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JUMPING UP

The easiest way to discourage this with when you first get your pup is to just take a step back or move your leg so that the pup does not reach it and instantly its feet are on the floor bend down and make a fuss of it.

Why do pups initially jump up ?
a) to reach their mothers "milk bar"
b) to reach their mothers face (and encourage her to give them food)

This is one of those traits that with most dogs can be eliminated in a very young pup very easily by not allowing it to happen and with it getting attention in the first place.

JUMPING UP ON FURNITURE
Not a good idea for a growing pup - the leaping up and down could damage its growth plates and growing bones. If you are not going to allow your pup to get on the furniture when it is an adult do not allow it up when it is a pup (this includes having it on your lap whilst it is small and cuddly) If you want to cuddle it sit on the floor with it

With small pups I do the same as Christine, but I find with my breeds jumping up becomes more of a problem at 5 - 6 months and with adolescents. I deal with this sort of jumping up in two ways. If the dog is clever and athletic, and so able to jump up carefully and put its paws gently on my shoulders, I actively teach it to do so *on command ("Hup!") only*, and to get down as soon as it is told to. Less bright and/or clumsier dogs are not allowed to jump up under any circumstances. Usually refusing to pet them or take any attention of them unless all four feet are on the ground is enough (I say "four feet!"), and then pet them when they are standing. But some dogs are more persistent. With a dog like this I watch to see when it is going to jump and then raise a knee so that the dog's chest collides with my knee, again saying "four feet!". That works well, but timing is critical both for it to work and to avoid hurting the dog (or the knee!). You have to anticipate when they are thinking of jumping rather than taking action once they've begun to do it.

I have a big heavy breed therefore it is essential that jumping up uninvited is discouraged early before they get too big and develop selective deafness.
I deal with the problem as follows:-
When the dog jumps up you turn away immediately with arms folded accross your chest, making no eye or verbal contact,he will soon get the message that you are not going to respond to him,more often than not they just turn away to go and find something more interesting.Never push the dog down,this is an invitation to play and he will always respond by jumping up again for more of the same(attention)
I was told recently that this is called `body blocking`
and that dogs do it to each other.
I have been doing this for years because I am not physically strong enough and suffer from Arthritis and I worked from the angle if I ignore him he will go away and it worked.
When they have realised that you are in control it is then that we learn them to jump up gently on command onto our shoulders for a cuddle!
Hope this works for you
Regards Carole

That's exactly what I do with my TM pup and it works. The only trouble is it's hard to train everybody else to do the same! I was out with him tonight and we are stopped by this middle aged couple who always love to make a fuss of him. The woman bends down to him because he's sat down and WALLOP! He gets her smack on the nose with his big fat hooter! I could have died of embarrassment. I always have hold of his lead right near the collar in cases like this, but she was bent down right near his head so too close for me to stop him. Luckily they were okay about it and I think her nose is in one piece - there was no blood anyway! If she wakes up with a couple of shiners in the morning, will somebody come and bail me and the dog out of the police station?

I agree with what everyone above has said. On an additional note, I have had experience where when I am giving attention (petting, rubbing, .. etc.) and THEN the pup will start with a paw or jump partially into my lap while I am sitting. RIGHT AWAY, I willl stop the petting and say nothing, no eye contact either.... they get the idea and start to pull off.... BUT, before they go away I praise them at the EXACT moment their feet come off me so that they know which is the preferred behavior. I've had new 8 month old Aussie pups in my home for 5 days and they no longer jump or try to "sit" in our laps.

Someone above mentioned that with large breeds you should sit on the floor to play/give attention. I agree with this 100%! I have experienced that dogs LOVE it when we come down to their level and play or give hugs with them. This is the only time that I allow feet on me because I roll around with my dogs. I think any breed/size would enjoy and benefit from this type of training and play. Just think how much your company would appreciate it, no matter what size your dog is!

Hope my little "two cents" have helped! =)
-Michele

I cured my dogs from jumping up by just ignoring them. They tended to do it more when greeting us when we were returning home. When you walk through the front door  and they start to jump up, don't speak, don't make eye contact, in fact just walk through them as if they weren't there at all. This stopped my dogs in no time, now when they greet us they sit to be fussed.

I agree to with everyone elses opinion, but on another note you could just train your pup or dog to sit when he's most likely to did it eg when you come home and the dog greets you just tell him to sit and then fuss him/her they soon get the message that they dont get a fuss unless they sit.

Susan

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When I rescued a staff x puppy of 6 months she jumped up badly, as she had been shut in a small space in a court yard surrounded by furniture also ignored since she was a babe when I got her she was very OTT. She had learnt how to jump up from a stand still being a staffie she loved to leap up to your face knocking you so hard that would cause lips and nose's to bleed. I corrected this problem by putting her on a heavy chain lead something she had never had on before and took her for a walk when she jumped up, I  stood on the lead so she could only get off the grown 6 inch after doing about 20 mini leaps and didn't get where she wanted she sat down instantly I got down to her level and gave her loves , it didn't take her the day to suss out  no leaping into face at 100 mph = love and attention :). It did take me a while longer though to stop her jumping up onto my kitchen units and found her one day walking over the cooker top !!

I teach pups to jump up on me so they have a command word for it, no different to teaching sit, down, come etc - I say "up! up!" so they know what this means and it is, by definition, an invitation :) 

It's easy enough to discourage them jumping on furniture by using the word "off" and praising which, as they pick basic commands over a few weeks, can then be extended to cover jumping up when uninvited on people :) 

IMO it's easier to add a word command to a dog's natural behaviour so as to enable moulding that behaviour than to try and stop them doing what comes naturally.  Young pups have so many things to learn in the first few weeks that IME it's best to keep things simple.

Lack of consistency in what's allowed/not allowed, varying command words used and becoming impatient are often behind the failures in training issues :)

HTH someone, Teri

Having a bouncy toy breed, jumping up is always an issue. 

I have tried stepping on the leash (only giving them a shorter leash) and then when the dog jumps up, they correct themselves.  Eventually, they stop jumping up.  Each time they do jump, they also get told no jumps.  This training is basically all set up, as trying to put a leash underfoot, and such when people are coming, is a bit more of a nuisance.  So its done at home, before starting more than "puppy puppy" walks. 

When we were training a springer not to jump (has anyone heard of a springer that doesnt jump up on people??)  we would keep the leash lower (kinda under her head) and say "no jumps".  The springer was an easy going dog, and she learned quickly that she didnt have to jump up on people.