black Labrador problem....

[Silvio Dante]

We have a black lab. Hes 14 months old and is great with everyone. However he has a tendancy to jump on you in excitement when he sees you come home or in the garden.

How can we stop this habbit...?

 

[micro]

from my experience you cant. obedience training helps, but after 2 years they start to mellow out. I hope some one has the answer so i can use the advice as well

 

[lucypevensie]

That is such an annoying habit.

Obedience classes are the best thing for dogs. I personally would not have a dog if I couldn't take him to a class.

But, something that helped me was to watch the dog carefully--before he even gets much of a chance to get up on his hind legs stick your knee up so that he must bump his chest on your knee. Say "NO! DOWN!" very firmly. Be very consistent, practive it at home. You might have to turn your body to face him directly. I am not saying to kick him hard or injure his ribs or anything. You have to make this bad habit more frustrating for HIM than it is for YOU.

 

[Kelly]

Our lab is out of hand too. We keep a little bag of treats and one of us greets our guest while the other distracts the our 1.5 year old lab and has her 'sit' for a piece of kibble or two while our guest gets in.

I am thinking about buying a shock collar though.

 

[katylees]

i have a balck lab...now 6 ...we used to say 'down' and put ur hands onto her so they dont jump...get down and fuss them so they dont jump up and then they will learn not to jump...and yer they do calm down a bit and stop jumping
good luck~
luv katy

 

[Silvio Dante]

Thanks for the help guys . i'll give it a try....

 

[KristiXP]

What Lucy suggested is what my sister and her husband do with their dog and it has helped quite a bit.

 

[fieldmouse3]

Ignore him when he jumps (don't even scold...just walk away), and praise him to high heavens when he keeps all 4 feet on the ground. I saw this trick on an episode of Dateline once. It works, apparently!

 

[Hezmasaveyour]

I have the same problem with my black lab .She is almost 20 months.I'll try this stuff.

 

[fieldmouse3]

Dogs love attention...no secret there. They'll do whatever gets them the most attention, so the trick is to give them as much as possible when they're doing things right!

 

[shayd]

My black lab has just turned 8 months. He has this problem, and in fact I just got woken up by someone calling who had found him running around the streets. Yeah, he pushed a fence post out of our wooden fence. He had done this before so I put 2 nails and a wood screw in every single fence post, and he still pushed it out. I'm more concerned about that than the jumping I think.

The vet told me, for the jumping, when he jumps up on you to lightly step on his back foot... very lightly, but he'll understand eventually that jumping up on people causes pain in his back feet. Heh. Well, my only difficulty was getting everyone else to do it too... so it failed. Oh well...

 

[shainamsu]

My black lab has just turned 8 months. He has this problem, and in fact I just got woken up by someone calling who had found him running around the streets. Yeah, he pushed a fence post out of our wooden fence. He had done this before so I put 2 nails and a wood screw in every single fence post, and he still pushed it out. I'm more concerned about that than the jumping I think.

The vet told me, for the jumping, when he jumps up on you to lightly step on his back foot... very lightly, but he'll understand eventually that jumping up on people causes pain in his back feet. Heh. Well, my only difficulty was getting everyone else to do it too... so it failed. Oh well...

it didn't totally fail. (i'm his fiance. i was there. ) it's just that we eventually put him outside, and so we didn't really have a chance to practice what the vet was preaching. but when we first started doing it, it worked really really well and he hardly jumped up on us at all.

so try it. it probably works.

 

[razzelflabben]

Sounds like a lot of great advice, just thought you would enjoy this story.

When I was younger, I had a dog (mutt) he loved to jump up. Every time he tried, I would put my hand out so that he would feel the pressure of my hand gently pushing him back down. The end result, If I was dressed up, in nice clothes, he didn't jump. If I was in everyday clothes, he jumped every time. How's that for odd. Great dog, I really miss him.

 

[IvoryRain]

But, something that helped me was to watch the dog carefully--before he even gets much of a chance to get up on his hind legs stick your knee up so that he must bump his chest on your knee. Say "NO! DOWN!" very firmly. Be very consistent, practive it at home. You might have to turn your body to face him directly. I am not saying to kick him hard or injure his ribs or anything. You have to make this bad habit more frustrating for HIM than it is for YOU.

Very good advice!

Here's a link to behavior correction methods, also:


http://www.wonderpuppy.net/canwehelp/cwhindex.htm

 

[BeanMak]

I have a large dog, and from when she was very young, I started teaching no jumping. The knee in the chest is a good technique. And also make her sit to get petted when you come home. When people come over, it helps to have her leash on so that you can correct her. Make her sit and then lavish her with attention.

 

[Silvio Dante]

Sounds like a lot of great advice, just thought you would enjoy this story.

When I was younger, I had a dog (mutt) he loved to jump up. Every time he tried, I would put my hand out so that he would feel the pressure of my hand gently pushing him back down. The end result, If I was dressed up, in nice clothes, he didn't jump. If I was in everyday clothes, he jumped every time. How's that for odd. Great dog, I really miss him.

True. At the end of the day we all love him to bits and wouldn't change him for the world. Still I guess all the jumping up keeps our Dry Cleaner in business....