jumping puppy, any advice? - Page 1

I've had good luck teaching my 4 month old female pup basic table manners, except for the jumping. I've tried sticking my knee out when I'm standing and sticking my hands out in front of me when I'm sitting but 2 minutes later Bella is charging at me again full throttle trying to set a new high jump record. Any advice? She gets so out of control with her jumping at times that all I can do is put her in her crate.

trio,

Work the pup on leash for a while , or a good run, use up some of that enegy.   Bring her to a set and stand on the leash, give her enough slack to only raise up half way.  Enough length to get momentum but not enough to actually extend her hind leg's, enough length she feel's it stop her with a firm NO !   You must be firm about this.  Jumping up is the worst of bad manner's.

Other's suggest putting your knee into her chest, or stepping on her hind foot.   Or even swatting her with a news paper..

I prefer the leash and strong NO myself.   Or use a helper and bring her down yourself with the leash. Alway's a firm NO !

JMO.

Well,  when she jumps up, get both of her front paws in your hands very quickly and squeeze (enough to make it very uncomfortable) sharply, saying, "off"... it should work.  Please don't forget to praise her the second all four paws are on the floor but not too much.  Even the most determined "jumper" usually responds to just the, "off" after a few quick, sharp squeezes!

keep a tug or two in your belt or pocket  ..when you see her coming  get it ready ,,,transfer the on coming dive into a tug event without her even knowing...transfer her intentions to play game or tug...

If you continually discourage the jumping up with a negative you may later see her use negative back when she stops and thinkss     OH   mom did want me to bite or get near her...so   whoops ....she stops dead in the middle of a work routine and you wont know why....dogs dont reason but the remember negative repromands....do not let her continue the jumping up on you and us the word     off....not down....

Down is a command    not a word for    off of me....ok   hope this helps..two of my trainers, enforced me to not do the knee thing....Adrian Ledda says transfer..

I don't know if I should be giving advice on this board yet, but I wanted to tell you how I did it. I have 2 daughters 6 & 10..... I could not have a charging puppy at them, even if at play. I had him on leash inside for a long time so I could teach him house manners. I used a slight correction when he did something I think should not be done inside. This included jumping on the girls, furniture, sniffing tables, chasing the cat, and pottying inside. Just practice, and always remember....

The man at the top of the mountain did not fall there.

 Love this pic...found it in the classifieds...focus   focus  focus..

A VERY GOOD ROUTINE TO DO.......

Leash and strong No   

That's a great pic there Rose,

You can definately see the focus...LOL

 i really like ian dunbar for early training http://www.siriuspup.com/ & http://www.dogstardaily.com

i also like kayce cover http://www.synalia.com/

both of these trainers use bonding methods to teach & modify behavior which i think is the best for young pups plus they're more fun for the person too:)

Try ignoring the behavior.

Sometimes, negative attention is better than no attention at all.

Ignore, and only reward when pup is in a sitting position.