All is forgiven -but jumping advice needed

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  1. TJB08

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    After a nightmare day of vicious biting, weeing indoors (after having been accident free for 4days), a growing habit of jumping up everything and lots of crazy daisy behaviour.... she has curled up to go to sleep on me for the first time since I brought her home.

    Ok Poppy all is forgiven.

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    But does anyone have suggestions for the jumping? She literally tries to leap up to the kitchen worksurfaces. Jump up the stair gate which is beteeen the lounge and dining area. Jump up to the sofa (she doesn't want to get onto it because if I lift her on - when she hasn't jumped - she just tries to get down). A couple of times today she has almost seriously hurt self as she's jumped and fallen backwards or jumped and half fallen through the bars of the gate. I've tried to click and treat for sit which works so long as I keep it coming - like as soon as she has got the treat, cue sit and click and treat again. If there is any delay she starts jumping again.

    It's like she's getting overwrought/over excited. But I'm not sure what/if I'm doing something that is causing that. I try and keep playing with her on the floor short. I sit back up onto the sofa but then she starts jumping up. I'm using the crate for when she gets absolutely crazy and that is working and she settles down fast with little whining now but I feel like all we've done today is play or go outside- over excited biting and charging about - crate - sleep - wake - 5 minutes of calm and then it starts again.

    She has really grown in the last couple of days... is it like with kids when they are having growth spurts and go crazy?
     
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    Oh blimey,there's springs in those puppy paws,I'm sure.....
    I didn't have Dexter at Poppy's age ,he was 5 months when he came to us but he'd not been in a kitchen a lot so he was delighted to find counters to jump up and I needed to do some work on it.
    I don't know if my way was the right way but this is what I did .....
    I trained 'Off' ,this involved much time spent with the clicker and treats and Waiting for him to him jump on the couch ( where I didn't want him either .....in those days!) So,at first when he jumped up,I lured him off with a treat,after a few reps of that when he jumped up I'd wait for him to jump off and click and treat when he did ......eventually when he seemed to be getting it I introduced my verbal cue 'off' ......this may seem a bit extreme but I didn't sit on the couch while Dexter was free until we could trust him.
    A big help in doing it the kitchen is to clear all your counters ....don't have anything up there that the puppy is rewarded by getting and by that I don't just mean food.Laptop chargers,magazines,the tea caddy,even the kettle can all be amazingly interesting and fun to grab ....
    Dex got this pretty quick but he was older so persevere with Poppy,always have treats on you and you can lure/reward her for getting down. ...
    .I also trained boundaries in the kitchen in the same way as we have a completely open plan downstairs....
    Hope that helps x
     
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    Rory was a very athletic even as a puppy. He was prone to going crazy when He was over tired. I got him used to the idea that if he stopped and settled he would get s massage when he settled. Even now he gets on his bed when he's had his tea for a snuggle. I also redirected with toys and crated him if he got too extreme. Another useful thing was his love of wildlife programmes. When had his tea we would cuddle up while watching any animal programme. It distracted him from tiredness frenzy and he could relax and sleep. It just seems to be a puppy frustration thing it does get better.
     
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    Thanks guys. It's not like she can even reach the kitchen worksurfaces but she just launches herself at them! There isn't anything up there but it's where I prepare my food and her food and so she seems to have associated it somehow. Again there isn't generally anything on the sofa so I'm not sure what she's leaping for!

    I've tried to train for up- so she only puts her paws up on me when I say and when she does that I then click and treat for off too. But that all goes out the window when she is in leaping mode!

    I usually have a portion of her daily food in a tub near me to use as rewards but if she can smell it (and she mostly can even if the lids on!) that can sometimes drive her to distraction even more so I would be nervous of having a treat bag on me.

    I guess my biggest worry is I somehow will make it worse. I think persevering with the rewards for off and sit is the way.
     
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    I always think it's just me trying to stop them killing themselves before they reach the age when the daftness gets less. My last one is the one where working in calmness and steadiness was really important. The 2 before we're less stressy dogs so we're easier. Some just like to bustle about doing everything teaching them to relax is hard but helpful. Poppy sounds lovely she just sounds like Rory. I play lots of hiding games with him food and toys that wore him out on many levels and it was something we both enjoyed
     
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    Apart from using her crate, how do I encourage/teach settle down? I try using the down cue and stay in the lounge but she just gets up and down.
     
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    Remember she's a tiny baby... This will pass in a few short weeks! Praise her and give gentle cuddles and stroking any time she is calm, try hard to ignore her when she is being wild and jumpy. She wants your attention more than anything, so only reward the behavior that you want, with attention from you.
     
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    She is stunning, by the way. Is she a Dudley?
     
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    Yes she is!
     
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    TJ, love your socks!!!
     
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    They are so tiny and silly. I found that just praised anything good . And when he did settled loads of praise and gentle massage like slow strokes do he would relax and get sleepy. I just kept encouraging him to come over to his comfy bed when he was tired and stroke him to sleep. In the end I would ask him to come and lie down for cuddles. I used go lie down when he did once he associated go lie down with his bed relaxing cuddles and sleep. I would say go lie down and he would go himself and get in his bed. Just do it all the time they are bittey little devils but eventually the understand that "lie down" is ok and a thing that gets rewards. If I say to all my dogs lie down they settle . Maybe not text book but it worked for me and my dogs. I also rub his ears it makes him go all floppy it a secret weapon. did i explain ok ? You just have to do it loads. No magic just repeat repeat repeat.;)
     

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