How do you keep your dog from jumping up on you?

Question

your own dog or any dog. its a bad habit. But if you have a dog how do you trian him to not jump up on you or anybody?

Answer 1

Tell the dog 'No!' or 'Down!' in a firm voice when he jumps on you, and push him back. Do Not Pet Him: that will at best give mixed signals about what is acceptable. If he tries to jump on you again, repeat and then make him sit before you pet him. Eventually your dog will learn. I've helped to train a greyhound, a golden lab, and several mutts like that.

Answer 2

There are many ways to train a dog not to jump. I don't believe in hitting the dog or punishing it in any harmful way. I believe positive reinforcement is the best way to train a dog. First, you'll want to teach your dog a good, solid sit and stay. After your dog has mastered that, you can move onto getting rid of the jumping. Put a leash on your dog and have some small treats handy. Have someone else walk into your house while you're holding onto the leash. When the dog jumps, gently, but effectively give a correction by tugging the leash give a firm no, give the dog the sit and stay commands and reward when he stays. Repeat until you no longer have to give the sit, stay commands. Then, you can work on taking the leash off. If the dog goes back to jumping, start over again with the leash. Don't pull the leash so hard that you choke or harm the dog in any way. If he doesn't get it the first time, don't get frustrated and start yelling at the dog. It takes patience, and eventually it will all pay off. Good luck!

Answer 3

There are a few steps:
1. When you come home, kneel down to greet the dog, so that he doesn't have to jump up to say hello.
2. teach him to sit on command. Just before he jumps, tell him to sit and praise him. If he jumps, ignore him. You want him to learn that he gets attention, only when he sits.
3. If he succeeds in jumping, tell people to take one step back and then turn. They can turn their back to the dog or just turn their side. Turning is a Calming Signal that tells dogs not to jump.

Answer 4

On you?

Walk in the house and ingore the dog for ten minutes. Say off if he jumps and make him sit or lie down before you move away from him.

Visitors? Block the dog with your foot or leg not allowing him to come near the person. Once again ten minutes no touching,talking to, or looking at the dog.

You only pet them when they are calm not excited

Answer 5

He is testing you for dominance. Adolescent dogs often go thru this phase. When a dog tests a human for dominance it is necessary to let the dog know that humans are -always- dominant over dogs. You will have to be firm but don't be mean. A knee to the chest, or a firm hand to the bridge of the nose, will convey the message. Don't cause any excessive pain, don't show fear or excessive anger, but do let the dog know that humans are always dominant over dogs.

Answer 6

Leash training. It takes a while but it works. Also, when he/she jumps up on someone it is important that they know not to acknowledge him. Just push him away and do not show attention until he is down. After a while he'll get it that the only way he'll get attention is to not jump.

Answer 7

well what my friend does is that every time her dog jumps up on her she folds her arms, takes a step back and says no. And now her dog does not do it as much anymore

Answer 8

By teaching them to do something else instead. Sit is probablly the most logical thing to tell the dog to do.

Answer 9

Hand flat out towards dog and a say a very meaningful and stern NO! DOWN!

Answer 10

When he jumps on you firmly say no and make him sit...you have to teach them to sit and stay. What ever you do, do not use force or violence to make them listen or mind..it just creates other behavioral issues to use anything other than positive enforcement...rewards etc.