Hiya, I have a black lab called Lenny he's almost 8 months old and he jumps up at everyone and everything. When people come to the house he jumps up constantly even if you put him in his crate and he appears calm as soon as you let him out he start. He jumps if you're just sat on a chair, he jumps up at peopke who walk past too close, he also jumps up on worktops and table etc. He wears a head collar to be walked otherwise I have no control he will lunge at people and other dogs as he wants to play/say hello. Any tips or advice how to go about training him not to do this. Everyone we meet comments on how much a handful he is
Welcome to you This is so very typical Labrador behaviour! Especially 8 month old Labradors. But they can be trained to tone it down. It takes lots of time and patience to do so. First, get lots of tasty treats - fish cubes are great as they add very little in calories, but a variety of treats is even better to keep them guessing, just use food out of their allowance sometimes. Then train many things (sit, down, stand, wait etc). Use these as alternative actions to jumping up. My Tatze (four years old) Still does it from time to time Mollie (11 months) now keeps her paws on the ground, but I work much harder at her training as she's a Guide Dog puppy - and it shows! The main site here is full of great ideas, I refer to it every day at least once - https://www.thelabradorsite.com/labrador-training/
I have a puppy just a bit older than yours. She jumps up at people who come to the house. The other day we had someone come to measure up for something. When I thought she was calm, I let her join us. She immediately jumped up at his back - . Fortunately he didn't mind. I had her little lead on and asked her to sit, I then put my foot on the lead. She sat like this for ages so I think she is slowly getting the message. Outside, I lure her with food past people if I think she is going to jump or if it's someone I want to talk to, I step on her lead which is attached to a harness, so she can't jump. I also ask her to go 'middle' - between my legs. We did this at dog training the other night when we were having to wait in a narrow corridor with other people and dogs. It was really good as she can't jump in this position and I feel totally in control. The jumping does bother me, even my 10 year old Lab occasionally does it but I feel the more strategies I have that work the better.
