Hello, I just joined the forum, we have a nearly 6 month old puppy, he's a lab mix, we are trying to stop him jumping but having difficulty with getting him to stop doing that. We have had him since he was 5 weeks old, he weighed only 10 pounds then but now he is 51 pounds, so he can almost push us over when he jumps up. He's very smart with other things but he just does not want to understand the words "down" or "no". So any advice will be welcome.
Hi and welcome to the forum - you can find a helpful article all about teaching your dog not to jump up here: https://www.thelabradorsite.com/no-more-jumping-up/
Hi there, and welcome to the forum. Let us know how you get on with that training article and do shout if you have any questions
Hi Chillax and welcome from me and my big yellow boy Pongo in south Wales. That article is, of course, absolutely right! But if I can suggest something it would be to try the "ignoring" strategy first - it might work. It really did work for us. When Pongo jumped, he was looking for attention. We had to show that if he jumped then he got NO attention - none at all. Turn your back. Not even eye contact. Complete ignoring. Once he is four-feet-on-the-floor, turn back. (He jumped up again of course, but got ignored again.) And again. And again. I was really surprised how quickly this worked. The biggest challenge is that everyone in your household needs to do the same. And, ideally, all visitors - if you can keep the dog away from the door until you've had a chance to tell visitors what you are doing and ask them to help (by ignoring him COMPLETELY until he is calm) it works much, much faster. It might not work for you! But I think it is worth a go, because if it does work, then it works well and quickly... Let us know how it goes!
Hi there! I am new too but wanted to say hello! We are also in the Austin area. Northwest of the city.
