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Jumping and Playing too rough

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Question
I have a 3 month old Sibe female.  For the most part she is perfect, except for 2 things.  One She is super friendly with all people and dogs and sits nicely to be pet by people and gives them paw.  She knows not to jump on people but she tends to jump on on furniture to get things (usually food that is on the table, her food on the counter or treats that are sitting on the couch).  i tell her NO and praise her when she jumps down, or move her off and praise her when she gets down.  but she KEEPS doing it.  is there an easier way to teach her not stop jumping up on things or should i just continue this method?  she can't reach anything now but in afew months she can take stuff off the table/counter so i don't want that to escalate.  

the second thing is that she plays WAY too rough with my pomeranian (he's older and pretty tough but she already cut his eyelid and made him bleed in play).  i taught her drop it, so when she gets too rough i just yell drop it! and she stops to get a treat but keeps at it right after.  is there any way i can teach her to play less rough with him and smaller dogs??  at the moment she only plays super rough with him, but i don't want her to play really rough with other dogs.  when he yelps really loud she doesn't stop she just keeps biting him.  any suggestions?  

Answer
Could she be misbehaving just to get the treat she knows that she will get by being rough, jumping on counters then waiting until you tell her not to. Huskies are smart I thin you are being conned. I would for a while not let her play with the pom at all ecept for very short play dates and stop her before she gets rough and then treat her. Treat her when she walks by the counter and not even looks at them or jumps at them. (You will have to use a leash and have her walk by the counter on the leash first and give her treats that way).
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