Tips on training a dog not to jump.

How to stop a dog from jumping on strangers and family members ?

Well, Dogs has a natural tendency to jump and pounce while greeting, dogs even jump when they are happy. Many dog owners face this situation with their dog and wonder what to do and how to stop the dog from jumping on strangers and also on the family member. Firstly, lets find out why do dog jumps ? There can be several reasons behind a dog jumping on strangers or on people in the family. The major cause for this behaviour is "EXCITEMENT", yes you heard it right thats excitement that leads the dog to jump on you. Well if its the excitement, then how to stop it. Lets cover this topic and find few simple tricks on how to train a dog not to jump on others.

Remember, dogs are human mirror image. If we humans are excited after looking at a dog or while greeting him, the dog for sure will jump and pounce on you as even he will be excited. This is mainly seen in over friendly dogs. If our energy is not stable even the dogs state of mind will not be stable. Well, still a majority of people and my viewers must be wondering on how to train a dog to stop jumping. Lets straight get to the answer. Whenever greeting or meeting a dog after a long time. Never ever greet him with excitement. Be stable the dog will eventually come to you happily wagging his tail and will try to jump on you. However if no attention given, the dog will eventually be stable and will move back. Once the dog moves back and is stable go to him and praise him with affection. Now what exactly are we trying to tell the dog. Firstly, the dog will realise that if I jump on him he will ignore me and the dog will prefer moving back as he is going to get nothing. But when he moves back and sits and his energy is stable thats when you are going to praise him and that will act as a reward for him. Eventually, the dog overtime will prefer wagging his tail, sniffing and sitting with a stable energy as the dog knows for what he is going to get rewarded. Now what if the dog is excited and he jumps on us to greet and at the same time even we because of our human tendency tend to call up his name, talk to him, pat him well then thats what the mistake is. Over here we humans are spoiling the dog, as the dog might think that he will be rewarded with affection when he jumps or pounce on the person. Remember the key rule if the dog is excited simply NO TALKING, NO TOUCHING, NO EYE CONTACT. And your good to go.

You will have to try this with your dog a dozen of time. When coming back from work, friends place, or even after a party. Never ever greet the dog on a high note. Be stable once you are stable even the dogs state of mind will be stable. Once the dog is stable and sits. Go to him and praise him with love and affection. Once the dogs gets use to it over time the dog will even avoid jumping on strangers or other people.