Anti jump harness

[Chola]

Is there a product out there that actually works, to keep a dog from jumping up on people? From what I have read they don't work.
I am only looking to use something once a month when my mom visits for the day. I can't have her leaping up on her and knocking her over. She is very frail, and this would be disastrous! I hate to leave her crated for the entire visit. We are working on training, but she is only 6 months and unpredictable at this point.

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

I don't know of any products for keeping a dog from jumping, but a money free method is training your girl not to jump on people. I don't know what kind of breed you have but I don't find her behavior unpredictable other than a puppy with no manners.

 

[Geisthexe]

There is truly no such item.

Best advice
- obedience training so you no need to fight with dog
- put dog in crate while mom is visiting

Please do obedience that is the best solution for your mom, dog & you

 

[Chola]

Ok, thanks. Yes we are working with her, and she is doing well, but just like kids, they don't always behave when you want them to. The crate while my mom is walking about, or we will put a leash on her in the house and grab it when needed.

 

[mx5055]

I may get "flak" from this, but this is the way I have always trained my dogs that jumping is not ok, and it has always worked (and boxers love to jump!). Whenever the dog would go to jump on me I would just meet it with my raised leg so that the dog only made contact with my knee and gave a firm command of "no jumping". I am not talking about kicking at all...I simply would raise my leg so that the only part of me that the dog could come into contact with was my knee; which they always found very frustrating since my knee was not what they were after. Like I said....there is no kicking or aggressiveness on my part doing this...it is a very gentle move of my leg but has always worked to teach my dogs not to jump. If your pup is too small yet for this to be effective, then you can substitute the palm of your hand for your knee...not pushing it, simply using it as a barrier.....or, another effective way for a pup is too simply say "no jumping" and turn your back on them and walk away. As for when your mother is around....cut yourself some slack and enjoy the visit with your mom....put the dog in it's crate and only have it out in the house on a leash when you are there...you, your mom, and even the pup will probably be happiest with this plan...at least until the pup is trained. In my opinion, easy fixes for what should be a temporary problem always come back to bite you in the butt (or, possibly make the behavior worse). Like I said....this is just what has worked for me in the past

 

[ruthcatrin]

Pretty much.

Another technique for stopping jumping, when the dog's front feet leave the ground start walking into her, one step, two steps, and thats usually all it takes. As soon as she's back down stop walking into her. It'll take some repetition and consistancy, but its not fun to jump on people if theres a risk of being turned turtle or being forced to back up....

 

[raechiemay]

My parents lab mix is a big time jumper. We have tried the raised knee when she jumps & it makes her jump more bc I see it as you're still feeding into her bad behavior. I believe it works for some dogs but then again you have dogs like my parents who are just relentless. What I do is when she goes to jump I turn around & will not look at her. If she tries to move towards the front of me & jump again, I just keep turning away from her & will not allow her any type of attention until she stops. When she does stop, I'll pet/praise but you have to watch with her bc sometimes you'll get to that point & she starts back up again. The way I see it is it's kind of like having a very excitable dog when you first come home. They're all over the place, jumping, tail wagging a million miles a minute, some even pee when they're excited. Don't feed into their behavior. Ignore them until they can show you they're ready to behave. Just my 2 cents.

 

[musicdeb]

The raised knee approach with Titan is play to him. I have to turn away from him and tell him no jumping. It's still a work in progress.

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

Cindy pretty much. I allow Stone to jump IF I invite him. While usually only a verbal correction is needed sometimes I do have to get physical and "knee him" while telling him "no."

 

[DennasMom]

If you turned away from our Dane/Lab when he was soooo excited he wanted to jump on you... that just egged him on - like a game of chase. For him, we had to walk INTO him and throw him off balance. He didn't like that. Our best method with him, though, was just to not let him get that excited. If he started getting riled up, he went outside or to the bedroom to relax. When he was reintroduced to the room, he would be on leash, and not allowed to move quickly.

For when people are around that MUST not be jumped on (i.e. Mom)... keep the leash on, and be ready to step on it to stop her short. That was one method an old trainer had us use once, too... with a correction collar (i.e. pinch) on, step on the leash with a little slack to where the puppy will correct himself when he jumps. That might work as long as the collar is on - mastiffs are smart, they know when the collar is NOT on, too.

Do you have a "place" command yet? We use "Rug" at home - Denna has to go to her rug and observe from there... not be all up in people's laps or getting in the way. It's a very useful command, but will take some work - it's basically a 'stay' command with a location marker (the rug).

You could always tether the puppy to a piece of furniture in the room - so she can be with you, but not able to jump anywhere near mom, too. Then she can (hopefully) learn how to be calm and relaxed with guests around.

 

[Kujo]

I've also been having this problem with Kujo. He gets so excited when someone comes over that he'll get in their way, jump up, whole body wags, anything to get attention and pets from the new person. He'll do this to me too when I get home (I rarely go anywhere without Kujo). With guests I've started a training program for Kujo so when someone new comes in, he has to go to his bed and wait to be acknowledged. It's taking a lot of correction on my part, and training my friends to ignore him until he's calm, then THEY can go to HIM and give him love if they want. So far Kujo still needs to be corrected and told what to do every time, but in time it's my hope that he'll voluntiarily go to his bed and wait for affection to come to him. I think this routine will also help with the jumping up, if he's on his bed being calm every time we have guests then it doesn't leave any excuse for the jumping up.

When I get home, the routine is a little different (and I'm not sure if that's wise on my part or not) but I will not give him the affection he wants until he sits and is calm. Only slightly different from guests, as he doesn't have to be on his bed, just sitting and calm. I think I justify this because I'm also so excited to see him after being away lol.