New OES, 10 months old, jumps on people. How do I stop this?
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| Hi! Welcome to the forum. You'll need to give a little more detail about the jumping. All day long? Do certain things trigger it? Bailey, 18 months, is a front-door jumper. Woe unto you if you ring our doorbell and walk in the front door because you will be leapt upon with great doggy joy by 80 pound Bailey. He also does it, although not as consistently, when my husband and the boys come home. Never with me. I'm just not that exciting.
I haven't been able to train it out of him so when I know people are coming over I put on his chain training collar and make him sit by me until the excitement is over. |
| 10 months old is still a big pup and getting into the teenage phase too. Just be consistant with training him and when people visit put a collar and lead on him and make him sit then treat him if he does this. Ask the visitors too to tell him to sit and when he does get them to reward him too.
Little step by step consistant training and he will get the idea eventually that jumping up on people is a No No. Also he is not fully grown yet so training is a must for this as a fully grown sheepie can send people flying when jumping up on them 
Eventually after he has settled a bit when visitors do come, take the lead and collar off him and if he is being a good sheepie then again treat him and praise him for being good. Takes a while as they are over friendly and exciteable with everyone but he will get the idea on what is appropriate and what's not 
If he is jumping up on you, then firm "No" or "Down" followed by a "Sit" when he does that treat him and praise him. If he continues to jump on you then collar and lead on again and make him "sit" again. Then when behavior has calmed down, remove collar and lead ask him to "sit" again and when he does reward him straight away. It is amazing how they do catch on especially when food and gentle praise is the reward |
If you use the forum's search tool and search using the word jumping, or jumps, you'll find lots of topics with helpful tips as well  |
| Thanks. I will try all you suggested. He is a handful, but what a darling.
Gail  |
| Walter (8mo.) is also pretty bad in this type of stuff - he actually tackled my brother-in-law's nephew (2yrs) the other day. They were just playing, but little Jack got a club to the face and went flying. No harm done though.
Anyway, I just wanted to put this out there. I've found that Walter behaves much more civily (less jumping, barking, etc) if he is allowed to enter the strange situation as opposed to the strange situation entering his space. What I mean is when someone comes over, I will put him in the other room for a minute until the visitor has made their way in. Then, Walter is allowed to enter the situation. He sniffs and licks for about 30 seconds and then is a proper gentleman. I'd venture to guess that he sees me, the alpha, permitting this guest/intruder, and subsequently doesn't feel the need to assert his alpha-ness...maybe? But that's not always possible, and like many, I'm at a complete loss for curing the jump in other situations.  I guess it just takes time.
Best of luck! |
Walterthedog wrote: I've found that Walter behaves much more civily (less jumping, barking, etc) if he is allowed to enter the strange situation as opposed to the strange situation entering his space.
I've experienced the same thing. If I know that someone is coming, I'll put Bailey out in the yard until we get past the actual entry into the house. If the visitors are already inside when he comes back in, there's much less excitement. |
| I have that exact same thing with Beaureguard. He & Baliey are about the same age, too. It's not so bad with me, but if we have visitors, look out! |
| Sky used to be really bad for jumping, turning aside so she misses, saying no, then sit, then praise worked well. Also, turning aside, and ignoring them ,and then praising when they greet you calmly. |
| Hi,
Just last week I walked into my pet local supply company and noticed they now have collars that can be used for emergency leashes. Great! I should explain that they look like regular collars but if you pull the back of them, a portion extends out that can be used as a short leash. The box they were in explained you would always have a leash for emergency purposes. I kept thinking this would have been great for my Shaggy (my previous OES) as she was a jumper. Most books tell you to either turn around and ignore them when they jump or pull back on a leash when they try to jump on others. Still many times people come to the door or drop by and you don't always have a leash available at the moment you answer the door. Thought this collar/leash would be great for those circumstances.I think this collar/leash would be great if someone came to the door unexpectedly. I always make Merlin sit if someone wants to pet him, like others mentioned this helps a lot too. If anyone is interested I'll try to get the name of the product I just spoke about. I bought Merlin a new collar but didn't get that one as I thought it was a bit pricy..35 dollars. Since I buy everything in triple...LOL would cost me a small fortune to buy three of them..still ...I may get one. Marianne and the boys |
| A longer rolled nylon choke collar would do the same thing... |
Heeheehee...Stacey I just noticed your new "status".  |
| Thank you all very much. I tried both the leash and putting him in another room. They work just fine.
I appreciate your help. Gail |
| Awesome! Glad it worked...now if only I could bring a small spare room with me wherever I go! The turning thing or the leash thing never seems to work for me! ARGH! |
Beaureguard's Mom wrote: Heeheehee...Stacey I just noticed your new "status".
Yes... it's almost embarrassing to have posted over seven thousand comments... LOL |
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