Delta is starting to jump on people and up on the table. I keep seeing posts about C&T for keep four paws on the floor. How do I do that?
I've never done that but I'm sure someone will be along to explain. I don't actually stop my dogs jumping up what I do do though is give them an incompatible cue. They can't jump if they're sitting for example. It's generally easier to teach them what you want so 'on a mat' for visitors or 'heel and sit'. Just some more ideas for you to think about
I never did C&T for four paws on the floor. It just seemed they jumped up when I didn't have a clicker to hand. I could have set up scenarios, but I didn't The pups used to jump up at me and my husband whenever one of us came home. We stopped this by ignoring them when they were jumping up and giving them loads of fuss as soon as they were on the floor. Now, whenever one of us comes home, we still get the excited greeting, but it's full body wags and Willow's wrinkled nose "smile", rather than jumping up at us. It's more difficult outside and I would struggle since some people would fuss them when they jumped up. Now I have a double-ended lead, I find it easier, because I drop one half of the loop so it's on the floor and stand on it when someone approaches. This means the dog can't jump up if it tries. If you have a regular lead and it's long enough, you could try this. My original leads were 1.2m and I found that too short to stand on and hold at the same time. My two are getting less and less likely to jump up all the time using this method. As for jumping up to the table, that's really about management. If the dog gets rewarded, by finding something tasty on there, then she'll repeat the action. If she never finds anything worthwhile there, it will eventually extinguish. I made the mistake with Willow of not moving stuff back off the surfaces far enough when she was growing, and she self rewarded a few times. So, now I have to be very vigilant, make sure there's nothing in reach and clean my surfaces fastidiously. It's made my kitchen a lot tidier! If she's jumping up and making a nuisance of herself at mealtimes or similar, then training an incompatible behaviour, as Barbara mentioned, is the way to go.
I have always worked on the sit to greet. If there is no sit the dog gets no acknowledgement. Worst part is trying to train family/visitors to ignore until a nice sit is offered. I've never had a problems with jumping on tables/counters with Juno but it's best to keep surfaces clear so puppy can't "self reward" and train something like "off"
I see, that make sense. I will continue to work on the sit to greet. The double ended lead is a great idea, I can easily make one out of rope and a clip. THis will be great for going on walks and see other people.
This is the lead I have, by Halti. You can see it has a clip on each end and then three metal loops along its length. Most of the time, I have the smaller clip attached to the loop closest to the big clip, so it makes it about a 1m lead, in a complete loop. This is how I would have it when I stand on it; I just drop the lower half of the loop to the floor and hold onto the top.. You can also clip the smaller clip to either of the other loops, making the lead longer and giving the dog more freedom. I also sometimes loop the lead around my waist sometimes and clip to the middle loop, so I'm "hands free" (although it's a little on the large side for me that way, because I'm small, so I have to be careful it doesn't fall down!).
