Jumping on people is one of the normal behaviors of young puppies. They do this by standing on their rear legs and putting their paws on the person. Dogs jumps on children and knocks them down or scratches over their body. Jumping up on the visitors is uncomfortable, frustrating and just a common pain to the dog owners.
You may like your puppy jumping up on you, but it becomes a huge problem when she grows up, especially it crosses 20 pounds weight. To stop this unnecessary jumping behavior of your dog, first of all you have to find out the reason behind it.
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Few reasons behind dog jumping and recommended solutions:
1) Greeting: Smelling scent glands around the face is one of the ways of dogs to greet each other. To realize the smell, dogs simply jump up on the people. However, this is unwanted manner.
Solution: Arrange a spray bottle filled with water near the entrance of your house, inform your guest to hold that bottle when they come inside the house and spray whenever dog jumps up on them. Most dogs may feel unpleasant and stop jumping.
Some dogs like water spray and they may not stop their jumping behavior. In such cases, you can fit shock color to your dog, when you feel that your dog is about to jump on your visitor just press the button and shock your dog. This is a quick method to overcome dog jumping problem.
2) Dominance: Jumping on people sometimes means your dog wants to dominate and desires everybody around to recognize her. To be dominant it attempts to claim on people, toys, furniture, etc.
Solution: This dominant nature in dogs is risky because they may become aggressive when you try to correct the behavior. To stop this, your dog should realize that you are the owner and make your dog obedient to you and your commands. You should follow some techniques to start exercising your dominance such as never allow your dog to walk before you. Practice as first you walk and let her to follow you. And also train her simple instructions by using positive reinforcement such as “off” or “no jump” command.
3) The behavior is rewarded: When you reach home after your work, dog shows affection by jumping on to you. She may do the same when your guests come to your house.
Solution: Simple way to stop this is not to give treat for unwanted activities and do not encourage when your dog jumps up on somebody. And also you have to neglect her when she jumps up on you. Wait till she reaches reserved state of mind, you can show your affection towards her. However once you finished, go back to ignoring her. This shows your dog that, only when you show love to her then she is allowed to pay attention to you. And also you have to inform your family members, friends and neighbors that never give attention to dog when it jumps up on them. Once dog understands its position, you and your visitors can give attention.
4) Extreme excitement: Normally, if the dog is meeting you after a long time she may jump with excitement. Some dogs have the habit of jumping when new faces come to house.
To stop this you can use water spray, shock, positive reinforcement commands, etc.
Training is essential to stop jumping behavior of dog. Keep in mind that your whole family must be involved when training her. With a little attempt from everyone, you can stop dog jumping and your pet will be well-loved member of the family.
