Skittles and Jumping on people

[Sargeant_C]

Skittles has had this annoying habit of jumping on everyone and this includes the boys too. She gets so excited and jumps up to greet or play. Now when she is loose in the house we now have her on a leash to keep her right by us.
I have said off so many times that I am about sick of off. I grab her paws and drop them and say OFF in a very mean voice. Yet she jumps back up on me. This can go on all day. I have stepped back and said OFF and she will walk forward to jump on me.
She jumps on the boys and Dakota corrected her with a growl and a bark and she did get away from me.. (wonder how to growl properly) but two minutes later she was jumping on Sarge.

So give me some ideas on how to keep bouncin Skittles from jumping on us. My legs are clawed up from her lil ol nails. Hmm can we declaw her. LOL KIDDING

[miccmill]

We started correcting this by ignoring her when we came in the door. All humans would greet each other, walk into the kitchen, put coat n stuff down etc. then turn attention to Hannah. OR, ignore by turning back and walking away if she jumps not at greeting times.

Then we commanded a sit and rewarded right away for the sit and "abandoned" her if jumping resumed after the reward. Rinse and repeat.
After awhile, while watching out of the corner of your eye, you will catch her offering a sit while you're ignoring her as you come in the house. You reward right away and before too long she'll have the idea that if I sit they give me treats or attention.
Now Hannah sits right away but you can tell she's just dying to jump up or lick or spin around so we keep the greeting short and happy.

Kids will have to be on board with all that too but you can make it a game like "what dog??? we don't have a dog" while looking at the ceiling and moving on about your business.

[BostonRott]

A few thoughts:

a) NEVER reward her by petting or otherwise giving attention when she's behaving as such....you'll increase the behaviour.

b) ask for an alternate, conflicting behaviour (sit or down)

c) next time she jumps, grab her paws and hold them very firmly and when she starts to struggle, don't let go.....let go when you're good and ready. Let her learn that jumping up on you is not fun.

[Jimdeez]

Originally Posted by BostonRott

A few thoughts:

a) NEVER reward her by petting or otherwise giving attention when she's behaving as such....you'll increase the behaviour.

b) ask for an alternate, conflicting behaviour (sit or down)

c) next time she jumps, grab her paws and hold them very firmly and when she starts to struggle, don't let go.....let go when you're good and ready. Let her learn that jumping up on you is not fun.

That's exactly what I did with Tyson, he jumped alot. It took some time but he doesn't do it anymore.

[Sargeant_C]

I do ignore her and so do the kids, yet when we walk away she is jumping up on our backs.
I am going to try this paw holding thing and see if this helps.

[BostonRott]

You can also take her by the collar and firmly hold her down on the ground (not mushed into the ground, just 4 on the floor) and continue doing so until you're ready to release (not when she's struggling). This would work for when she's jumping at your back.

Have you tried putting her on leash when she's loose in the house? If she starts jumping, you have the leash to control her with. If you can't be immediately supervisinng her, put her in her crate.

[Sargeant_C]

Yes she has a leash on in the house due to this matter. And if either I or Jim is not right there she is crated up no ifs ands or buts. Plus I have them on a schedule who is out when and doing what.. (heat cycles)

They each have their playtime plus walk times plus workout times. Mainly their playtime with each other got cut out. With the exception of the boys.

Thanks for the tips ... lets see how they work.