she is a 90 pound german sheperd! OWWWW!
2007-11-17 12:07:38 · 13 answers · asked by Tannerreese 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Train her. She gives signals before she jumps, turn your back on her. You're withdrawing what she wants - your attention. Teach her what "off" means.
If your having trouble handling her or don't know how to teach her, it would be best to take her to obedience classes so she can be a well-behaved dog who's a pleasure to be around.
2007-11-17 12:11:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Does she know how to sit? If so, get a handful of treats and get her jumping and dancing around or whatever she does when she jumps up on you. That is usually when you come back home but it can be at any other time.
When she is thinking about getting her feet off the ground, lean into her slightly and tell her to sit. When she is sitting she cannot be jumping up on you. Sometimes it helps to have your hand in front of her like a traffic signal. As soon as she sits, give her a treat and praise.
There are different ways to do this but it is really helpful to teach a big dog to automatically sit to greet humans. Do this over and over again in different locations where she has jumped up on people before. When she is reliably sitting for you, have some friends come over so she can try this new behavior out on dog friendly people.
Over time, you can phase out treats entirely.
2007-11-17 12:48:13 · answer #2 · answered by nt_sndr 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
A lot of dog behavior has to do with where they see themselves in the pack order. A dog that jumps on someone is showing that they are higher in the pack order than the human. Your dog needs retraining after you do some research on pack order in canines.
A way to test where you are in the pack order is to go through a doorway with your dog. The highest one in the pack goes through first.
How about training your dog to sit before you give her attention? Get someone to hold the dog on a leash while you enter the room. If it does not already do a Sit, Stay, teach it. Have the dog sit when you come in. Turn away if it gets up. Put it back in the sit position.
Keep doing that until the dog stops jumping on you and your dog will have learned that it is not the pack leader.
2007-11-17 12:18:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
I also have a german shepard and there are a few different things you can try. You can just try and ignore her when she jumps up on you, it shows her that you're not going to pay attention to her when she acts like that. She'll get bored and stop doing it. You can keep turning away from her when she jumps and again, she'll get bored with it and stop. You can also take a step back so she falls on her feet and she'll get the hint and stop it. You can also act like it hurts you when she does it and yell oww real loud and then ignore her and she won't do it anymore. Any one of these things will work. It just depends on what you want to do and what your dog will respond to. But german shepards are very intelligent and will get the hint pretty quickly.
2007-11-17 12:31:06 · answer #4 · answered by Jenni S 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
every time she jumps you turn you back to her and give her NO ATTENTION, don't say "no" dont say anything (remember it doesn't matter to your dog at that point whether she is getting good or bad attention) to her she is succeeding either way, just keep turning away and ignore her until she stops, she will get the point that if she doesn't jump she will get greeted. German Shepard's are one of the smartest breeds alive. that's why you are having this problem.
2007-11-17 12:17:57 · answer #5 · answered by Cammie 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Whenever she tries to jump on step backwards each time so she doesn't make contact with you. Tell her down in a commanding voice. You may also want to teach her sit and stay, if she doesn't already know those commands. Then when she goes to jump on you again stepback and have her sit and stay. Just keep working with her.
2007-11-17 15:41:45 · answer #6 · answered by xoxoPetsxoxo 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
OK this may sound rough but it worked within 5 minutes with my puppy. When she jumps, move to the side and push her down and say no. Be firm and make it unpleasant for her, but don't hurt her. This worked on my puppy within 5-6 times doing it.
2007-11-17 12:18:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
you need to be firm with your dog show him who the alpha is you need to stop cross your arms ,show no eye contact and don't move no matter what he does once he realize your not going to a prove of his actions he well stop and sit when he does thats when you give him pats and tell him good boy do this every time soon he stop .but be firm with him make sure he knows who the boss is .
2007-11-17 12:12:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
keep a jar with a handful of pennies in it handy, when she misbehaves, just shake the can with a firm NO. Also, keep a spray bottle filled with plain water and give her a squirt or two, also with a firm NO. A couple of squirts should do the trick.
2007-11-17 12:12:45 · answer #9 · answered by kingsley 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
You can't encourage her to jump sometimes and then not others.
When she does jump, put your knee up to block the jump and say "down". If you are consistent, she will learn not to do this.
Simple and it works.
2007-11-17 12:14:01 · answer #10 · answered by Laurie 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋