My 7 month old yellow lab is an absolute angel.  taken to training very well, shes clean and dry, fetches and loves sticks always giving them back.  She comes when called sits for her lead and is getting better everyday at pulling.  The only thing we can't seem to master is jumping up.  she does it all the time, at home, although annoying, isn't to offensive, but when we are out and she's been running through mud, launching herself at passers by and strangers is not well recived.  I have tried making her sit to meet people and getting down to her level, but any ideas would be very greatly recieved.

I think that some Clicker training might help with this. When she jumps up at you (start in the home first) Say NO very loud and keep the clicker and some treats in your hand As she sits down click the clicker and then give a little treat. She will then associate good behaviour with the clicker noise so this means that when she tries to jump up on people outside the house you just click the clicker and give a treat if she stops the jumping Its very good I have used this method on 3 of my dogs.
http://www.clickertrain.com/whatis.html

Hi,

My dobe used to be a bit of a mare for doing this - however through hard work and perseverence she is great now. As the previous poster says it's best to start at home, however I wouldn't be shouting or saying no very loudly to her as this can actually just get excitable dogs even more worked up.  Every time she jumps up don't look at her or talk to her, turn your back on her, if she stops jumping up give her the sit command and if she does lots of praise.  If she tries to jump up then turn your back again.  She will soon learn that jumping up means no attention and sitting down means attention.  When she starts getting the idea maybe introduce the word 'off' in conjunction with turning away as she tries to jump up, just saying this in a normal voice though as shouting doesn't make the command any clearer to a dog.  This method may take a while but it will work - be consistent and try and make sure everyone who greets her does the same.  If you have someone coming round who isn't very good at complying, better to keep her in another room until the visitor leaves, just until she stops the jumoing up.  Sometimes it's harder to get other people to do this than it is to teach the dog! :-) 

When she's out for a walk try and recall her before she gets the chance to take a running leap at somebody! :-)

Karen

Can I just clarify: the clicker is the PRAISE/REWARD (reinforced by the treat), not the command, therefore you click when the dog is doing what it should, you do not click to make it do something. :)

Hi G'smum!

I had the same prob as you but with a 'I loooove the world and the world looves me' Siberian Husky :D
He thinks people are here for him to throw himself at and get showered in adoration.
     We found that using 'Stooges' worked great...collar all your friends and get them out where you walk street/park etc and get them to pass by your dog. this really helps!! as youve primed them about what to do (ignore him if he jumps up..dont reward the naughtyness with attention)
        Because I found it slower to make any head way before I did this..as most strangers in the park seemed more than happy to have my grey muddy beast jump all over them and would say "oh no its ok..he's lovely" which he more than played on!!!!! at least with my friends acting as stooges he wasnt able to get away with it, and got into the habit of not being encouraged :)
Hope this helps!! and makes sense!!!
plus its fun to see your friends hands in pockets walking by whistling trying to pretend they dont know you :D

Some people think puppies jumping up on them is cute and frankly, I agree.  It is when the puppy grows up that the behavior can become annoying.  The dog really doesn\\\'t know if you are dressed to muck horse stalls or if you are going out for the night to turn a couple of tricks.  :-)

What I did was to teach my dog to jump up on me BY COMMAND.  In my case, I use the command, \\\"be bad.\\\"  I reward him for jumping up when I tell him to and ignore him when he jumps up without the command.  It didn\\\'t take him long to get it.

I have found that several \\\"bad\\\" behaviors can be controlled by teaching the dog to do them only on command.  Reward good behavior, ignore bad.  You will get there.

That's intersting - negative rewards - now have I heard that before?

>>That\'s intersting - negative rewards - now have I heard that before? <<

Beats me.  Certainly not in this thread.  So, do tell, where have you heard it before?  I don\'t think I\'ve ever heard the phrase anywhere but surely you have a point.  It just escapes me.