[quote=prairiequeen]While we are on puppy training.Mine is about 5 months old a has gottten bad about jumping on people?
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We used to take in (and kept them) rescue Doberman Pinchers, which are not known for being delicate little darlings. They are large and powerful animals, as we got them as adults, so I had to be pack leader. The very first time one jumped up on me, they got a very firm NO!! The next time they got another NO and a knee in the chest, hard enough to make them jump back, then petted for getting down. Any jump ups after that got a hard stomp on the back feet and a firm NO and being shut out of the house, which was kin to being sent to Siberia.
They behaved so well with people after that, one of them was invited to visit my son's preschool so the kids could see a big dog was not to be feared, only touched when the owner was with it.
Dear old Kurt was my son's protector all his life, even refused to let my Dear MIL near him as a baby!! And as for spanking him, Kurt had to be put outdoors before it, and growled at us while licking DS's tears!!! (Which of course the brat allowed!!)