Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn

We have this issue with our 5 year old shepherd. We adopted him a year and a half ago and were able to quell some of his behaviors but jumping was not one. We and Cooper are now in training classes. What we have been taught so far with the jumping us this: as soon as the dog starts jumping stop in your tracks. When the dog stops jumping start walking again. If the start jumping then you stop walking. Watch their faces and try to make eye contact with them when they aren't jumping. It took forever (it seemed) to get across the kitchen with Cooper's food bowl but.he finally caught on within a couple days. We do the same thing when we come in the house. Cooper has learned that he can greet us at the door and he almost immediately goes into a sit.