Going to try this tomorrow

[kateincornwall]

Reuben jumps up , a lot and we have really tried hard , ignoring him , turning backs etc , all to no avail . Its something I really want to address because he is already 21 kilos so the likelihood is that he is going to be a very big lad . His recall and sit is really grand , stay is getting better but the sit is instant so what I thought was , if he jumps up , I ask him to sit which I`m sure he will do , and praise him like mad along with treats . How well this will work when out and about , we shall have to see , but its worth a try I think or is it avoiding the real issue ? x

 

[Boogie]

The thing that really worked with Tatze, in the house, was ‘get a toy’. She jumped up with excitement, so redirecting that to parading a toy round really works. Now, when anyone comes in the room, she gets a toy. Spencer has copied her. (We have a toy box by the door for the purpose.)

 

[Atemas]

He’s very young - it will come. The turning of backs on Red eventually worked with her but she was much older (I can’t remember exactly how old but around her first birthday). She went through a phase of going to jump in her excitement at seeing people, then remembering she had to do something - ‘ah yes, if I don’t jump up but sit, I will get attention’. It was quite funny watching her work it out.

 

[edzbird]

Coco was a major jumper when we got him, I shed a good few tears over this at first. I don't want him jumping on me, ever. I would say OFF and turn away, immediately turning back to reward him when he had 4 feet on the ground. It did sink in (remember, he was 15/16 months when we got him). He would also jump on anyone who showed interest when out walking, so I used OFF and I admit, I tugged the lead then rewarded him when on the floor (while the "victim" protested "it's OK, I love dogs"). Coco is now brilliant (in this department) - he jumps on OH when he comes home, but not me. He jumps on "strangers" when they pat their chest as an invitation, but not others.

 

[kateincornwall]

Coco was a major jumper when we got him, I shed a good few tears over this at first. I don't want him jumping on me, ever. I would say OFF and turn away, immediately turning back to reward him when he had 4 feet on the ground. It did sink in (remember, he was 15/16 months when we got him). He would also jump on anyone who showed interest when out walking, so I used OFF and I admit, I tugged the lead then rewarded him when on the floor (while the "victim" protested "it's OK, I love dogs"). Coco is now brilliant (in this department) - he jumps on OH when he comes home, but not me. He jumps on "strangers" when they pat their chest as an invitation, but not others.

I sympathise Sue , quite often out walking , people actually encourage Reuben to jump up , drieves me crackers ! x

 

[snowbunny]

I sympathise Sue , quite often out walking , people actually encourage Reuben to jump up , drieves me crackers ! x

It doesn’t need to drive you crazy; he can learn to discriminate between someone who cues the behaviour and someone that doesn’t.
As always, the question has to be, what is causing the behaviour, and what can you do to get him that same result in a way that is acceptable to you?
Is it purely attention? Is it over excitement? Is it trying to get closer to your face?
If you simply turn your back, then you are trying to punish him for jumping up. But that only works if the consequence you are applying is something that he doesn’t like. If the reason he is jumping up is over arousal, then how does turning your back on him help him to lower his arousal?

So first you need to decide, is this behaviour a conscious decision he is making, or does it come from an emotional place? If it’s conscious decision, then training behaviour is appropriate. But if it is caused by his emotional state, then it’s far more appropriate to address that, instead.

I’ve already said elsewhere that I don’t care if Squidge jumps up after a warning to the person when I’m out, but this evening I wanted to stop and talk to someone without her mugging them. It was someone she knows, so very exciting. I just slowly put individual pieces of food on the floor and she calmed down quickly. As with anything, the more you practice this in easy environments, the easier it will be for you both to use in the real world.

Holding toys is often soothing, so that could work - Luna always brings toys at home and very rarely jumps up inside. The others it wouldn’t work for. So you have to try to find something that works for your dog.

 

[SteffiS]

Toffee jumps up but it is generally easy to stop - turning your back etc. Apart from with my daughter’s partner, Tom, who walks Ripple sometimes. With Tom it’s like he’s on a trampoline, all four feet off the ground getting higher and higher , it doesn’t matter what Tom does Toffee just doesn’t stop until I physically take him away before he hurts himself. As far as I can see Tom does not encourage this behaviour at all, Toffee is just so excited he actually quivers.

 

[Emily]

Ella was a super excited jumper. She's still an excitable girl at nearly 4!

When we'd walk through the door, it was too much to try and ask her to sit calmly while we said hello - we knew she couldn't contain her excitement so we were just setting her up for failure.

Instead, as she ran towards me, I'd step so that my feet were just wider than shoulder width apart and encourage her to run through them. As she got through, I'd quickly turn around (180° so that I was facing the other direction) and stand in the same way so that she'd spin on the spot and run back through. We'd repeat this a few times until she slowed enough for a calm hello. For us, this was a way for her to show her excitement, in a way that was acceptable for us

She still does it with me

 

[kateincornwall]

Reuben is getting much better when on off lead walks , he hardly ever jumps up not and if he does , its one of those half jumps . I find that if people fuss him when he has four feet on the ground , he calms far more quickly . Also if he has something else to focus on, such as food , he is less interested in humans ! He is pretty polite with other dogs so that's alright but when people come to the house, its a different matter . If I have notice that someone is about to call , its not too bad but young Silas tends to just come in, and then its mayhem as he tends to wave his arms about when Reuben jumps up . Its difficult because Silas is autistic and just forgets what he is not supposed to do and also speaks to Reuben in a very excited voice , recipe for failure all round . I am working very hard on the jumping , its proving to be the hardest aspect and one that is stopping Silas from wanting to come over , which in turn makes him far more interesting to Reuben when he does come in ! Oh flippin heck , I`m confusing myself now , best stop over thinking x

 

[Lab_adore]

Maxx goes nuts when I get home so I've done something similar to @Emily. I would turn my back and encourage him to run between my legs then get him to turn around and run back through the other way. Now he runs to me (no jumping thankfully) and pushes through my legs and stops halfway for a big scratch above his tail but at least he isn't leaping about so much. It doesn't work if someone new comes in - we have to put him behind baby gates until he settles

 

[Loraseal]

Mine now does lammie jumps towards me (not on me anymore) and then turns into the living room and rolls on his back ready for his tummy tickle and lots of kisses from me. Other people..well he now sits and waits when I open the door......then it depends who it is!

 

[FayRose]

I feel for you @kateincornwall . As you have seen in my posts, this jumping up is the one problem we have with Molly and she's nearly 3

I've a feeling you'll get it sorted soon and your plan to pre-empt the situation by asking him to sit may well help. At the very least it could distract him enough to start to break the behaviour. Good luck, I'll be interested to hear how it goes.