help with understanding and training my dog  

Things you can do help prevent her from jumping on you are alway hold your hand low when approaching her. If you hold your hand at your waist level or above she may be jumping to get to your hand, as that is where her attention comes from (a pat on the head, a treat, etc.) The other thing is if she comes running toward you, simply turn you back on her. She no longer has your direct eye contact so she will slow down to try and find your face. A third thing you could try is a water mister bottle. If she attempt to jump on you, give her a little mist in the face (dogs hate this). And don't forget a good obedience class or refresher never hurts.

You don't say how old your dog is or other vital information. How do you know she is part wolf if you don't know the rest of her genealogy?

Jumping up and pawing you are examples of innate juvenile behaviour carried over into adult hood and found in all dogs. Basically, they are a young dogs instinctive behaviour that initiates the adult dog to regurgitate food.

There could be a number of reasons why this has become a problem. You say you have trained her but not what that training entails. I would consider a minimally trained dog one that would stop whatever it was doing when given the command 'No.' Imagine if your dog ran out into the road, she should stop immediately on the command.

Incidentally, remember to use one word commands, these work better with all dogs. You are giving a command not having a conversation. Whatever you may think the dog does not understand what you say. It knows only if it behaves in a certain way when it hears certain sounds (Words) then it is rewarded with approval from a high status dog (You)

It maybe that the dog is unsure of its position in the pack (Family)

Dogs are not humans in furry coats; all dogs, however socialised or domesticated are hard-wired to view the world as a wolf does. They exist as part of a pack, with a hierarchy and are happy if they know their position in the hierarchy be it high or low. It may be she is using this behaviour to questioning your dominance.

She must eat after you, walk through doorways after you and never be allowed on the furniture or your bed, if this is the case. Test her, bare your teeth and growl, does she submit? (Roll on her back)

Hope this helps, urban

What you are talking about is her instinct to controll you, she does not see you as pack leaders and is trying to put you in the subservant positions. This is frustrating for her, you are not pack leader but you also don't respect her as a pack leader. You must also get her nails clipped, don't worry they will continue to grow back, but without enough exercise to keep these short they will interfer with how she walks and may even cause health problems as she ages. You need help from Ceaser, the dog trainer. He has books and tapes out to help. It worries me that she is part wolf, this may mean that every natural instinct is even stronger in her than in regular dogs. Good Luck

Your dog is basically telling you she is your leader when she jumps on you like that. There are other areas too, such as hyperactivity, which in most cases, a dog who is hyper only needs to be exercised to calm them down. And by that I mean taken for a few hours walk.

My dog went through this not long ago, and I was able to break him of it by doing this: When you approach her, tell her to sit. When she does, give her a treat and tell her good dog.

When she jumps on you, turn your side to her, bump her off with your hip, and tell her down, until your back is facing her. If she gets down, reward her with another treat.

When she claws you, yell OWWWW!!! and walk away from her. In play, pups never intentionally hurt one another and those that do, are ignored by the rest of the pack for a time.

Also, despite keeping her outside, trim her nails. A dog that has overgrown nails can experience cracking and splitting of their nails, overgrowth hang-nails, and pain, particularly if their nails aren't filed down by cement.

It takes time and patience to work with an animal who has dominating issues. I just hope she's not like my dog who was diagnosed with a mental disorder condition.