Dog Food Secrets

After inviting Grandmother to the house, she enters. Your dog joyfully bounds up on her, causing her to lose her balance and crack her head on the wall. Careful there, Grandma!

Farfetched? Perhaps. A more likely scene:

You’re all dressed up and ready to go for dinner at your favourite restaurant. The dog needs to pee so it’s time for a quick walk. She accidentally walks through some mud on the way back to the house. Before you get a chance to wipe her paws off, she decides that it’s playtime and proceeds to leap all over you, getting your pants FILTHY. Change time!! Wheee!!

Hazardous for Grandma? Sure. Annoying for you and your guests? Yes. Is your dog a jumper upper?

There are simple remedies available, in this article!

Here are some answers.

LOOK AT ME! ME! ME!

Dogs jump up on people because they’re excited to see them. When you arrive home, he’s excited to see you, and BOOM! he jumps up on you or your guest. This is not the best way for your dog to express his doggy excitement, and you can show him this. When your dog tries to get your attention by showing this wrong behaviour, don’t give it to him.

If you give your dog attention - even negative attention - you’re reinforcing this jumping routine. It’s important to avoid giving any kind of a reaction if you want to change your dogs behaviour. There are a few simple ways of dealing with this routine that are very effective in changing your dogs mind and behaviour.

TURN YOUR BACK:

Your dog thinks that jumping on you is the best way to get your attention. When your dog gets ready to jump on you, turn your back. Completely ignore her, and don’t even make eye contact until she’s stopped jumping up. Once she settles down, praise her immediately. This will reinforce the idea in her mind that she can get lots of nice attention only when she’s NOT jumping on people.

SUBSTITUTION:

Or instead of turning away, you can give your dog something else to do when they jump up. For instance, commanding them to Sit is a good way to encourage a different behaviour. Be sure to lavish your dog with praise and attention when they complete a command successfully. Soon, your dog will make the association that lunging on you gets them nothing, while sitting gets them plenty of enjoyable attention.

Dogs jump on us because they love us, right? However, if she jumps on children or elderly people, someone could get hurt. In order to avoid this, it’s best to use some effective training methods and be firm and kind with your dog.

2 SECRETS:

* Dogs jump on you because they’re excited to see you

* Giving them any attention,positive or negative, reinforces their behaviour

2 SOLUTIONS:

* Turn away when he jumps

* Redirect his attention, by giving a command: Sit, Go to your place

Remember, everyone loves a courteous dog.

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