Stop Your
Puppy Jumping Up
Learning
how to stop a puppy from jumping up is something you need to get onto straight
away.
Puppies
jumping up are a very natural thing that they do when they are little – to get
attention – and in the wild to get fed by licking the Mother’s face to encourage
food to be regurgitated. Showing your puppy that it does not get attention when
it jumps is something that you should encourage from a very early age. Often it
can seem like fun when a puppy is very small but when your dog grows to 35 kg
and can jump 5 foot high it is not so funny.
If you do not stop
the jumping when your puppy is little then when your puppy turns into a larger
dog it soon turns into a more dominant display of demanding your attention!
If your puppy is
jumping up, simply turn and walk away. Ignore your puppy, no eye contact, no
speaking and no touching.
Continue to ignore
and then after your puppy has calmed down, wait for 5 minutes and then call
your puppy to you.
If your puppy does
not stop then isolate your puppy by either leaving the room or by putting the
puppy in another room.
Puppy jumping up on
visitors:
If your puppy is
jumping on your visitors then ask them to do the same as described above. It
may also help if you hold the puppy by its collar or on a lead until they relax
– then release. If your puppy decides to mouth you then you should immediately
isolate them in another room or a crate.
Puppy jumping up at
you when you are getting ready for the walk:
Put the leash down and
wait for 10 minutes or until your puppy is calm, then try again. This is
important and although you are keen to go for a walk you should not rush it!
Important concepts:
It is really
important not to speak – to stay calm and not say a word when your puppy jumps
up. Remember your puppy is an attention-seeking machine!
Your puppy's jumping
up and space invading is not its way of saying I love you!!
Space is very
important to a dog and if she can invade yours whenever she wants then she will
lose respect for you.
How would you feel if
a human constantly invaded your space! It is more similar than you think!!
Start as you mean to
go on. When your puppy is calm then you can call her and pick her up for a
cuddle
When you are ignoring
your puppy keep your arms folded and walk past the puppy confidently and
assertively.
The two most common
mistakes:
Inconsistency -
sometimes puppy jumping up is given attention!
People make eye
contact...This invites your puppy over, so do not make eye contact, focus on
something else.
Another trick that
will help is to train your puppy to sit for everything! If you can get your
puppy to practise lots of "sits" then her default behaviour will
simply be to sit when you call her, and not jump!
For more
information on puppy training then check The Online Dog Trainer it is a great
source of fascinating information that covers off everything you need to know
about raising a happy puppy using videos.
