'How to' teach your dog not to jump up on people! - clicker training

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First, I would like to say that it is not necessary to punish a dog for jumping!
If your dog is jumping up on people or you for that matter, then he just has not learned what he is supposed to do.

Usually dogs jump up on people because they are excited and want to see you. However, if you give the dog attention (positive or negative) for jumping up on you, your dog WILL continue to jump up. Sure you could punish, but this would just damage your relationship and would teach the dog to fear you or others. Why not just ignore and let him jump and WAIT until he jumps down to reward. You are still sending him a message and the message is: as long as you jump, I will not pay attention to you. You are telling your dog that you do not like the behavior of jumping. As soon as your dog jumps down (he will jump down EVENTUALLY because you are boring and unavailable), you WILL reward him with your attention (what a good dog, here is a cookie, or play with him). Reward your dog for being on the ground. In the beginning reward right away, then later reward after the dog is on the ground for a few seconds. You do not want your dog to get into a pattern of: jump up, sit down, get treat. You do not want him to link the jumping with the sitting. So, to separate the two behaviors wait a few seconds while the dog sits, and then click and treat that.

Second, reward your dog whenever he is on the ground already. Reinforce him for being down BEFORE he jumps up. Have others reinforce your dog for being down on the ground, before he jumps.

I would say that if you do not want your dog to jump up on you or others, then you should NEVER allow it at all! I try to make things as black and white for my dogs. Either yes you can, or no you cant. Not maybe sometimes, as that is just too confusing!

If you do canine freestyle and your dog is allowed to jump on you as a trick, then I would say to get that behavior under stimulus control and have it on CUE!!! This way your dog will not just jump up on you at any time, but rather he will jump up on you when you give the cue.

If you have any questions on training your dog, consult a clicker or positive reinforcement trainer in your area. If you live in the San Diego area, give me a call at (619) 888-3139 or email me at pjohnson45@cox.net

Have a great time training your dog!

Pam, Isabelle, & Bandit

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[MsLabMom]

This is a really good way to teach a dog not to jump. A friend of mine has a Labrador Retriever that jumps and her way to teach the dog not to jump was to put her knee up and hit the poor dog in the chest with it! I was over at her house once when she did this and the poor dog's legs went out from under him and he was coughing, breathing hard, trying to catch his breath. It was absolutely horrible! Has the dog learned not to jump? Yes, but he was hurt in the process. Absolute cruelty!

[pamelamarxsen]

@MsLabMom unfortunately that knee in the chest torture technique is an OLD OUT DATED method. Poor pup! I think it is so important to let the dog learn the right behavior and get rewarded for the RIGHT thing instead of being corrected for the wrong thing. Sad! Not only is that method teaching the dog that they should not jump because he will get hurt, but that his owner is the reason for the pain and now he will not like her as much either. Not a good way to build a trusting relationship. :(

[bbfan77]

my springer still jumps so much, mainly on my mom and I when we get home, and on other people.. She's just so playful and full of energy :3 but she's getting better little by little ^^ thanks for the video, it was helpful, hopefully my mom will listen to the advice.. *sigh* parents.. they listen to me less than I listen to them even though I'm legally an adult now

anyways, thank you very much! ^^

[pamelamarxsen]

@bbfan77 I know what you mean about parents. I have a few college degrees in addition to being a certified dog trainer and my parents will not listen to me on issues that I have a college education in. They will pay more attention to what they hear on TV or what they read in a magazine than what I have to say. Really sad... Parents do not listen... :) You could just manage your dogs jumping by keeping her on leash and preventing her from jumping. Just a thought.

[bbfan77]

@pamelamarxsen heh, exactly :)

and yeah, but we let her of her leash when we're taking a walk through a forest where there are no roads near us and she loves running around so I'd feel bad if we had to keep her on a leash all the time. Some people get upset when she tries to "say hello" to them by jumping but meh, what did they expect in a forest, that they'd stay clean? So we're just focusing on teaching her to stop jumping.. it really is a lot better than before and she's only 9 months old

[pamelamarxsen]

@bbfan77 I agree, you can't keep her on leash forever. She needs that off leash play time. I just meant for in the house when guests come over. To set her up to succeed in the home environment. I feel the same way when I am out with my dogs and a dog jumps on me, I am like whatever, I am with dogs and that is what dogs do. :) One can't get mad if they are in a dirty forest and get jumped on. LOL! She is still a puppy, just keep working on it. :)

[nopedamnit]

I really wish people would reinforce good behaviors in little dogs, too. Maybe it's just me, but I feel that jumping up and going crazy is just as inappropriate for 15 lb dogs as it is for 50 lb dogs! Thanks for sharing the excellent training tips so we can all have better behaved dogs!

[stacirox1230]

Who saw the cat!?!?!

[creamsodaistasty]

I've had luck training my other dogs not to jump but this new one man....VERY stubborn! defiantly needed this video.

[bbfan77]

@pamelamarxsen ah, I see.. thanks very much for the advice, we'll keep working on it :)

[ScryeTheMindless]

I have had and breed german shepards for most of my life and I'm sorry to inform of this but people if a dog does not see your as alpha it wont tend to care what you have to say. My dogs love me and have even defended me why? Because i was soft and I know the diffrence between abuse and punishment.

Grow a pair people

[ScryeTheMindless]

All i can do is shake my head at this, yes give them a treat when they do the right thing but your dog needs to know when it has does bad. If it does wrong by all means let it know your angry or else it wont get its not meant to do that. I did'nt say beat your dog because its bad I'm saying a treat isnt going to solve everything.

[espeon7707]

@MsLabMom wow and she is still your friend??????

[mayknmusic]

I have an Australian Retriever (half Aussie and half Golden Retriever) who LOVES to jump and herd me. He is also about 70 lbs., so this has been a challenge. I am going to try this technique, especially since I found that his favorite treat is cheese! Hope it works, I know he's a very smart dog, just have to learn to control him:) THanks!!