Dog house training question

[lancestorm]

yO.

I have been reading and researching about how to stop a dog from jumping on people with its front paws. I also have been reading different ways to do this. I think the way that will work best is to shout "DOWN!" and push the dog down and then pet it when it is on all fours.

However I have also been reading that by allowing a dog to be on furniture, it further makes stopping the jumping more difficult. So how does one go about retraining a dog that jumping and sitting on furniture is a no-no?

Also any suggestions to stop the growling and the occasional biting?

4 month old pup here (big dog though).

 

[0roo0roo]

ignore dog until it stops doing it.

as for furniture, i don't see how the two are connected.

i let my dog up on the furniture..well cuz its small and doesn't drool😛

 

[lancestorm]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
ignore dog until it stops doing it.

as for furniture, i don't see how the two are connected.

i let my dog up on the furniture..well cuz its small and doesn't drool😛

The thing is is that this dog is completely persistent and NEVER STOPS! Big pup too. I'm just over 6 ' 1'' and it comes up with front paws to my upper chest.

 

[GasX]

When your dog jumps up, give him a knee in the chest and firmly say NO!. It doesn't hurt, but it isn't exactly fun for him...

As far as the furniture is concerned, everytime you catch him on the furniture, you yell at him to get OFF! If you want to really make it clear, shake him by the scruff of the neck too.

And remember whenever you discipline your dog, make sure you tell him he is a good dog right afterwards so that he associates the punishment with his actions and not with you.

 

[Cannabis]

I have a boxer and he used to be wild about jumping at you with his paws out. After a few weeks of slapping him in the head and saying "no" loudly he got the idea.

 

[AndrewR]

We're still trying to stop our dog from jumping up. She's getting better as she ages (almost 4 now), but she still goes ballistic when someone comes to the house. She's a very excitable dog around new people. She isn't aggressive at all -- just overly happy.

For the biting and growling, you have to teach the dog who is the Alpha dog in the house. The next time he bites or growls, wrestle him to the ground, sit on him, and grab his snout. Put your face very close to his and discuss the situation. Obviously the dog won't have any idea what you're saying, but that kind of dominance doesn't go unnoticed. Our pup (also decent size, 85-90 lbs) growled at us when we started giving her rawhide chews, and I put an end to that pretty quickly. Once I made the "food chain" clear to her, she stopped trying to challenge me or my wife. (Incidentally, I didn't hurt her at all -- just made it so she couldn't move and had to sit there as long as I felt like keeping her there. She got the message.)

At four months though, you're going to have a lot of things you'll just have to endure until he gets older. Good luck! 🙂

 

[slightlyhuman]

i have a 122lb golden retreiver, shes around 7 and she still goes nuts when someone new comes to the house, hell she has even started pissing everywhere because she couldnt contain the excitement. she has never bit anyone or even growled just very anxious dog to show her excitement. i suggest grabbin your dogs ear and not really ripping it off but pull it down to the ground and tell him NO so he will get the idea. jumping+people= ear pulling, he will get it eventually.

i love my dog, all 122lbs of her=]

 

[PTCvette]

We have a black lab that was terrbile about jumping on people... What we found worked is the same thing that Mwilding suggested: when the dog jumps on someone, have them knee him in the chest and say DOWN very sternly. This was a real concern for us when my wife was pregnant because the dog used to get so happy to see her he would jump on her and try to lick her face, but we were worried about him hitting her in the stomach and possibly harming the baby.

This seemed to fix his jumping problem a lot. The other thing that helps is when we know people are coming over I take the dog out back and fetch with him for about 15-20 minutes and wear him out. He's still excited and happy to see someone new, but too tired to do much about it other than sniff then out and wag his tail 🙂

Jeff

 

[Cristatus]

hello everyone, i am new here.

one of the reasons i signed up here was because of this thread (the other reason being access to a gmail account :beer: to who it was [don't quite remember, sorry])

anyways, we had a puppy until he was about four months old (sadly, he died when he got crushed under the garage door) but we had a similar problem, and the trainer just said that he was getting overexcited because he wasn't getting out enough, so we took him for a walk everyday

if he was still here, i would still be walking him everyday, but sadly, he had to leave...may he have a good life in puppy heaven

 

[PTCvette]

🙁 Here's a :beer: for your dog, logic1485 🙁

We try and walk ours regularly as well, but that doesn't always happen... Usually he gets a walk at least 3-4 times a week, sometimes less, ideally it would be daily. Walking along the pavement also seems to help keep his nails from getting as sharp so if he does jump, his claws aren't as scratchy.

If we don't get to walk him, we do take him out in the backyard and fetch with him for a while to get some of the energy out of him.

Jeff

 

[MiniDoom]

I put pennies in a can and shook it when the dog did something bad. They dont like that noise and dont want you doing it.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
When your dog jumps up, give him a knee in the chest and firmly say NO!. It doesn't hurt, but it isn't exactly fun for him...

As far as the furniture is concerned, everytime you catch him on the furniture, you yell at him to get OFF! If you want to really make it clear, shake him by the scruff of the neck too.

And remember whenever you discipline your dog, make sure you tell him he is a good dog right afterwards so that he associates the punishment with his actions and not with you.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: lancestorm
yO.

I have been reading and researching about how to stop a dog from jumping on people with its front paws. I also have been reading different ways to do this. I think the way that will work best is to shout "DOWN!" and push the dog down and then pet it when it is on all fours.

However I have also been reading that by allowing a dog to be on furniture, it further makes stopping the jumping more difficult. So how does one go about retraining a dog that jumping and sitting on furniture is a no-no?

Also any suggestions to stop the growling and the occasional biting?

4 month old pup here (big dog though).

Correct, correct, correct. I knee my Cocker Spaniel as someone else has mentioned. Also so no and/or down at the same time. Now he doesn't ever jump on me. He just comes up and great me now. I let the Japanese Chin jump on me though, but at 9 pounds ....

And in the end, remember that a dog wants to please it's owner, so in time things will get fixed. Just be consistant. And if you have a GF, dump her. that will speed up the process.

EXAMPLE: When your dog won't come in, don't use treats as a way of luring him. You are training him to react to the treats. Then they will be required. make him come in and hide a treat, so when he gets inside, he is rewarded. I guess this concept is important. My wife likes to lure in hte dogs with treats. Drives me nuts.

Also, never reward negative behaivior!
EXAMPLE: When you get home and your dogs great you by jumping, do not start getting lovey. GET STERN! Correct them immediately. Them jumping on you is a negative behaivior. Getting lovey is postiive reinforcment. Correct the behaivior at all times. I guess this goes under the consistancy concept.

Best of luck with the dog!

"occasional biting?" - Sure this isn't teething? My dogs grew out of this habbit. Get him some tennis balls or rubber play toys. The rubber toys will last much longer, so they are worth it. The best thing I have is a street hockey ball. my cocke loves it. He can't destroy it, but he loves to carrry it and bite on it.