Luck.

Answer 6

The immediate solution would be to crate train her and keep her in the crate when company is over. No sense in letting her drive your friends away.
Before your friends come over, exercise her like crazy! Take her out on one heck of a run until she is too tired to move. When company comes over, make sure they completely ignore her, no matter how much she jumps on them. When she gets bored (and if not given any attention at all - positive or negative - she will get bored quickly) reward her for being calm. Once she is calm, let the guests pet her a bit. Eventually, she will make the connection of leaving guests alone=attention and treats, while jumping on guests=getting ignored. Frequent exercise will help, too. If she's too tired to move, then she's too tired to bother your guests.
You can train your dog at home! There's lots of good books available at your local library that you could take home and study.
Hope this helps!

Answer 7

Yes this can be done at home. You must get the dog attention. That can be done by give her lots of love and rewarding her when she does good with a dog cookie. Always say what a good dog she is. She will know that when she is good that she get a cookie and a good girl. When she is bad tell her in a strong voice BAD DOG do not yell at her. Try a crate when for a while when people are visiting,until you get her train to go lay down.Just be sure and reward her when she does what you tell her to do.

Answer 8

You can start by putting her on a leash before your guests arrive.
When they do shorten up the leash so you have control and do not allow her to jump on them. Allow her to greet them but not jump all over them. After afew minutes you can crate her and go on about your evening.
If you work with her evey time someone comes she should get more relaxed and you can leave her out longer. As she gets more relaxed try having some dog lovers over and letting her loose and see how it goes.
If she gets to wild back on the leash and let her calm down and vist for a while and then crate her.
I have one who we crate when we have people over as he just is to wild and people are afraid of him. He gets to say hello on the leash and then goes to the kitchen.

Answer 9

what breed and has she been to basic Obedience lessons??
I would strongly suggest Obedience lessons (ALL DOGS SHOULD HAVE THIS).. then when the visitors come over you simply have her "sit"
this is best done in a structured class not you teaching her at home since the class is chaotic the dogs learn much better.. you practice at home.. Obedience lessons are realatively cheap and should be required by all dog owners.

not only will she drive visitors crazy BUT if one gets hurt you can be sued

so.... take her to basic Obedience lessons.. have her learn respect and focus

Answer 10

In my opinion, locking a dog in a crate doesn't teach a dog anything. Well, it teaches her to hate the crate.......Don't get angry and tell people not to pet her when she jumps on them. All that does is makes her beleive that she is doing something good. Try teaching your dog a simple command like 'sit'. She wont be able to jump and sit at the same time. Try destracting her with other commands that take concentration.