She just cant stop jumping...

[chicatropical]

Hi,

My female Rottie is now a year and 3 month old and behaves really well. She obeys everything I have taught her, never showed agression neither to me, my family or the other dog (nor strangers), walks very nice on the leash, doesnt beg for food even though I leave my plate right next to her she wouldnt touch it, doesnt destroy or chew on our belongings and even if she holds her favorite bone and I tell her to drop or leave it she would do so immediatelly.

The only problem I am having with her is that when I come home after staying out for a few ours or when I walk out to put her leash on to take a walk she gets overly excited and cant stop jumping around like a loonie. I never encouraged jumping around or on me, not even when she was a puppy and always tell her to stop it, but she doesnt. The other day she got so excited because we were going to take a walk she jumped several times and nearly scratched my eye out.

Does any of you have had this problem before and what did you do to make your dog stop the jumping?

Thank you for any advise,

[Weily4Life]

We went through this.

To stop the jumping up, we hold on to the front legs, getting them off the chest, say "off", and release her legs so she drops to the floor. This will have to be continued until the behavior stops, I don't remember how long it took. But she got the hang of it, we just had to be consistent.

Our dogs would get so excited about walking that I trouble putting on my shoes. I sit on the floor, they come up, get in my face and started licking it. I couldn't see to put my shoes on :(. Then, it was another challenge to put the leashes on because they were so excited. Everything goes smooth now...they have learned that to go for a walk they have to sit and stay before the leash is attached, and they have to sit and stay before I open the door. We don't go out the door until I say "okay" and then I am the first through the door.

[codglvr]

We reduced jumping by commanding a sit wait then promptly putting on the leash. Failure to comply led to puppy push ups. Sit stand down, sit stand down, etc multiple times until they were ready to listen. Then I get the leash back out and give the sit and wait command.

[Nishasmom]

I agree with codglvr; when your dog gets overly excited you must try to regain control. If a sit doesn't do it, say okay...then go put the leash up and sit down. Try it again in 2 or so minutes. Eventually, she will get it.

As for jumping on people, we did "sit for petting". Before ANY attention was given we required a sit.

[TrinaJ]

I too have had and still do have (although its getting better) the same problem. Jett gets so excited that she jumps up on me, hubby and son he's 4 tomorrow! I was told my my trainer at the rotty club to drop her every time she jumps. Now whenever she tries to jump i command her to drop both vocally and with hand signals, you've never heard such a thud before when she drops....but the drop only lasts about 2 seconds and she's up again, so i just keep repeating it until she's calm and rational.

Yesterday i can honestly say she jumped up at me about 4 times during the whole day, which is a significant decrease. She is learning now that its an unacceptable behaviour - i never went through this with my other rotty's, but each dog is different. If you are consistent with your dog he will stop. Jett is 6 months old in 4 days and this has been going on for 3 months....but as i said it IS getting better and their IS a light at the end of the tunnel!

Good luck!

Trina

[chicatropical]

Thank you so much for those great advises it is good to know that I am not the only one experiencing this, but of course I dont wish anyone the jumping and scratching behavior. As soon as I read your posts I started and I will be patient until she learns.

:-)

[durango11]

our eight month old rotti who almost weighs 90 pounds is a jumper also and it drives me nuts. Especially towards me. I can not move around when she is in area because she comes full force at me and jumps and licks. I know she is happy to see me but it is getting to be very troublesome. I usually turn my back to her and ignore it. Until she stops than once she does she starts licking me. From head to toe. She might one day save me alot in water bills because soon I won't need to take showers. She is not aggressive either. The other thing i notice about her is that after my husband leaves for work (we allow our dogs 2 rotts and a chocolate lab to sleep with us- well me) the lab will get on the bed and sleep on my husbands pillow right beside me but Durango will with her full body spread out on top of me and lay. Almost like she is protecting me or does not want me to leave. It can be very bothersome because my husband is a truck driver and leaves anywhere between 1am and after. It is hard to get back to sleep. I'm trying to get them off the bed now. It was different when we just had one......Good luck with the jumping. I have heard by turning your back on them it does help.

[chicatropical]

Lol... its like they have the same kind of mechanism, you just described exactly what mine does. People are starting to stare at me, cause I constantly have scratches and bruises on my arms and legs. And yes, the licking ... especially when I come out of the shower, its like she likes the taste of my deodorant. When she starts the jumping, our other dog, a Golden Retriever grabs her by her neck and starts to pull her away. Just like she wanted to say "Calm down, youre freaking out again". :-)

[Terri Lambert]

I also agree with codglv, but also ignoring the behavior you don't want also works, turn your back to her/him. Also they should learn they don't get petted unless they sit.

[fostermom]

Originally Posted by Terri Lambert

I also agree with codglv, but also ignoring the behavior you don't want also works, turn your back to her/him. Also they should learn they don't get petted unless they sit.

YES!!
Our ten month old foster would jump up on people....the trainer advised us that ANY interaction (even grabbing, shoving, yelling) reinforced the behavior. His advice was to fold our arms, look up at the ceiling, and totally IGNORE him...if he is too persistent, you can sort of turn you back to him, but do not interact. If really necessary, leave the room. His behavior actually intensified initially (extinguishing burst) because he was trying harder to get your attention...but if you continue ignoring him, he gets no reinforcement and will stop. What's really important is that you do this EVERY time...if he gets ignored nine times out of ten, but the tenth time someone pets him, that will hugely reinforce the behavior (think how reinforcing it is for a gambler who keeps dropping coins into the slot machine but randomly gets reinforced for the payoff).
Also, teach an alternative behavior that is incompatable with jumping up...I taught Zach to target (touch) my hand with his nose...put your hand out and the dog will probably sniff it with his nose, I was using a clicker so at this point I'd click and treat...pretty soon the dog will touch your hand every time you extend it to him...so as he was coming up to me, I'd put out my palm, he'd touch it and then I'd ask for a sit (course you PRAISE him when he does this)....it took about four weeks but when he adopted, we got a lot of positive comments about how well behaved he was.
Good luck.

[Alura]

The only thing I thought I would ad is the importance of CONSISTANCY!!!! In our household I worked very hard to get Victoria not to jump, but then realized my partern allows her to do so when he comes home form work...aghrrr!!!!!

When friends and family visit, I have notice she is "choosy" as to who she does it to...the more she likes you, the more likely it is that she will jump on you. We have worked with our guests to make her sit before giving any petting/attention and it has gotten MUCH better....it just infuriates me becauase she should have never been allowed to think it is OK to do so!!!!

[chicatropical]

only a few days have passed and its getting a lot better already, you can see the difference. thanks for your great advises :-)

[fostermom]

Great news!!!! We all assume dogs just naturally understand what is expected of them...by only reinforcing the appropriate behavior, you're now teaching him what you want...keep up the good work!

[seoultrader]

If the other advice fails, knee him in the chest, just hard enough so he feels it. Worked absolute wonders for me, only took about 5 times and that was it, no more jumping.

[durango11]

My husband and I have been using a short stick to make the dogs (3) of them sit and stay before they are aloud to go out and in the doors. We have never "beat" them with it but with a stern voice and holding the stick and moving it towards them really has seemed to help with durango and her jumping and getting them to sit before they go in and out.