Is She Part Jack Russel?
By Sharon
@simone10 (54180)
Louisville, Kentucky
December 10, 2015 6:30am CST
As many of you know, I have two dogs. Bella is a chocolate brown standard dachshund and she is 7 years old. Daisy is a light red mini dachshund and she is 5 months old. Bella is about 7-8 inches tall, not counting her head, and Daisy is about 6-7 inches tall.
Daisy has grown so much over the past 3 months that we have had her. She is almost the same size as Bella but her frame is a lot smaller, more petite. She is super hyper which I am sure is still the puppy in her.
She has this bad habit of jumping. As little as she is, she can almost reach the counter in our kitchen when she jumps. We all know that dachshunds have to be careful with their backs because their bodies are so long. I am constantly worried that she is going to hurt herself jumping. I don't want her to end up paralyzed because she was jumping.
My brother and I jokingly say that she must have Jack Russel in her background. If you have ever seen a Jack Russel jump, you know what I'm talking about. Daisy jumps just that high.
I have tried scolding her and telling her no. I have used my knee to gently bump her in the chest while saying no to get her to stop. Nothing phases this dog. She is very determined and stubborn which is part of the breed.
(The picture on this post is of Bella and Daisy cuddling early in the morning. You can tell Bella is still sleepy 
. If you click on the picture, you can see the picture bigger and can see Daisy's green eyes. ) Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep her from jumping besides doing what I have been?
. If you click on the picture, you can see the picture bigger and can see Daisy's green eyes. ) Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep her from jumping besides doing what I have been?11 people like this
10 responses
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
11 Dec 15
I always had someone to train my dogs--the last one I had I went to 'training school' together--he trained me well!
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
10 Dec 15
lol I have never been able to get my dogs to stop anything, they have a mind of their own.
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@sofssu (23660)
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11 Dec 15
I have always got the no and the bump or a light poke in the ribs to work for me.. I have had a few dogs and i have trained them myself. I usually find that they tend to repeat when they notice that we are not so firm about the commands. That is my experience with dogs.
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
11 Dec 15
I don't have any dogs so I can't offer any suggestions on getting her to stop jumping (maybe she's part kangaroo? 
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
13 Dec 15
Awww, they are adorable. As fort training the dog to not jump, that is a tough one. I have trained all my dogs and the only ones who have not learned to not jump are the two I have now. There are two differences that might be the factor, 1) With two dogs, they tend to be more focused on getting attention than their sibling and 2) my older son allows it. If one person in the household allows the jumping, then the dog(s) have trouble learning that it's not allowed.
However, I don't think either of these is your problem, but here is a suggestion, assuming she is jumping on you when you return from an outing. Since you know she is going to jump, put your hand out and when her head hits your hand, gently pushed her back down and firmly say "off!" Don't move and continue to do this until she stops jumping and then of course praise her so she knows that her not jumping is good.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
16 Dec 15
@simone10 And then if you feed her after she jumps, she connects jumping with getting fed. If that is her worse time, then definitely stop what you're doing and tell her "Off" and go one step further and tell her to sit and stay. I had to do that with my girls when I go to let them outside, because they use to take off, but now they have to sit and stay before I allow them outside.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
22 Dec 15
@Carmelanirel2 I will give it a try with Daisy. When she gets that excited, it's so hard to get her to focus and listen to me.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
16 Dec 15
That's a good idea. Her worst time jumping is when I am getting their dogfood out of the bag and into their bowls. She will jump on the back of my legs and jump against the dishwasher and the cabinets. She always acts so hungry and eats so fast because she loves her food.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
12 Dec 15
The dogs are adorable. My grand-dog woods is a cattle dog and love heights, He can jump in one leap to the top of the table but thankfully he trains easily and is really smart and knows that is not allowed. 
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@DeborahDiane (40843)
• Laguna Woods, California
11 Dec 15
Oh, your dogs are adorable! I don't know what type it is.
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@whiteream (8567)
• United States
12 Dec 15
I must say they are beautiful. As you know, I am a dachshund lover myself. You would be surprised at these little dogs if you don't know them. For their size they can do some amazing things. Leelee likes to jump as well. There really isn't much you can do to stop them if they want to jump.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
12 Dec 15
I am definitely finding that out. I got Bella when she was 1 1/2 years old and she is a standard so she doesn't jump much at all. I've never had a dachshund puppy before so I didn't know if this was a normal thing or not. Daisy is a mini and a lot lighter than Bella and she scares me sometimes the way she jumps. I am so scared she is going to hurt her back.
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