How to Break Your Dog’s Jumping Habit

Jumping is often an enthusiastic greeting from dogs; however, those receiving such greetings might not appreciate having to endure dirty paws as well. Therefore, it is wise to quickly train your four-legged friend away from this behavior.

If your dog likes to show his welcome with a chaotic greeting, beware: do not allow this habitual behavior to become part of his routine. As soon as this starts happening again, make it known quickly that his actions are unwanted – his four-legged pal can’t smell that!

Dog owners frequently reward their pup for jumping without even realising it.

Dilemmas with training a four-legged friend are often difficult to overcome; owners sometimes unwittingly reinforce bad behaviors by rewarding the four-legged pal’s behavior, even unconsciously. Are You Familiar With This Scene: After a hard day’s work, when you come home and greet your furry nose in its usual boisterous way. Although this behavior displeases, yet amuses, you respond with petting as they jump all around in affection. Your positive reaction does not go unnoticed by your pup; he won’t change his short greeting in future interactions. Consistency is key when trying to get your four-legged friend to stop jumping at you; even if he comes near so eagerly sweet, give him the cold shoulder; this is the only sure way of breaking this behavior in the long run.

How to address it? Simply ignore him/her.

How can you do that? Quite easily: the moment your dog begins to jump, turn away. Reward him when his paws have touched the ground – quickly he should understand and stop jumping on you – this shouldn’t take long before he learns and you have broken him of his habit of jumping up on you.