I really need to stop the jumping - Page 3

Sue

Sorry to here of your problem, but your health comes first before the Dog

Kalbecks advice is a good one then you can train the Dog in a safe manner without any injury to yourself

Take it steady, and Good Luck i hope it all turns out well for you

Steve

Hi and good morning,I hope your recovery is a successfull and fast one.Glad to hear all is well so far.I am in Toronto Canada and if you are near me i would be happy to help teach this young dog NOT to jump.If you are not close enough then it might be easier for you to get someone (a good handler)to come in and do this for you so that there is no chance of injury to you.It does'nt take long and i dont think you need a trainer for this.Do you know if there are any schutzhuind clubs near you?If so perhaps if you have a friend who knows someone they can come by and get this dealt with for you.Im sure that someone would gladly do this for a cold beer and a thank you.Good luck and wish you a fast recovery.

Just got back from the hospital and won't know much until the results of the bloodwork come back. Until then I keep my fingers crossed. The immune supressive drugs I have to take everyday are not condusive (sp?) to fast healing so I will always have to be watchful of charging puppies.

And speaking of Bella, she's going on day 3 without jumping on me.Maybe yanking her off my desk the other day made an impression. I wasn't too happy. Some have suggested not making eye contact with her. As long as she's not charging full steam ahead, making eye contact does help. (At least for me.) If I know I have her attention, I give her "the look", point my finger at her and say in a normal but firm voice "no jumping". She will then (usually) just lower her head and make a few circles around my legs. Much praise follows. It's on the full steam ahead charges that she loses her hearing and I can't get her attention and have to physically try to restrrain her.

I live in NorthEast Wisconsin. I hadn't thought about contacting the local Schuthund Club, but that's a good idea. If someone could just help with the jumping, that's all I'd need so I don't have to carry a pillow around with me to protect my gut. They haven't updated their website in a few years but I'm sure they're still around. I really appreciate the offers of help--wish y'all lived a little closer.

We're moving to Wisconsin in about a month!  We decided we wanted to be closer to family in the Fox Valley area.  Let me know if you're still having issues and I may be able to help.  I'm not a pro by any means, but I've raised several dogs and trained all of them not to jump on people. 

Our most exuberant jumper was a lab/akita mix that would be so excited when I got home from work I couldn't even get in the door.  We trained him to sit on a rug about 3 feet from the door and after about a week he did it whenever my car pulled in the garage.  He would sit there with his tail wagging a mile a minute but the jumping stopped and I could reward him for a good sit.  Our current trainer works on training the down so that the dog will drop even if it's running.  This is good for a number of situations, especially if your dog gets out of the house (or your 5 year old lets them all out to see the moose).  If she masters that, if she starts to charge you can give the down command.  It's impossible to jump and down at the same time.

Opal

get a jumping harness here is one sold at foster and smith

www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm

I did take a look at the no jump harness yesterday. Does it really work? I'm not sure I could put one of those on Bella--too much of a softee I guess.

AKGeorgias mom, I live in Green Bay, just a few hops and a skip from the Valley. Nice area. Hope you like the Packers :)  I'll let you know how things are going in a month or so. Thanks for offer to help.

Sue