Originally Posted by sljolander

I had the same thing with my young dog a few years ago. After trying everything I finally tried a friends suggestion of stepping on her back paws when she is jumping up. I know it does not sound "nice", but it only took a few times and she decided it was not worth it. And also, the sitting down when you come in. I still do that because she is so excited to see me and her tail is a killer.

Originally Posted by sljolander

I had the same thing with my young dog a few years ago. After trying everything I finally tried a friends suggestion of stepping on her back paws when she is jumping up. I know it does not sound "nice", but it only took a few times and she decided it was not worth it.
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I did this with our rescue Dobermans, plus the knee in the chest. After the first couple of days none of them ever jumped up on anyone again. One of them, our dear Kurt, would bounce up and down in front of us, "smiling" in eagerness to come with us. That smile scared a few visitors==here was a huge Doberman jumping up and showing his teeth at us!!! But he never touched anyone when jumping.
I was pack leader, had to be because DH was such a softy with our critters. Our fur babies were all adults when we got them, huge, powerful and abused, so we started off with loving them. Any child or animal wants to be part of the family, and they quickly learned that good behavior got them in the house, behaving badly got them ordered out into the back yard.

It does take the whole family working together to make an animal one of the family, but they will be full of love all their lives, and very welcome to visit with anyone who comes in the front door.

Originally Posted by gspsplease

The puppy jumps up because it is excited and to get attention -- so any action you take to push the dog down, knee it, tell no etc is giving the dog attention (even though to our eyes it's not nice attention!)So you need to ignore the dog when it jumps up by turning your back to the dog -- just keep turning away. As soon as 4 feet are on the floor, praise and reward. All this may be hard to do when your dog is going crazy because you are just home from work, so also teach an alternative behaviour that is rewarding to the dog. Try a tug toy that is only given to the dog when you first meet it --just push the toy into the dog's mouth, tug around and then release the toy. Nearly every dog will then race around, shaking and "killing" the toy for a few minutes, then call the dog over, give a treat and put the toy away until the next person comes home. (It is important that this toy is not left around for the dog to play with whenever he wants, or the toy will lose its value) Eventually, if you have taught a solid sit command, and your dog has matured, you will be able to get him to sit for a pat, but it's expecting a lot from a young puppy to exercise this sort of self-control. Incidentally, check that no one in the house, especially children, encourage the dog to jump up "because it proves that he loves me!" All your training can be undone if everyone is not consistent. Keep a spare lead and some treats near the front door, and slip lead on when visitors arrive. Using the treats you should be able to get your dog to sit to say hello, and then walk the dog outside using the lead. (It doesn't matter if the dog only sits for a split second and then stands up--just keep doing sits and rewarding -- it just gives you more opportunites to practise sit and reward your dog when visitors come. Try to regard this as a training opportunity rather than a nuisance!

Originally Posted by Carrie Jo

I have a 6 month old golden retriever ans she is the sweetest thing. BUT she keeps jumping and scratching everyone. She gets so excited I cant hardly get a leash on her. I keep trying to raise my knee up but that doesnt work. I have to get her under control before she trips someone or knocks them down...What can I do???