Dog jumping up

[luca]

I have a 4 month old Lab mix who I have been doing some basic training with and overall it has been going pretty well. I can't seem to break him of jumping on people when he greets them, he won't do it to me but he will to everyone else. I just turn my back and ignore him, but it doesn't work for everone else plus i hate having to tell people to turn there backs on him. I met someone over the weekend that said i should knee him in the chest when he goes up (quite hard) that way he will associate pain to jumping up. Is this true because i am running out of options. Will this change after i get him fixed?
He's a great dog and i want to do the right thing!!

 

[Watts]

What helped us, we have a Weimaraner, was lightly stepping on his back feet when they jump up, and say "off" while doing so. Not enough to really hurt him, just enough for him to be uncomfortable and know he doesn't like it. I was weary of it at first, because i don't want to hurt him at all, but our trainer said to try it out and it worked really well. He caught on fast. He still has trouble with new people sometimes, but you have to do it to him while he's jumping up on other people as well. So you have to be right there. now, he acts like he's gonna jump up, but he doesn't. I don't really like the method, but i tried everything else and this worked very fast. At least for me anyway....

 

[adamwehn]

I have a 4 month old Lab mix who I have been doing some basic training with and overall it has been going pretty well. I can't seem to break him of jumping on people when he greets them, he won't do it to me but he will to everyone else. I just turn my back and ignore him, but it doesn't work for everone else plus i hate having to tell people to turn there backs on him. I met someone over the weekend that said i should knee him in the chest when he goes up (quite hard) that way he will associate pain to jumping up. Is this true because i am running out of options. Will this change after i get him fixed?
He's a great dog and i want to do the right thing!!

I was told by someone to just touch one of their back paws when they jump up, but I haven't done that with my puppy, when he jumps up on someone or something he's not supposed to I just said "Get down" firmly and authoritatively. But it's been suggested if you do something like that, when the dog listens you should reward him for doing as told. I've personally thought about possibly training my pup to sit and wait for the other person to call him to them, but I'm no expert, I'm still learning of better methods for training pups than what I used to do.

 

[Zoom]

Don't knee him in the chest. That's punishing him for coming to greet you and could cause physical damage.

One thing you can do is to tell the dog to sit as soon as you see him. He can't sit and jump at the same time. Praise him like crazy for sitting.

Another method you can try is when the dog jumps up is to grab ahold of the front paws and gently but firmly begin to squeeze them...squeeze and release, squeeze and release. The whole time you're doing this, continue to talk to your dog like nothing is wrong; in a very happy tone: "Hi, thanks for coming to see me! You're such a big boy now" Your dog wil probably start to try and pull it's paws away beucase of the sudden odd and slightly uncomfortable sensation. Don't let your dog pull away, wait until he sits on his butt, then release and the moment all four paws are on the ground, praise like crazy. He may get excited and do it again; just repeat what you just did. Most dogs will start to think twice about jumping after that.

This is not punishment based, you're helping your dog to make the right decision. It's like when you go to a party or meet a new person and they hold your hand just a little too tightly for just a little too long when you're shaking hands. You don't really want to give this guy your hand again.