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Help with jumping
We have a 7 year old black lab that we adopted about 6 years ago. We've worked really hard at correcting the issues he came to us with, but we're still working on a couple issues, including one that I'd like to get advice on.
My main concern is his exuberance he shows with new people and visitors to our house. He has nothing but love for everyone he meets, but being a large dog, jumps and full body leans can be overwhelming. He doesn't act this way towards us when we come home and otherwise has an extremely low energy level. I've noticed that most dogs I meet seem to have the habit of jumping, but as my sons get older and have friends over that may not like dogs in general, I'd like to have our dog retain his laid back demeanor around them as much as possible.
Does anyone have suggestions or training techniques to try? Has anyone else experienced this issue and successfully dealt with it?
Re: Help with jumping
You need to get a friend to help work on it since you say it only happens with company. Have them come in the door and if the dog jumps on them, they turn away, ignore. etc. If it is really bad, they may have to go in and out the door. Once the dog settles a big, give the sit command (assuming the dog knows it) and then the guess can give loves. My dogs only get attention when they've sat down politely for it. Otherwise everytime it would get worse and worse.
Don't get me wrong, they go crazy when company comes over, but they are not allowed to touch the company (by jumping) and they get no reaction from the company until they calm the hell down. It doesn't take but a few seconds.
Thanks for everyone's advice! I wish our dog would be distracted by a toy or stuffed animal. He's a very lazy lab that rarely "plays"...something that is really hard for me to comprehend after living with golden retrievers my whole life!
Sounds like we just have to keep practicing our sit command when visitors come over!