paw print pants
I really have no complaints about any of dogs behavior except Daphne. She likes to jump on me. I quit wearing white pants the day she came home with us. She doesn't always do it. Sometimes she jumps on me from behind so I can't fend her off. It's almost always outside that this happens. I never know when she will jump up and make her mark on my clothes. I have pretty good control of everything else but how can I get her to stop jumping on me? I'm tired of paw print clothes!!! |
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| I don't have a lot of widsom to share although, I have been told that when you use a command to tell the dog to get down, be sure to say the dog's name and tell him/her "off" instead of down because most dogs associate down with laying and off with "get off!"
Who knows...maybe paw pring pants will be in style one day. You'll be at the top of the charts. |
| put her through paint and start a new clothing line! I'll take some pink paw prints please. |
| I was told to completely ignore George when he did it!
Wait until he has stopped jumping to give him attention and only prasie once he is calm. Works most of the time! |
We had a foster sheepie at one point who jumped on me a lot, and my trainer suggested that I "step into" him when he did it, instead of fending him off. Basically just taking a step or two towards him, which sort of herded or crowded him back. It worked like a charm for Max.  |
I'm having the same problem with Dutch who is 1 year, she like to jump at my back so will be watching to see what members suggest  |
| Same basic idea here: our trainer said to ignore him when he jumps on you. This means, no pushing him down, saying no or anything. They will do it more at first, be warned. Once they sit, praise the heck out of them, give them a treat and generally celebrate. Eventually they will understand that to get attention, they have to sit.
(Side note: I took Dodger out for a walk in our downtown yesterday. He was still jumping up a bit when he met people, but as soon as they would walk away, or stop paying attention to him, he would sit. I was talking with one lady and he was sitting so nice, and I think he wanted the attention that he had gotten used to for this, so he let out a little bark to let us know that we should be praising him for sitting!) If the first thing doesn't work, then crowd into their space. Again, Dodger jumped when I did this at first, but now he understands to sit. Good Luck! |
| There are a couple of reasons Daphne (and the rest of your bobtails) can jump on you.
For me it seems you pretty much taught her when she barks at you she gets your attention and as you said even when she just wants to go out and play. Pretty smart dog! 
About the jumping. NEVER say her name when you are about to discipline her!!!! Her name has to be positive 
And here are the reason most dogs jump. FOR ATTENTION! There are a couple of MUSTs , including ignoring her, which means: - DO NOT say her name! - DO NOT say "No!" - DO NOT push her off! - DO NOT make eye contact with her! Just turn around and ignore. You can even walk away from her. She will run after you to figure out why she is not getting your attention. She will get frustrated and she will jump on you more and more - this is called extension burst, i.e. when you press the button on your remote to change the channel and nothing happens, you keep pressing it harder and harder. Before she realizes that you are not paying attention to her she will do EVERYTHING (jumping, barking, pushing, etc.) to see what will get your attention. The second her buttocks touches the ground you have to praise her lavishly!
You can also put a leash on her and ask her to sit. When she does, step on her leash so when she tries to jump the leash tightens and you end up with a dog that is doing this "sithops". As soon as she stays in the sit position tell her "Good girl" and praise her. She has to learn that you will give her your attention if she is behaving appropriately. You have to be very consistent because dogs are as consistent as we are! You have to practice every day and you cannot give up! If you do, she will learn to be more pushy. The reason they keep jumping on you when you tell them "No", or "Off" or "Potato" or anything or touch them even when you mean to push them off is because dogs are social animals. They want attention and it doesn't matter if it's positive or negative, they need to get attention. So, when you tell you dog "Don't jump" and you push them off, they still get what they wanted, you attention. This is the reason you have to remember to praise them when they are lying down or sitting calmly! If you don't reward the calm behavior and you don't give them attention, well then they have to jump up on you or run around the house with your favorite shoe in their mouth to get your attention. They are pretty smart, aren't they? |
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