i need some information please  how to stop my 5 month old bullmastiff pup from jumping up on myself and guests .she does this when greating people and also if im sat down at the moment i just push her down and say down firmly but it doesnt seem to be helping much as she is a large breed i realy want to discourage it .also i have been told this is also a sighn of domanearance.

Hi maysea,

I am having the same problem with my little darling :P although at the moment she is only 10 weeks old, she will be very large when she's finished growing ;)

Dominance isn't an issue, they do it because they get satisfaction from it, ie, attention. I have seen subserviant dogs to this. Even by pushing them down and saying "no" they are still getting what they want, albeit, negative attention. Mine is very persistant, whereas my other dogs learnt the down command fairly quickly.

When mine does it, I don't make any eye, hand or voice contact at all, I simply turn my back on her and walk away. She is gradually learning that there is no reward for her and doing it less, she still does it when she is excited, but I put this down to "puppy exhuberance". I am being very consistent with it as she needs to learn it NOW. I don't fancy teaching her in another 3 months time :D

HTH

Im having the same problem with my 8mth GSD bitch Sadie.Any help would be most appreciated
Kim

I taught my two to stop jumping at people by totally ignoring them untill they had calmed down. No eye contact, no speaking even to partners and arms folded out of the way. Once they were calm they had a gentle fuss as so to not get them excited. If your arriving back from work or shops etc... i would enter the house ignore them and let them outside then once their back inside they are a lot calmer (well my two are) and get their fusses then. This worked for me and they rarely jump up now only when their really excited mainly when dad winds them up, he will never learn :rolleyes:

Hi maysea i've just got my bullmastiff  puppy, i took her to the vets yesterday for check up, the vets had on sale this really great book on puppies it's called The Fast Track 'Puppy Survival Kit' by Lynn Fleet and Helen Roberts it's got this in she says to tell the puppy to sit then give her a treat then stroke her any one who enters the house should tell her to sit then give her a treat then stroke her, if she still jumps up keep telling her to sit then she will get the attention she wants hopefully if you keep repeating this she should learn to sit before she gets petted.  Hope this helps good luck.  Oh by the way the book was only three poud and it's got some great tips on training well worth getting.

Thanks frank will be hunting that book down and trying what you said .Dont fancy her doing that when she is fully grown as a large breed they could easily take you off your feet without meaning too.