Jumping is also encouraged by a lot of dog owners when the dog is a puppy. They reward the jumping puppy by reacting with exuberant affection, hugs and kisses. The puppy learns a fast lesson: jumping is a good thing, because it results in plenty of positive attention and physical contact.Your dog doesnt understand the difference between a jump as a small, cute puppy, and a jump as a huge, hairy adult. If you want to stop your dog from jumping on people,youll need to take matters into your own hands, and make it perfectly clear to your dog that jumping is not acceptable any more.
Most trainers agree that the most effective way to stop your dog from jumping on people is also the easiest: all you have to do is simply ignore him whenever he jumps. The idea is to give him the cold shoulder: withdraw all attention, even negative attention (so no yelling, shoving, or corrections).
Heres how to implement this training technique: whenever your dog jumps up on you, turn your back straight away. Since dogs understand body language a lot more clearly than they do the spoken word, youre going to be using your posture to convey the message that such behavior isnt acceptable here: fold your arms, turn your back from him and look away.
This is where a lot of people make a mistake: they confuse ignoring the behavior with ignoring the dog. Youre not ignoring the behavior - i.e., youre not carrying on with whatever you were doing as if the jumping wasnt happening; youre ignoring your dog. Youre still going to react; but your reaction is for you to actively ignore him.The cold shoulder is a really effective way of communicating your displeasure to a dog - hell catch on in no time.
If you apply this technique consistently and tell all the people that are in contact with the dog to do the same, you will quickly stop your dog from jumping on people.
Some dogs jump on people because of dominance or aggression issues. If this is the case you will need to address this problem separately.
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