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Jumping
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Maybe try commands eg sit, drop. Get the jumpee to give command to Patch. I use clicker training (so does my dog school) which I find very helpful. Also, a shake can (tin with a few 50c pieces is great to startle dog interrupting the behaviour. Small enough to carry around. Others suggest a personal alarm. Hope this helps. Nice to meet you, PatchBoi. -
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The difficulty I have with stopping my dog jumping is consistency - particularly getting other people to enforce "no jumping". Lots of people say "he's sooo cute" and just let him jump, even if I ask them to please make him sit for pats.
For larger dogs, you can try lifting a knee as they jump - a knee to the chest is a disincentive to jumping again. Just don't do it too hard - my uncle once did it to our family dog so hard she did a somersault and was winded (mind you, it stopped her jumping for a while...).
The other thing you can try is turning your back on a jumping dog; this only works for dogs that care which side of you they jump on. -
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PatchyBoi said:
Oh kool thnx i'll try it see if it works, keep you posted. -
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I have this issue with a big "puppy" midnight is 2 and is a Giant Schnauzer and she just gets too excited to see people. I've had a number of suggestions and they only work with consistency. Midnight won't jump on me. I make her sit before talking to her and IF she jumps on me, I step lightly on one of her back feet and because she can't see me doing it she thinks it hurts her foot when she jumps on me. However because no one else does this she still jumps on everyone. Good luck with stopping the issue. -
BoofNMidnight said:
I have this issue with a big "puppy" midnight is 2 and is a Giant Schnauzer and she just gets too excited to see people. I've had a number of suggestions and they only work with consistency. Midnight won't jump on me. I make her sit before talking to her and IF she jumps on me, I step lightly on one of her back feet and because she can't see me doing it she thinks it hurts her foot when she jumps on me. However because no one else does this she still jumps on everyone. Good luck with stopping the issue.I'm sorry, but you hurt your dog to stop a behaviour?
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HI Red,
I probably worded that wrong. It's not "Hurt" it's discomfort. I don't step down i just pin her back food to the ground as she tries to jump, I don't put weight on it. She just associates the discomfort with jumping. Folding my arms, turning away etc she just jumps on my back and raising my voice seems to have little effect (to the point where I had her hearing checked) she will knock me over if i'm not standing stable and she knocks others over on regular occasions. My next bet is to take her to the original trainer I had her with and move out of where I am so she doesn't have as much input from others.
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If a dog jumps up at you, you stand your ground and lift your knee up with calm assertive energy to block the dog. And you keep repeating that technique until it eliminates the dogs unwanted behavior. It is that simple. All that is required is time and patience on humans behalf. Remember, it is never the dogs fault. Dog acts on instinct. At fault is the human behind the dog. Here is and example of one of my clients:
When Kev arrived it was instantly obvious he was a professional and knew exactly what he was doing. He took control of the situation and our 'pack' on the spot. The family spent time with him understanding dog psychology and how we as humans have to be the dominant ones in the pack by being calm and assertive to gain a pack understanding with our dogs. The change in the dogs was incredible, everyone was impressed!! We spent the morning correcting one of our biggest problems, barking at the door/ visitors. The change in our dogs was very quick, and all it took was some understanding of what we were doing wrong with our behaviour and learning how to get our dogs to be calm and learn that they needn't be aggressive. Kevs' dog Harlem was a shining example of his work. We spent the afternoon teaching the dogs to learn to like swimming in the pool and exhausting energy from them. I never thought I would see the day the dogs didn't frantically splash about in a panic to escape, but with a little patience we got them to calmly swim around with us. The whole day was just one extraordinary leap to the next. For 3 years my dog was hyper and uncontrollable to the point that mum was threatening to give her away. Now I have a completely relaxed and settled dog thanks to Kev. Everyone in the family is still in disbelief how well Millie has been behaving after Kev's visit. I strongly urge anyone who needs some help with their dogs to seek Kev's service because you will gain such an amazing understanding of you and your dogs behaviour and just how easily it can be changed. Thank you so much kev!
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