How do I stop my dog to from jumping on me or other people?

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@bjskid (322)
United States
February 1, 2007 2:02pm CST
He jumps on me or whoever any chance he gets. He is extremely friendly and gets overly excited when he see's me or a visitor. I can walk away for 1 minute and when i return he acts like i've been gone for days. Help!
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10 responses
• United States
2 Feb 07
Try this and I promise you it will work. First...don't ever hurt the dog. He has no idea that he's doing anything wrong. I did this with my dogs and when my neighbors dog kept jumping on me, I did it with her too. Now the dog still jumps on my neighbor, but not me. When the dog jumps up on you. Immediately turn your back on it for 10 seconds..or if it happens when you come through the door. Back out of the door and close it for the same amount of time. Depending on your dogs IQ..it won't take long at all for them to figure out you don't like to be jumped on. What he wants more than anything is your attention. If he does something you don't like. Take away your attention for a few seconds. Then return. When he doesn't jump on you..immediately praise him with lots of rubs and words. This will work with anything a dog does that bothers you. Except barking. I'm still working on that one. If he licks your hand or face, then immediately shout "ouch" and turn away for 10 seconds. Then return to play. It will take several times, but he'll eventually get the point.
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• Brazil
2 Feb 07
Ignore him for a while...or throw a bone far from you
@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
2 Feb 07
It depends on how big the dog is, it is a hard habit to break for a lot of breeds. A larger dog you can put your knee up and the dog will get the message after a few times. If it is a small dog you have to tap their nose and say down. If it is a puppy it will take time so don't lose patience.
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• United States
1 Feb 07
Do you ever talk to or pet your dog when he does this? If you do then you are rewarding this behavior. Say no, and then off in a very loud mean voice, and do not acknowledge him when he does this other than to punish him with your voice. Praise him when he doesn't jump, possibly using treats.
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• United States
2 Feb 07
I have the same problem with my dog. She jumps on everyone when we are going on walks and she sees someone coming her way. I'm embarrassed by it, espcially when she doesn't listen to me, which is never. She's a pretty heavy dog too. She's a brat.
@bjskid (322)
• United States
2 Feb 07
welcome to my world, hahaha :P
• United States
1 Feb 07
Well what worked for me is to ignore my dogs and do not let them jump. I hold my hand out kind of like a stop sign in front of their face and that has really worked for me. I don't know if your dog will respond in the same way. If he is overly excited he may need more excersize to wear him out. Good luck.
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• United States
3 Feb 07
what you need to do is place your hand out in front of you as to stop him when he jumps up.. if he still jumps push him back down with the hand that you have stopping him from jumping.. do this every time and also tell your visitors to do this.. don't say a word to the dog is you do say "NO" in a furm voice and do not praise him if he listens, just act like he isn't there when he jumps up and you stop him.
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
2 Feb 07
I don't know what size dog you have, but we have BIG dogs in my house, and jumping would be a problem if we allowed it. one of my dogs is a bit of a blockhead and he still does it. I put a knee up, so that when he goes to jump on me, he gets a knee to the chest. I don't do it hard, or to hurt him, it just catches him off guard, and usually knocks him back to sitting. I FIRMLY say "NO" every time he tries. And then I tell him to sit, and if he sits, I pet him and praise him. Dogs don't only need punishment, they need to know the RIGHT thing to do, and praise teaches them that. So when he tries to jump, he gets a verbal and physical command that tell him it's wrong, and THEN i tell him to sit and praise him, so he knows the proper response. NOW (he used to jump when I went for the leashes) when I grab a leash, he runs up and sits down next to me because I trained him to SIT for his leash. he sits for treats and he sits to get petted, because sitting is GOOD behavior that I constantly reinforce with him.
• Brazil
1 Feb 07
give him a girlfriend hahaha :D
@taramoon (740)
• Spain
2 Feb 07
I have had the same problem with my dog olive, however over the past year she has got better but i must admit i did start taking her to doggie school on sundays....lol...i had fun dont think she was to impressed but it did do some good at the classes there were dogs of all ages and breeds and it is amazing to see how they all progress over the period, i have taught olive no to jump by grabbing her front paws when she jumps up and gently push her back, unfortunatly my four year old can't grasp this trick so nine out of ten my little boy dempsey ends up knocked over on the floor, which of course the dog olive loves, a yummy toddler on the floor so she can slobber and lick all over....another trick that also works is fill a small plastic water bottle full of stones and when she jumps rattle it, this might mean that you will have to place a few bottles around the house, but once your dog associates that you do not want to be knocked over she will gradually learn