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Is it possible that Sage can be misbehaving in order to get praise when she stops misbehaving and behaves correctly? Example, she has a big problem with pawing us when we are sitting on the couch or when the alarm goes off in the morning. She's a fairly tall dog with strong arms, so pawing can really hurt. She also jumps up on us when we come home from work. We have tried ignoring these behaviors, she simply paws harder and harder, climbs into our laps, and won't stop until she is acknowledged. Sometimes she can really hurt us, not aggressive, but too strong. When we are in bed waking up she will paw our faces. I've noticed that she will put a paw up, we ignore her, and then when she puts all feet on the floor we praise her. I would swear she is putting the paw up knowing that when she puts it down we will pay attention to her. Is this possible? And how on earth can we stop these behaviors? When she gets too much to ignore we will look away from her while pointing to the ground and say off, she will get down right away, but then we praise her for getting down and I swear that's what she was after all. A shaker can worked for a while but she is getting used to the sound.