OogieBoogie · F
Teach your guests to ingore your dog - no pats, no eye contact.
Teach them to put their hand out, flat palm, horizontal to their face, (🫸🐕🦺), as a block. (Still verbally and eye contact-wise ignoring your dog)
If posible, if you're standing, try and use body positioning to turn your back(s) to the dog.
If you are sitting - use the blocked hand technique - make sure its right in front of their face.
Dogs are hierarchial, they absolutely needs to know their position in the pack.
If they dont.... they'll test it with every person in the family, and any new person that enters the house.
Its natural for a dog to want to greet new potential pack members, but they need to learn that they are not of a position in the pack to initiate a greeting - that they need to wait for their turn.
And to learn the correct form of greeting.
So, in short:
- ignore pushiness
- block behavior with passive hand blocking, (it really does stop them in their tracks, as it would a human if you put your hand right up in their face).
- Turn back to dog
Timing is all essential. Be quick every time.
But ....also reward the behavior you expect.
When they are all paws on ground - give them a pat, (still no eye contact).
Once youve achieved a dog that is standing, (or sitting even) and is now no longer exhibiting pushy behavior.... THEN you can introduce them to your guest and offer praise or give treats.
And just repeat EVERY time you have guests, or when people arrive home.
REPETITION IS KEY.
no shouting,
No yanking on collars,
No putting outside.
Just keep modelling expectations and blocking. Dogs are smart, they learn.
At first itll be a bit rocky, maybe badly timed, but you'll get the hang of it. Youll learn to see when your dog gets the impulse to jump, and you'll be able yo head it off with a hand block.
I know it sounds very "wishy washy"...but it really works.
We used this on many new dogs we had to teach.
A hand placed above them when they go to jump really screws up their whole trajectory 😏
This was the best method we learnt. Its also the most positive due to its passive nature.
It just teaches the dog that you and your guests are higher level pack members.
(If you have family or live with other people, use them to make practice situations. The more times your dog gets to enact this protocol, the quicker they'll learn).
I hope this helps.
Teach them to put their hand out, flat palm, horizontal to their face, (🫸🐕🦺), as a block. (Still verbally and eye contact-wise ignoring your dog)
If posible, if you're standing, try and use body positioning to turn your back(s) to the dog.
If you are sitting - use the blocked hand technique - make sure its right in front of their face.
Dogs are hierarchial, they absolutely needs to know their position in the pack.
If they dont.... they'll test it with every person in the family, and any new person that enters the house.
Its natural for a dog to want to greet new potential pack members, but they need to learn that they are not of a position in the pack to initiate a greeting - that they need to wait for their turn.
And to learn the correct form of greeting.
So, in short:
- ignore pushiness
- block behavior with passive hand blocking, (it really does stop them in their tracks, as it would a human if you put your hand right up in their face).
- Turn back to dog
Timing is all essential. Be quick every time.
But ....also reward the behavior you expect.
When they are all paws on ground - give them a pat, (still no eye contact).
Once youve achieved a dog that is standing, (or sitting even) and is now no longer exhibiting pushy behavior.... THEN you can introduce them to your guest and offer praise or give treats.
And just repeat EVERY time you have guests, or when people arrive home.
REPETITION IS KEY.
no shouting,
No yanking on collars,
No putting outside.
Just keep modelling expectations and blocking. Dogs are smart, they learn.
At first itll be a bit rocky, maybe badly timed, but you'll get the hang of it. Youll learn to see when your dog gets the impulse to jump, and you'll be able yo head it off with a hand block.
I know it sounds very "wishy washy"...but it really works.
We used this on many new dogs we had to teach.
A hand placed above them when they go to jump really screws up their whole trajectory 😏
This was the best method we learnt. Its also the most positive due to its passive nature.
It just teaches the dog that you and your guests are higher level pack members.
(If you have family or live with other people, use them to make practice situations. The more times your dog gets to enact this protocol, the quicker they'll learn).
I hope this helps.
robbie2499 · 61-69, F
@OogieBoogie Thank you, kind stranger! I will take your advice.
BrandNewMan · 61-69, M
robbie2499 · 61-69, F
@BrandNewMan How to teach them not to jump on guests. He is just over a year and good with commands but for the life of me, I don't know what to do about the jumping. Thank you for asking!
BrandNewMan · 61-69, M
robbie2499 · 61-69, F
@BrandNewMan Thank you! You are the only one who replied. I apreciate it 😍
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robbie2499 · 61-69, F
@pdockal No, he's not a rescue. I have had him since he was 8 weeks old now, he's just over a year. He's so beautiful.
pdockal · 56-60, M
@robbie2499
Rescues take a lil different handling then bought dogs
Having him from 8 weeks is a definite plus
Humans are usually the reason dogs misbehaved because we try to humanize them but as much as you love them and as much as they are family
They are still dogs and need their daily training and exercises and routine
Rescues take a lil different handling then bought dogs
Having him from 8 weeks is a definite plus
Humans are usually the reason dogs misbehaved because we try to humanize them but as much as you love them and as much as they are family
They are still dogs and need their daily training and exercises and routine