See Changes To Your Dog Jumping Problem

There are reasons why Dog Jumps on you, mostly because it is partly instinctive of its behavior.

Dogs Jump on people for usual reason like as a method of greeting you, as a sign of over excitement or joy at seeing you. Other than that, one reason that is less likely to be, which is to established his rank of dominance.

Most often or not this problems is encouraged and reinforced by excited owner who immediately responded by praising and petting the dog after getting 搄umped?by their dog even when their dog is still very youngWell it might be acceptable to have a little puppy jumps on you, however as they grow bigger, this can be quite a serious issue for the owners and the people whom get jumped upon by the dog.

Beside it can be very disturbing, a big dog can harm children or older people by jumping on them and this can be a very sad ending for the owner as it might cause him a lot of unwanted lawsuits.

It is important to teach dog not to jump even when they are still young and easy to handle.

To overcome this Behavior Problems, here are some things you can do:

1. Your Dog wants your attention, stop giving him the attention, which means stop rewarding and praising him when he start to jump on you, instead be firm and told him to sit and only praise and reward him when he is sitting.

2. When your dog greets you, squat down so that your face is on same level with your dog. In this way your dog does not need to jump to greet you.

3. Be Consistent in your own behavior towards the dog. Do not allow him to jump on you even during play time because your dog will continue to jump at all other time.

4. If your dog is jumping because he is trying to find his position in the pack, then you should train him to know that he comes in the last in the family. This type of jump is more categorised as dominance aggression. Normally the dog will jump on everyone in the family at any time during the day as he is trying to establish his place in the pack. You should make it clear to him, his rank in the family by not allowing him to eat first, by making him the last in everything you do. Soon enough he will know that he comes in the last in the family.

5. Consistent Dog Training is important to solve almost all kind of behavior problem.