AtomicMom
LIF Adolescent
Member since 5/05 632 total posts
Name:
Denise
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Re: Lolita !!!!
Found this online:
Here are the ingredients for training your dog to greet with four on the floor:
1. Teach your dog to sit, even when excited. You’ll start this training in unexciting situations and gradually build to more and more exciting situations until the dog is totally steady. It takes time and practice. When the dog is IN the sit position, give petting, praise, and treats. Do not praise AFTER the dog has gotten up, because that is not the desired behavior. Praise and reward DURING the desired behavior, the sit.
2. When you come into the house, come in quietly. Excited greetings when you come in not only encourage a dog to jump on you, but also increase your dog’s risk of separation anxiety, so the calm entrance is a good idea all around.
3. When you have guests arrive, keep your dog under leash or other control for about 15 minutes until everyone is settled. This is the time of wildest excitement for the dog, and it will be much easier for the dog to muster self-control after this initial period. Eventually you will want to train this behavior without a leash, too.
4. Never let anyone pet your dog on hind legs. When the dog has been jumping and stops jumping, be sure the person DOES pet the dog as a reward for getting it right. This is the crucial training step that most people miss. Teaching the dog not to jump isn’t enough. We have to teach the dog that the petting will come when the dog is doing the right behavior. Put your focus on this moment.
5. If you are going to do anything to interrupt your dog’s jumping, keep in mind that your goal is a dog who is safe with people. Punishing a dog who is in the act of trying to be friendly to a person could result in making the dog lose trust in people. A leaping dog is also susceptible to injury if kicked, stepped on, or otherwise handled forcefully.
The best correction for jumping up is to withhold attention. Keep you hands to yourself and turn a hip toward the dog, turn your back on the dog, or leave the room, until your training has progressed to the point of being able to get the dog to “sit” on cue.
Come Cuddle
One good way to teach your dog to greet without jumping is a simple cue to go to the person’s knees. Start by putting your open hands, palms facing outward, on the fronts of your knees. You’ll be bent forward to get your hands here. Tell your dog “come cuddle,” and your dog will likely be drawn to your inviting hands. Pet your dog.
Do the “come cuddle” practice over a few sessions until the dog responds quickly. Then find someone else to help you, have them take the position, point to them, and tell your dog to “go cuddle.” Have them encourage the dog verbally to come to them, and give petting when the dog arrives. Then you call the dog to “come cuddle” to your hands at your knees.
Do a few repetitions back and forth, stopping before the dog gets bored. Repeat this once in awhile, and soon you’ll find when you say “go cuddle,” your dog will aim for a person’s knees even if their hands are not there. Prompt the person to lean down and pet the dog at knee level—be firm with people that they must not ruin your training by inviting your dog to jump up on them!
Little Dogs
You may not mind your small dog jumping up on you, but give this some thought. You’re not going to want the dog to spoil someone’s clothing by clawing at their legs. A little dog jumping and expecting to be caught can be injured if the person misses. It’s safest to teach your little dog to jump up only on cue, and put front feet on your hand.
One good use of having the dog put front feet on your hand is to more easily slip your other hand securely under the dog’s rear to pick up your little one. No matter how small the dog, a two-handed lift is an important safeguard against dropping the dog.
Safety
Many of us see no reason to teach our dogs not to jump up. We don’t mind, and if a friend or relative needs the dog not to jump, we simply put the dog on leash.
We get older, though, and our dogs age even faster than we do. Besides age, many physical problems can arise that make jumping up downright dangerous. At some point in your dog’s life, the jumping will become a hazard to the dog. Your dog will live with less risk of pain.
The non-jumping dog’s life will include more petting and love, because it’s so much easier and more enjoyable to pet a dog with four feet on the ground. Or perhaps by invitation, your dog can put two feet on your lap. Okay, the whole dog can be on your lap, if you wish it and after you’ve done your homework of teaching your dog how to show love without jumping!
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Jesaroo
is not the girl you knew
Member since 5/05 14266 total posts
Name:
Jes
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Re: Lolita !!!!
oh god, my minpin is so hyper too.
unfortunatly, none of my guys ever jump on people except me so i dont have any adive since ive never dealt with it.
my only advice would be to close him off in an area when he can see your guests,..... but leave him in there a while so hopefully he will soon tire out--somewhat and once you let him out he will be alittle more used to having them there and wont feel the need to go crazy on them.
it takes a long time to teach them how to not jump, its not an overnight job.
good luck!!!
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