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Delay the reward for 3 – 5 seconds to build up the time your dog is expected to be calm. By reducing this excitement before the new person comes in, your dog is in a better frame of mind to greet a person calmly. Asking for a controlled behaviour such as ‘sit’ is a good alternative to jumping up behaviours.
Jul 25, 2024 · In the wild, observers can see which is the leader of a pack of dogs by looking at how they greet each other. Less dominant members of a group will lick the air and try to appear smaller in face of the dominant member. The latter will have an upright, calm and relaxed posture. The less dominant dogs behave similar to a puppy meeting an adult ...
Oct 24, 2023 · Step 1: Hold out a treat just above your dog’s nose. Step 2: Move your hand up and back towards your dog’s ears, keeping the treat close to its nose. Step 3: As your dog’s head follows the treat, its bottom will naturally lower toward the ground. When this happens, say “sit” and give your dog the treat.
- Training Your Dog to Greet Nicely: Overview
- How to Greet On-Leash, with Strangers
- Train Your Dog to Greet You On-Leash
- Practice Greeting Your Dog Off-Leash
- Using Incompatible Behaviors to Shape Greeting Nicely
- Another Way to Stop A Dog from Jumping: Body Blocking
- A Dog Haven with No Jumping Dogs in Sight
1. Commit to teaching your dog polite greeting behavior so he’ll be a welcomed canine citizen wherever you want to take him. 2. Enlist the help of friends and family to practice polite greetings in different locations so your dog’s good manners behavior generalizes to all kinds of people in all kinds of places. 3. Exercise, exercise, exercise. A ti...
Start with your dog on leash next to you. Have your helper approach and stop just out of leash-range, holding a tasty treat high against her chest. Hold the leash and stand still, waiting. Your dog will eventually get frustrated that he can’t jump on the helper, and he’ll sit to figure it out. The instant he sits, have your helper click her clicker...
Okay, so you don’t always have a friendly helper handy. You can still practice this exercise on your own, by attaching your dog’s leash to a solid object. Better yet, use a tether: a plastic-coated cable with snaps at both ends. One end can be secured around a heavy piece of furniture, or attached to a strategically placed eye-bolt. Or you can atta...
You come home from work, walk in the front door, and see your 80-pound dog flying over the back of the sofa. You know a brutal greeting is coming. There’s no leash to restrain him. What should you do? Turn your back on him! Watch him out of the corner of your eye, and continue to turn away and step away as he tries to jump on you. Again, in a surpr...
This works if your dog responds really well to the verbal cue for sit or down. When your dog approaches you, ask for a sit or a down before he has a chance to jump up, and reward that behavior with a click and a treat. With enough repetitions, he’ll learn that the sit or down gets rewarded, and he may start to offer them voluntarily. Be careful; as...
Dr. Patricia McConnell, noted animal behaviorist and author of The Other End of the Leash, and For the Love of A Dog, describes a process she calls “body blocking,” which simply means taking up space to prevent your dog from doing so. Next time you are walking in the door and your leaping Lab makes a running charge for you, clasp your hands against...
I recently had the eye-misting good fortune of making an all-too-brief, nostalgic visit to my old stomping grounds (and birthplace of Peaceable Paws) in California’s Monterey and Marin Counties. A highlight of our trip was when my husband and I visited Carmel Beach, where dogs are allowed to run off-leash. We were reminded, and again amazed by, how...
Mar 7, 2005 · It’s perfect for applying to rude greetings: • Step 1: Visualize the behavior you do want. Instead of thinking, “I wish my dog wouldn’t jump on people,” have an image in your mind of the behavior you’d prefer to see: “I’d like my dog to greet people by sitting politely in front of them. • Step 2: Prevent your dog from being ...
Sep 7, 2023 · Start with on-leash greetings. Put your dog on the leash, and ask a friend or family member to go outside and ring the doorbell or knock. Hold the leash tightly and say “no bark” as your dog starts barking after hearing the bell. Once your dog calms down, have him sit, and give him a treat and praise.
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Aug 23, 2021 · Have your friend knock on the door or ring the bell, then get your dog to sit in the greeting position near the door. Do not open the front door until your dog is calmly in position. It doesn’t ...
