Puppy jumping on everybody

[esabbott]

My girlfriend has 5 dogs and she swears by the can method. She claims its magic! You fill a soda can with rocks or something that will make a loud noise tape it shut with duck tape. As soon as the dog starts to jump you shake it and they hit the floor! I have not tryed to use it with my Maggie because she is really being good about the jumping thing---I might have to try it for "all 4's on the kitchen table though" good luck

[jboboxer]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

Hmm yeah it can be hard, I've met many people with older boxers who say theirs still jump. But it can be done with consistent teaching. If shes prone to lunging etc then getting her to sit or at least stop may help you control the situation. If she does jump when they lean towards her make sure they move back so she is not getting attention for it - if she gets petted anyway shes still getting what she wants.

As far as stepping on the leash I believe that they learn that they can't jump so eventually stop trying. If you did this you could put it on in the house when visitors come too. We were told to keep a short leash on him so it didnt bother him but if we needed to we could say 'off' and gently pull the lead at the same time.

How old is Roxy? I know it can seem cute when young ones are jumping up! When Luke was younger people would say its okay it doesnt matter, which doesnt help hey! Now he's 60lbs he almost knocks you over when he tries to jump

Roxy is 6 months old, but exactly what you said. Some people say "it's ok", which of course I try to nicely say it's not ok with me. She used to jump on our couch all the time, it was constant off, off, off, off, off and I started to get a magazine and make a load noise with it and slowly she actually stopped jumping on the couch. Don't get me wrong, she still does it, but instead of 20 times in an hour of telling her off, she might do it once every few days, so i see progress.
I'm going to be persistent and maybe see if I can get a small lead as mine is pretty long that I normally use.

[jboboxer]

Originally Posted by JaspersFam

from what i understand as long as you follow it with the calm down, stay commands it shouldn't be short term. trick is you have to stick with it and give them the commands until they calm down, not just arbitrarily standing on the leash and not doing anything

Thanks, I'll give it a try with the lead and the command each time. I guess as people come over, I'll step on the lead and as I feel her pull or tension of jumping I'll see "off", she does know the off command at least for couches.

[jboboxer]

Originally Posted by Caney Creek

What worked for Caney (with a lot of consistency) was to turn our backs whenever she jumped, and not turn around to greet her until she was calm. Every time she would jump we turned right back around. We have guests over frequently and some of them did not cooperate in helping us train her, but most of them did and that really helped. When Caney was about a year old she stopped jumping up. It was almost as if she turned one and just calmed down.

In your situation I would be firm with your guests who come over about not letting Roxy jump on them. Tell them that you're trying to mold a well-behaved dog and that the training process will be much quicker and easier if they cooperate. It will also be less confusing for Roxy if all humans have the same "rules" with her. Explain that her habit of jumping makes it very difficult to socialize her with children, which she would very much benefit from.

If your guests will do this then you won't need to leash Roxy in the house with them. I would however leash her when she's going to be around young children, since she could easily knock over a child. You don't want them to be afraid of her, and you don't want her to learn that knocking them over makes them an easy target for kisses

Thanks for the advise. I'm going to do exactly that, turn around if she does it to me and people who want to help and come over often and then try the leash when other people are over. The majority of people honestly don't like it when she does it, especially when my sister wears a skirt when she visits me.
Hopefully in time she'll learn and glad to hear when yours turned a year old she finally got it, gives me hope.

[jboboxer]

Originally Posted by esabbott

My girlfriend has 5 dogs and she swears by the can method. She claims its magic! You fill a soda can with rocks or something that will make a loud noise tape it shut with duck tape. As soon as the dog starts to jump you shake it and they hit the floor! I have not tryed to use it with my Maggie because she is really being good about the jumping thing---I might have to try it for "all 4's on the kitchen table though" good luck

My mother uses the can and actually gave me the can. She wrote with a magic marker bad dog on it and used it on her dog for a long time. If the dog would misbehave she would shake it so loud and the dog would stop misbehaving. She then just had to take it out and her dog would stop misbehaving. She also has a spray bottle as I'm not sure if american eskimos and spitz are completely different, but my boxer loves water and spraying him with water when he's bad is actually a positive thing.
Just yesterday I was in the yard with my hose trying to clean something off and I couldn't stop roxy from trying to get her head and face in the spray nosal.

The bad dog can doesn't seem to work either with Roxy, I'm not sure what it is, but most noises don't bother her I found out. But just recently I took a magazine, folded it up and hit it hard on my hand and it seemed to have an impact on her. She used to jump on the couch and if I told her off, sometimes I had to pick her up and move her off or she would move sooooo slowly to get off. Now if I say off and she doesn't get off right away and I slap the magazine against my hand she runs off the couch instantly.

I'm not sure I can use this so much for her not to jump on people though to be honest. I think maybe the lead with the foot and turning my back might work better and just use the magazine noise when she's doing something she knows she not supposed to do.

[baekjae]

our tyson is 5.5 months now and he used to try to jump on everyone and always tries to counter surf.
Me and my GF would just turn around and ignore him until all four are on the floor. This way, he knew that he would not get any attention which is what he was jumping for in the first place.

We would also praise him for "four on the floor" This way, he knew having all his feet on the ground is a rewardable action. I found this to be much more effective than reprimanding the bad behavior. We added the queue word "OFF" so that when he started counter surfing or tried jumping on a person, we could queue OFF and he'd get off


Tyson now doesnt jump on me or the GF anymore. But he does try to jump on everyone else that excites him and gives him attention. Still a work in progress!!

Good luck!!

[cdnbxrlvr]

Our Roxy was exactly the same as a pup. We did a combination of the suggestions made here. First, anyone in our home was to be in agreement with helping us train her. We have a 5 year old so that was our first concern (she absolutely knew he was free game for kisses once he was knocked down). We were very open with strangers in telling them as they approached (who can resist a puppy!) that she was in training and would jump. Surprisingly we did not have anyone just pass us by- they all wanted to help her out. So as they approached we would tell them to raise one leg (kind of like the karate kid move without the arm gesture). It worked like a charm every time. Eventually she learned not to jump up.
We also gave her a treat when we got home so she learned that we would not pay attention to her until she got her wiggles out and sat nicely. Then she got her treat.
You can try using a halti when walking her that will immediately eliminate jumping on walks at least!

[gordnbec]

My boy is 5 mths now and is starting to get a little better with the jumping up bit. When i get in i give him the sit command and once he is sitting give him some fuss and he doesn't jump on me half as much anymore. He still has the occasional moment when on walks but this seems to reserved for dog lovers who seem to encourage it somehow with some subtle body langauge that he picks up on. Kids are a bit of a problem as my kids (4&6) seem to encourage it by picking his front paws up and dancing with him and most other kids he mets love it too.