Dog Training - How To Stop Your Dog From Jumping In One Easy Step.
Your Cool Dog Newsletter here. In today’s newsletter I am going to talk about how to stop your dog from the nasty habit of jumping on people.
Most people have experienced the situation in which they go visit a friend or a family member and their dog start jumping all over the place. Or, even worse, people come to your house, and you have no way of stoping Fido from jumping on others.
Below are a few techniques you can use to stop your dog from jumping.
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Title: How To Stop Your Dog From Jumping
Author: Dr. Mayra Alfonso
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It is not necessary to hurt your dog in any way to train them to obey simple commands. Often the accepted way of smacking a dog was to use a loosely rolled up newspaper. If you have ever done this, no doubt you have felt the consequences of coming home to a completely shredded up newspaper.
Having a dog jump up at you can be a frightening experience if it is not your dog. If it is your dog, then it can still cause problems, especially if it is one of the larger breeds of dog. Some people used to tap him on the nose when he did this, or again use the rolled up newspaper. But there is much simpler ways of training your dog not to jump up at all, either on you or your visitors. One of the techniques does not even require physical contact with him so will not hurt him at all.
All you need for this method of dog training is an empty tin can and about 20 pennies. Put the pennies inside of the tin can and tightly secure the lid. When your dog next jumps up at you shake the can with the pennies inside and say a firm “no jump”. The noise from the tin can will startle the dog and turn his attention away from jumping up at you. Used with the “no jump” command it can prove an effective way of training your dog not to jump up. Eventually try using just the simple but firm “no jump” command and when he responds to this every time, you can put the tin can rattle away.
While you are training your dog in this way, remember to keep the tin can rattle at the places that he usually likes to jump up at you. For example keep one at the front door.
The second no jump technique is also very simple, but it requires from you to have some physical contact with your dog. I learned this particular technique when I was taking one of my dogs to obedience school.
When your dog jumps on you, grab one of his front paws and provide a firm squeeze, as you say “no jump”. The squeeze need to be firm so your dog understands what you want from him, but it does not need to be that hard that you would hurt your dog. Your dog might even cry a little when you do this, but it is very effective, very fast. You might only need to repeat this technique a couple of times, and soon your dog will learn to keep his paws on the ground.
Also remember that when your dog jumps at you it is for attention. To a dog we are all giants, even the large breeds cannot maintain eye contact with their owner unless they jump up on them. Your dog loves to see you! This is why he jumps up at you. He is usually greeting you.
If you want you dog to continue to greet you in this way, then train him to know a command that allows him to jump up. This way your visitors will not be knocked down by an enthusiastic dog.
In the next newsletter, I am going to share with you more dog training tips. Hope you are applying them, and seen how great it feels to have a well trained dog.
Have a great Cool Dog day,
Dr. Mayra Alfonso
