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Stop Your Dog From Jumping—The Secret You Must Know
By Andrea Waggener
Stop your from jumping on you, and you’ll be a happy parent, right? I know. Dog jumping is okay in agility training, but it’s not so okay when it your jumps up on you at home. It’s even worse when your jumps on others. If your has this behavior problem, you definitely want to stop your from jumping on you.

So you do you do it?

The secret behind how to stop a from jumping on you is actually pretty simple. Although learning the secrets of professional trainers in a program like the one reviewed at http://www.basicdogtrainingtips.com/Dog-Behavior-Training-Dog-Problems.html, is a great idea for getting a handle on all training, you don’t need fancy training knowledge to understand the secret. Once you know the secret, you will easily be able to stop your from jumping on you.

The secret will help you stop other behavior you don’t like too.

Here’s the secret: To stop your from jumping on you, you must stop giving your attention when your jumps. In other words, you must stop reacting in any way.

What’s that, you say? Did I say do nothing?

Yep. The secret to behind how to stop a from jumping on you is in doing nothing. How cool is that?

Dogs do things because they get attention for it. Attention is a dog’s favorite thing. Yes, attention is even better than treats.

We tend to think of attention as something positive, like petting the or praising the dog. Attention, however,

is not just positive. It can be negative too. Any time you’re interacting with your in ANY way, that’s attention.

So if you yell at your or push your away when your jumps up, you’re giving your attention. In fact, it becomes a fun game for your dog. The jumps. You yell or push the off, and the jumps again. Fun!

This is where the do nothing secret comes in. If you stop rewarding a behavior, a will stop doing it. So, if you completely ignore jumping, you’re not giving your attention.

Of course, when you ignore the jumping, it will get worse at first. The will jump more and more to try and get your attention. When you don’t give your attention (as in say and do NOTHING—don’t talk to the dog, don’t look at the dog, don’t touch the dog), the will eventually get discouraged and stop doing the behavior you don’t like. In other words, by doing nothing, you’ll stop your from jumping.

Dogs only understand always or never. They need consistency. So you must do nothing whenever your jumps. When you do this, your will tire of jumping and try other, hopefully more acceptable ways, of getting your attention.

If your starts standing in front of you, for example, just wagging her tail, this is good. Praise her and give her a treat. You want to reward the behavior that you like.

If you remember this secret and apply it, you’ll be amazed at the power you have. You’ll be able to stop your from jumping on you.
Andrea Rains Waggener, author of Dog Parenting—How to Have an Outrageously Happy, Well-adjusted Canine, offers free basic dog training tips at www.basicdogtrainingtips.com

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