does he jump on you or other family members? Usually if the dog is jumping on people then he's jumping on you too. If you stop it from happening at home it'll stop period but you must be consistent and not allow the dog to jump up for any reason or he'll go right back to it.

The trick is to totally ignore the dog when you come home and he's all excited and jumping, you walk in and walk past the dog making no eye contact and not acknowledging the dog at all. If he jumps you ignore you don't say down or off. Dogs jump for attention, even negative attention (off, down, don't, no, etc) is attention. Dogs hate to be ignored it's punishment to them, so they would rather get negative attention than none at all. now once the dog is calm and all four paws are on the floor that's when you give attention, if he jumps up then you ignore and walk away. Over time he'll learn that he only gets attention when all four paws are on the floor and he'll soon make the connection and stop. It does take a while to break this habit so you can't give up.

Once he stops jumping on you he'll stop jumping on guests. Also, when guests come in they must be told to ignore your dog, no talk, no touch and no eye contact until he is calm and has all four paws on the floor, tell them he's in training and to not greet him. If he jumps they are to turn their back on him and ignore.

Another method is to train your dog to sit at the door as guests enter and to not move, this also takes a lot of time and patience to train and you need to have a friend work with you on practicing this. Do not expect to do this only when guests come over because by that time the dog is way too excited and impossible to get them to do this, that's why training is in order before guests come over so they learn that a doorbell or a knock means they have to sit nicely for the guest to enter.

Watch "It's Me Or the Dog" on Animal Planet, Victoria Stilwell deals with this all the time and she is very easy to follow.

Obviously one uses different techniques for a great dane and chihuahua. No matter what the breed the cause is the same, the dog is excited and does not respect your authority. Removing the dog from the situation only delays the problem to another day. Dogs sometimes regard corrections as praise because they dont speak english. Telling the dog no or down may be stimulating it when it is already excited. My american bulldog pup is very hyper and always jumping around so when someone new enters the house I always tell them to ignore the dog as much as possible (which the dog actually respects). When a human ignores a dog the dog automatically believes it is inferior and the human is an alpha. If this doesnt work I would instruct my vistor to protect themselves with a knee to the chest and then a quick step forword to invade the dogs space as they assert true dominance over the dog.

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The word "no" or "don't" can be very effective words for a dog. Also try using a leash to control your dog. Another method is to bring your knee up as the dog is jumping up and say no at the same time. They don't like to get a knee in the chest and they will stop.

Manage the behavior, for now -- have a baby gate between where you come in and where he is, if he jumps on you when you come home, and don't go in to him until he settles. Use a leash when outside or put him in another room when guests come.

If he still manages to jump up, punish the behavior by removing all attention -- whoever he jumped on turns away and walks away, into another room and shutting the door/baby gate behind them, if needed.

But, most important is to teach him what you *do* want him to do in situations where he is tempted to jump. Good ones are sit, stay, or a nose target (asking him to nose-target my palm, which I held down low, is the alternative behavior that worked best to teach my beagle not to jump up).

Teach it when you *don't* need it, when he is calm -- use reward-based training. Practice it in lots of settings, then gradually add in real-life distractions.

If he still jumps up when overexcited, he simply needs more practice. Also, if he chooses to greet anyone without jumping up, without your needing to ask for the alternative behavior, praise and reward him lavishly!

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