MAKE THE JUMPING STOP!!!! - Page 1

My 5 month old female GSD keeps jumping up on me and others. She scratches the S#*@ out of me. I have scratches and bruises all over... She is growing so fast she is already up to my knees... I'm 5'5" and 118lbs. She will soon be half my weight or more. I need to get her to stop jumping, I've tried turning and saying "NO! OFF!" but she doesn't listen... Should I get a training collar and shock her when she jumps? Idk what to do... It's driving me nuts. Please help?! Also, is she going through her "teenage" phase? When will she & when will it end?!?! I'm trying my best to be patient & firm, but goodness I need help!

Fallon,
You should not go anywhere near a shock collar ever, end of story.

At 5 months you should have the obedience well under control.

Anything I tell you five people will disagree with.

Block the jump hard with your hand, or put your knee in her chest as she jumps, or step on her back feet, or keep her on a short lead with a choke chain and make a leash correction, one or all of the above.

Best advice is create set-ups on a lead and choke chain and have helpers work with you and train it out of her by tempting jumps with immediate corrections, make the corrections count.

Or just hit her in the head with a frying pan each time.

Jesus !!

Thanks Two Moons, I'll try those. Hopefully with some time and lots of correction... :/ She'll learn never to jump unless invited to.

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If you're going to use a correction to address the problem, remember two things: (1) timing is EVERYTHING...a second too early or too late and you've wasted your opportunity; and (2) DON'T say anything AT ALL when you make the correction. This isn't a behavior that you want to have cease only when you tell her to stop--this is something you want her to completely stop doing to everyone, so you don't want to tie it to a command and have her only keep her feet on the floor is someone says "No" of "Off".  Once she's got that down solidly, you can consider if you want to train her to jump up by request.

If your reflexes aren't fast enough to have success with correcting the behavior, then try training a behavior that is incompatible with the one you don't want--teach her to drop into a down when she gets to you, for example.  Or you can teach her to do a 'spin', with all four feet on the ground.  Use lots of praise and food rewards to shape the behavior you want, and be consistent about it.

hexe, using a lot of praise would probably excite the dog probably causing it to jump again, personally.....I would keep that training very calm and low key with my voice if they go about it with teaching something else.

Have her favorite treat in your hand when you walk in the door - show her the treat and let her smell it right away then go tell her to sit and give it to her - then immediately do something like bring her outside or play with her favorite toy.  Whatever you do be consistent.

The suggestions Moons gave are all good. Here's another one: She jumps becasue she wants attention. TURN YOUR BACK ON HER and ignore her when she jumps. Only reward her with attention when all 4 feet are on the ground.

And Hexe is right: timing and consistency are the keys!

Thank you all so much!! I have taken all your suggestions into training her. If I am walking/standing while she jumps up, I make sure to put my knee up so that she hits it, or I turn quickly. It has really been working, she doesn't jump on me as often like before. She still trys to jump up though, I hope with time she will learn not to do it. Anytime she stops jumping or being excited and sits down I praise the heck out of her. Lots of "happy voice" and petting.

 Hi,
All the suggestions above are excellent.
 May I add one more.
 Do not pull your hands up and away,when you are holding treats or toys
 especially during play. Tell your dog to sit or down and then reward it.
 make a fist with the treat in it,hold it at mouth level,ask for a sit /down and reward.
 use a back tie and stand just out side the boundry,so the dog can't reach you.