Sit Ben, Sit! Sit....Siiiit, Benjamin Sit! Oh Ben.......
I always make my pups work for what they get, but Benjamin gets so excited that he cannot sit! I made the mistake of teaching him to give his paw so now when I have a treat for him, he wiggles uncontrolably and swats with his paw until I am scraped and bruised! (I think he gets the swatting idea more from his little puppy days with the cats more than the paw trick....but either way, he hurts!) Anyway, at the end of all of this he will finally sit and I look like I have been through a war. What can I do to get him to chill out and take it easy on me? |
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When he starts acting like this, just ignore him, turn and walk away. Wait five minutes and try again. Eventually, he'll get the point that jumping does not get him a treat. 
Then you can start teaching him to sit for a treat. |
| Well, I gotta say, I've seen this done a million times.
Show the treat and then hold the treat in both hands at the belt buckle and say "Sit!". If the dog jumps up or refuses to sit, say "No." and walk away. Try again in a minute or two. When you say no, don't yell, but don't say it gently like he's doing something cute. Say it as if you were saying "here" to a roll call in a classroom (not military). Try it! |
| Ron, I think that my tone will be a problem! I have solicitors call my home and ask for my "mommy". They are always quite shocked to hear that " I AM the mommy".
I have a little voice and I think Ben thinks I am a joke! But, I will give it a shot! I know it sounds like I am ignorant in training but, I really am not. I have been through extensive training with my other dogs, it is just "Mr. Wiggle Bum" that I have a hard time with! Thanks for your suggestions, I'm not gonna give up! |
| Well, my point was it should be a natural "no" more than a scream. If you need to raise your voice a little, go ahead. Just don't make it a scream like she's running into traffic.
I've seen Grannie Annie do this a million times with every sort of rescue dog there is and I've never seen it fail. Of course there IS always a first time!  |
| Bentley responds much better to a calm, soothing voice rather than a stern voice. A stern voice drives him crazier than he already was.
I actually got in "trouble" at class the other night for not yelling at him. |
| The best, most successful; trainers I know have a very calm, quiet tone. Not sqeaky, but quiet. So the dog has to pay attention to listen, or learn from the body language what is being said. That's why I love to use hand signals first, instead of speech. makes the dog have to pay attention to you.
As for the jumping, what I do with exurbuerant puppies is play "airplane" with them, completely hands off. No touching, and no talking. Stand up straight and lure the pup into a sit. They sit, the treat is lowered down to them. If the butt lifts off the ground the hand with the treat (the plane) will fly away, up out of reach (away from you dso he doesn't jump on you). Don't say anything, just have the treat fly away. Once the puppy tries again, the airplane lowers, and if the butt lifts the plane goes. Once the puppy "gets it" that butt will be stuck to the ground! But you need to make sure that the first few times are done fairly quickly, so the puppy can get a treat for having the butt down, so he knows what he is working towards, and how to get it. Good luck! |
Does that work for discouraging jumping behaviors, say during greetings? I'm filing all this stuff in my"for the puppy" folder of my brain. I DON'T want an 80 lb dog jumping on me when I get pregnant, or on my guests for that matter! (but he/she can jump all over Mike... that's just fine   ) Does the extended fist indicate a command signal of some sort, like a "no jump' command? |
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