Ideas to stop dog jumping up?

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Youngest stafford is getting REALLY naughty about jumping up at people. She doesn't do it to me and close friends know that a firm down with the requisite hand command works but it is getting ridiculous.

This has started as a direct result of one of the girls OH's encouraging her to jump up as she is cuddly despite me asking him not to do it.

Ideas? I can stop her but I don't want her to start in the first place!
 
Is a huge problem if people wont listen to what you are telling them. I tell folk to totally ignore dex unless they want to be snogged! Then give em a treat, tell em to get him to sit- or high five then give him a fuss........ so they can interact with him but not in the squealy, over excited jumping up kinda way.
 
Thanks for that. Thinking about it I am going to take a leaf out of my own book where young horses are concerned. Training is not working so its back a few steps. Will go back to all dogs away when visitors arrive and one out at a time again till she has stopped doing this.
 
It's a difficult one because you have to get tough with anyone who encourages her to jump up and reward her everytime she keeps four feet on the ground. Repetition is key but it is difficult to control other people's behaviour. Maybe have some friends visit who you can brief in advance and use the start of their visit as a bit of a training session?
 
Sywell, 'down' is en entirely separate command. It means 'lie on the ground' or 'lie on this elevated surface'. I think the word you mean is 'off', and Luci might have a job buying newspapers to hand out to everyone she meets.

Sorry, but the down thing is a real bugbear of mine and creates very confused dogs. DOWN off the sofa, when the dog is already...lying down.
 
Best thing was totally ignore with Dylan. We encouraged friends to enter the garden with arms crossed looking at the sky. He soon realised and if he sits down waiting for fuss then he recieves it. We gave him no word for it as its something we don't tolerate. Best command we taught him, by accident was " leave it" originally started when he bought in apples from the garden. For him it means stop doing what ever your doing or thinking about doing. I use it if he shows too much interest in a dog, stands alert at a deer, has and thing in his mouth, getting too rough with a friend dog. For him it works no sure why but it does. If he were to jump up now that's what I would say but he doesn't any more even with kids. He has started a new jumping up, on walks he has a look over garden walls.......but leave it works and I hope he will stop doing it soon as its a new thing!!
 
Thanks for the advice guys... should point out again she does not do it to me, she knows better..

Can't do the turn away thing. I told everyone to do that, so madam then stands up and pats their backsides for them! Think I will focus on "leave" again..
 
An old man once told me to stand on their paws if they jumped up! I think he must've been Michael Flatly in a wrinkly suit, cos it's doesn't sound easy!

My GSP's are quite bad for jumping up (i've heard a few GSP owners say the same) - the difficulty is, although my hubby & i can walk in, ignore them, & they won't jump up, then pet them only once they have calmed down & have four feet on the floor, they will still on occassion when very excited jump up on other people.
 
Don't turn away carry on walking in many directions as well so they don't get a chance to put paws on bum. Bumping on the nose is not that cruel I think but would most definitely be a game to Dylan and send Teal into a quivering wreck.
 
Put your knee out like you are going to do those horrible knee ups the hunky men at the gym make me do! Your dog will get the point. Mine stopped, they can't get as much grip
 
Its not the dog thats your prob here though, its the people. Even if you shut her out, then let her in later when visitors have settled - there's going to be the odd eejit that encourages her to jump up, ruining your hard work!

So I'd say be firm but fair - to the people, not the dog ;)
 
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