now you had some good points....maxie does jump on anyone that comes to the door she knows with excitement. if it is someone she does not know she barks and growels. as she is doing this she is shaking...so is she scared? also missed the thing about the fences. we are thinking of invisable fence for our front yard so the dogs can run and play with the kids outside and not run off down the road or in the street. views on this? I do not want to hurt the dogs....I heard this willshock them.... thanks steff
Barbara Naylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay... I didn't get blasted for my email about electric fences... thank you!... so I will venture another email. And realize that I am not a "professional" dog trainer, because I don't get paid for what I do. But I have certainly put in years and years of study and effort into trying to learn more about the 4-footer. And as my son says... I have "professional" dogs. Their training has to be exact and expectations high. My own keeper dog was not nearly as well behaved! So take what you can use from this email and delete the rest. Dogs jump for a lot of reasons. And most people correct them by squealing their name and giving them lots of attention... exactly what they want. The knee in the chest will work on some dogs some of the time. Turning your back and completely ignoring them will also work on some dogs some of the time. But every time the dog comes to someone new and they jump on them, the dog has "practiced" inappropriate behavior. So let the people who come to you house regularly know what they need to do to help correct the jumping. Or have a leash right next to the door and leash the dog before you ever open the door. Place your foot on the leash with no slack whatsoever so the dog can't move upwards. And if the dog still has the over excited greetings, then tether them in another room or put them in their crate before the people come in your house. When you greet people out in public, have the leash in your hand, but stand on it as well so that they have no extra leash to jump. Don't let them practice bad behavior. And at the same time when they finally do sit... praise, praise, praise the dog and tell them good sit. Acknowledging good behavior is just as important... and on some dogs, more important... then tagging bad behavior. When I mentor a new group of puppy raisers, we play a game. I have a behavior/activity that I want a person/puppy to do. I share the behavior with everyone in the room, except the person playing the part of the puppy. Let's say that I want them to sit in a chair when they come in the room. With the first "puppy" I give just negative corrections... when they move away from what I want. With the second "puppy" I give negative and positive corrections... "don't" when they move away from the chair and "good boy" when they were headed in the right directions. The second puppy always was successful. The first was usually very frustrated and gave up. So praise the behavior you want and correct/ignore the behavior you want to extinguish. When a dog jumps up on something, I always give the correction of "don't". "Down" is a command... something you want them to do. "Off" is also a command for when you want them to get off of something that you have asked them to jump on. "Don't" is a correction. "No" will also work, but I prefer "don't" because I can say it more forcefully with major emphasis on the D. And lastly... dogs love to dig. There is nothing better then nice damp dirt to make them happy. Once again, don't let them practice the inappropriate behavior. Watch them carefully... cover the area with something so they can't get to it... or fill the holes with their puppy piles. Gross.. I know. But most dogs won't dig in their own poop. Like I said... take what you can use and delete the rest. Barbara now raising service dog in training #9 On Jan 25, 2007, at 8:05 PM, buttafamily5 wrote: I'm anxious to hear people's tips on this as well -- as this is Dempsey's latest "thing". His training is going well also, but his new thing is jumping. Just when we get one thing corrected, another crops up! He is only 4 months old. We start "basic training" classes on Monday. One thing that we do have success with is the spray bottle with vinegar and water. He hates it, so all we have to do is pick it up and say "off!" and he calms down. We have read that we should say "off!" instead of "down", as "down" should be used when you want them to lie down in the submissive position (yet another thing we need to master!).He has also taken to nipping at our heels as we go upstairs (where he is not allowed), which really hurts and must stop! Donna --- In [email protected], "tricialynch77" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi I have a 7 month old F1 Labradoodle called Harvey. His training is > going okay at the moment apart from jumping up on people in the house > and outside as well.When he is in the house we try lifting our knee to > his chest which eventually stops him.But when he is outside and off the > lead he will jump up on anyone wether it be a toddler or an adult,which > can be frightening for them as you can imagine.Also if anyone comes > into the house he jumps all over them. Can anyone give me advice on how > to stop this please. > STEFFANIE BILLITIER Rochester NY 14606 mom to 4 sphynx cats Elvis,Bailey,Bobo,Loki 2 dogs an AHT named Rossi, a labradoodle named maxie, and three 2 legged kids nicholas,jacob,gabriella --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited.
