Jumping when excited

[bullybaby]

Hey everyone,

I have a predicament that I am trying to fix, although I'm not sure how to go about it.

My dog, Viktor, is 80+ pounds and I have been working on him greeting people nicely. He does well in public situations, however when he gets excited he jumps up on people.

He actually never jumped up until one of our family friends invited him "up" to greet him, and that was the beginning of his jumping and it never stopped.

I tell people to look/turn away, fold their arms and turn to the wall, give no eye contact or verbal communications until all feet are on the floor, and have even taught my dog "targeting" (and that often helps him to put his nose to the target and leave the person alone) etc. but unfortunately most don't listen to me about how to behave around my dog and I'm not sure what to do.

It's really frustrating to have people not take me seriously when being around my dog, and when they don't do what I ask they look at me like I'm the idiot not controlling my dog *grrrr*.

Should I buy one of those "no jump" harnesses? Is there another method I'm not using? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[emilys]

since your friends are too stupid to train it's not fair to your dog to expect him to observe his own training in such a situation.

The only thing you can do is put him away when you have friends over.
And tell your friends they can't play with him unless they are willing to follow your rules.

Then you have to find a friend who isn't too stupid to train, and work on unexcited greetings with Viktor, in a variety of situations, starting with the simplest, least stimulating and working up to the excitement of many people coming in the house.

And remember, he's YOUR dog.. you have a right to train, and expect, the behavior you want. Don't let your friends undermine you, or Viktor. If Viktor jumps up on someone (without permission), then you have to put him away (into another room or a crate).

[marc]

we have the same problem. Untrainable friends and family. That's when i use my crate.

Only one set of friends we have, who have dogs, help us with greetings.

We've been working on the same problem for almost a year. It is taking a lot of time, but i see improvements. One thing that helps us for polite sit when greeting, is to go outside with a leash on, find a trainable human, and have the dog sit next to you. Then the person approaches the dog, starting from far away, the person walks slowly and as soon as they notice the dog starting to get too excited, they turn around and walk the other way.

I also practice outside when walking on leash. If i spot a person far away, i'll make sure that Jackie is calm on the approach, as soon as i see her escalate, i turn around. I click-her and move forward when she makes eye contact with me..all the way in and then we pass by.

Just my non-dog trainer .02 I'm a dog dad. I'm sure you'll get more great advice from people on here.