Stop Your Dog Jumping Problems
29 Jul 2009
If you want to have a well mannored dog, you need to train him to not jump. Puppies just seem to jump on people naturally. The real problem is that the puppy carries this habit on to “adult-hood”.
If you dog jumps on someone it could scare or even hurt someone in their excitement. You can break your pooch of this problem, but it will take some time and some patience.
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Here’s How to Start
There are a few factors that make dogs jump up. One reason is that dogs jump to greet you. The reason for this is that one dog will usually great another by smelling around the other’s face. You dog may be jumping to get close to your face.
A dog may also jump up due to being rewarded for it. It excites most people when their dog is happy to see them. Even if you punish your dog for jumping, he may continue just so that you give him attentnion.
If you want to keep your dog from jumping, you will need to train consistently to re-wire his thinking. Let’s get going on some training techniques. Downplay your arrival home. If your dog jumps to greet you, ignore him until he stops. Be consistent with this training across all family and friends that come into your house.
Rather than your dog trying to reach your face, get down so that he can get to you without jumping.
Something else to remember is to not pay any attention to your dog when he jumps. When your dog stops jumping, reward him. Somthing else that may work is to push your dog away by his nose when he jumps. Dogs don’t like this and will often learn quickly to not jump.
Other Important Things
Many behavior problems can be fixed by teaching your dog to “sit”. Your dog should learn this before just about anything else. Once your pooch has this command under control, you can stop any bad behavior by telling him to sit.
After your dog has learned to sit, you should work on teaching him “off.” When you dog jumps, tell him “off” and push him down.
The secret that cause many people to fail at stopping their dog from jumping is consistency. Keep at it and you can stop your dog from jumping.
