[SamanthaDay]

i've had my puppy since she was 20weeks old, she is now a year old and still jumps up. Ive tried the ignoring her when she jumps up then praising her when she has all four feet on the floor, ive tried giving her a command such as sit then stroking her once she has sat but for me she tends to listen, but she doesnt listen to none of my visitors when they command her. Or my partner!

I bought a clicker to see if that works and her excitement just took over.

Does anyone have any more ideas?

[cigwyllt]

Hi there - good to see a fellow Brit here - I'm from West Wales.

First of all what training has she had? If she will sit when you command her to then she should be sitting when your visitors come in. They shouldn't be telling her what to do, you should. If you have a child who is playing you wouldn't want them to annoy your visitors to the extent that they have to tell him/her to stop, you would intervene first. It's the same with our dogs. They are our responsibility and we need to control them, not to expect visitors to have to tell them what to do.

It's more of a worry that she doesn't respond to your partner. If there are people in the house the dog should respect them all, it doesn't have to be as affectionate to everyone but it should respect people. To start with have your partner do all the fun things your dog likes - feeding, exercising, maybe some simple obedience training away from you, perhaps a special toy that is just for your partner and the dog to play with so that she learns that your partner is equal to you in status.

When you have visitors before you let them in clip a lead to the dog's collar. Ask them to be sure to ignore the dog. When everyone is seated put your foot on the lead so the dog can not jump - she can sit, stand or lie down but not jump. Give her a command - I use "Settle"! When she settles down - no stress, no whining or barking then praise her gently and praise her quietly and tell her what she is doing "Good girl, settle." When she has been calm for 5 minutes or so remind the visitors to keep ignoring her and you can let her go. If she greets them calmly she can stay free but if she tries to jump up or bounce too much take her back and stand on the lead and tell her to settle again.

It is not a quick fix but it does work. My parents had to do this with their Springer cross and now he has excellent visitor manners.

[SamanthaDay]

Thanks for you're reply.

she does loads of tricks and does do simple commands like sit and lay down and wait. She's good until the other dogs distract her or the visitors encourage her lol! might be why im having such trouble with her.

My partner doesnt care that she jumps up and has no idea that dogs need to be obedient.

If they're are visitors i do command her to sit and wait and then ask the visitors to say hello if she is calm and settled but sometimes her excitement takes over. I think i am struggling with her training as its only me in my household that is training her nobody else seems to care and encourages her to jump up.

I'm definatly going to try the lead thing, see if that works. I do have a cage as well that i might try if she doesnt calm on the lead.

thanks

[jameserickson80]

In order to stop your dog from jumping on people, you need to first of all make sure your dog is trained the OFF command. To teach your Dog the off command, follow these simple rules:

When the puppy or older dog jumps (whether on a person or furniture), immediately say OFF.

Make an open-mouthed snarl without noise, but with your teeth quite visible. This way, you're talking a dog's language, one he will surely understand! This is a natural signal used by adult dogs to their puppies to calm down. Ensure you make direct eye contact.

Repeat this command several times, until your dog doesn't need to be told twice. Praise immediately when he stops himself from jumping.

[Taming Rover]

I would say that this is not so much an issue of training your dog not to jump, but of training the humans in your life not to let the dog jump! If all the people in the house are not consistent it will be next to impossible to teach the dog anything with consistent correct responses because one of the very basic and most important key components in your dogs training is consistency. Not just consistency from one person, but consistency from [I]all[I] the people in her life.
"Inconsistent corrections creates an unpredictable dog."

I would say that you need to sit down and have a serious talk with your partner where you come out with a clear and defined set of rules that you are both are comfortable enforcing.
Without this step your dog may learn not to jump on you, but will probably still jump on others, possibly for years to come (as I learned the hard way with my labX because I didn't have the confidence years ago to tell people what I needed them to do and what I not only expected from my dog, but what I expected from the humans as well. Sometimes you need to put yourself in the slightly uncomfortable position of being under the scrutiny of others for the sake of what you feel is right for your relationship with your dog)

Also, here's something that could work, (and might be slightly sneeky but fun! lol) I have a new puppy (12 weeks yesterday!) and my intention is to teach him that the hand signal for sit (or at least a hand signal for sit) is the classic taping on the chest with both hands that everyone seems to naturally do when they want the dog to jump up. If you take her aside and work with her intensely with this trick, keep it positive with lots of treats, reinforcement of the sit position and consistency, then you could possibly have some confused house guests when they ask your dog to "come up and see me" by taping their chest and the dog just sits there wagging it's tail waiting for a treat! Haha!
They might also think the dog is think... but you'll know the difference!! lol

Let me know if you decide to try this! ;o)

[DoggieVogue]

All of these are great suggestions. My lab was so jumpy as a puppy and through her younger years. What worked for us was to have our visitors completely ignore her and have her sitting (using a leash for help) when they come in the house. Once she is calm and sitting, we allow people to pet her but only when she stays calm and sitting. Now she just knows that is what she must do to get any attention so she runs to the door and sits on her own now. It's so cute and very smart of her! I hope that helps.