Puppy excitement in a LARGE puppy. What to do?
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Well I don't have a problem with getting him to sit when me or my husband come home. Thats regular practice for him. The problem is we don't get many people at the apartment so its hard to train him to do something he almost never experiences lol all his meetings are outside the home. He gets so excited when people come over (rarely) its impossible for them to just put their hands up and ignore them because they are trying to brace themselves so he doesn't knock them over. he just clobbers new people. I am going to start using his halti and leash whenever someone new comes over and make sure that I have control of what he does and make sure he understands that he has to behave. but like i said its hard to train him how to act in a situation he is almost never in.
Or perhaps have my guest hold a treat and give him a command like sit while i have the leash on his at first of course I don't see how that will help but at least he will be distracted enough to not be jumping. He knows he has to sit to get a treat from anyone.
Or perhaps have my guest hold a treat and give him a command like sit while i have the leash on his at first of course I don't see how that will help but at least he will be distracted enough to not be jumping. He knows he has to sit to get a treat from anyone.
Training the dog is one thing...training your guests when they come to your house is another. I have a 4 month old who is pretty great until someone new comes in...or the doorbell rings...then I can't calm her down without being tough on her or my guests.
Maybe I need a sign on my door that gives instructions!
Maybe I need a sign on my door that gives instructions!
Hey, you wouldn't be the first.
I don't have much else to add other than I got smacked in the face by a six-month old Great Dane puppy today who got too excited, so I very much feel your pain. And as much as I don't like using or advocating physical force against a dog, the occasional knee in the chest does work. Not hard; more like you just raise your knee and the dog jumps into it.
I don't have much else to add other than I got smacked in the face by a six-month old Great Dane puppy today who got too excited, so I very much feel your pain. And as much as I don't like using or advocating physical force against a dog, the occasional knee in the chest does work. Not hard; more like you just raise your knee and the dog jumps into it.
Norman my wolfhound/mastiff cross just started jumping a few weeks back. He's about 5 months and probably 75lbs! His face can now reach the top of the kitchen table 
We have been practicing the NILIF method and he is not touched unless he is sitting and calm. He still jumps on occasion, but now he is starting to walk over to me and sit calmly...I know then that he wants to be loved and I give him a ton of praise. It's working. He has to sit for his meals, treats, petting and before he can go through doorways.
We have been practicing the NILIF method and he is not touched unless he is sitting and calm. He still jumps on occasion, but now he is starting to walk over to me and sit calmly...I know then that he wants to be loved and I give him a ton of praise. It's working. He has to sit for his meals, treats, petting and before he can go through doorways.
M
Teach The Sit
This is an easy command to teach. Hold a piece of steak or biscuit or anything he really likes to eat over his head up in the air. Move your hand backward over the dog, and he should drop into a sit. Or you can use the scooping the back legs under the dog, if you are young and your back still bends. Or sit on a sofa or chair and use your hand and lower arm to just sweep the back legs forward, which will make the dog sit.
Once you know he knows what you are telling him to do, continue to practice. AND, before you pet the dog, make him sit. Before you feed him make him sit, before he gets to watch cartoons, make him sit!!!!!!
I am sooooo very tired from spending all day reading and posting that I am ready to pass out....for real. I am sure many will have other suggestions that can be incorporated.
Best of luck!
This is an easy command to teach. Hold a piece of steak or biscuit or anything he really likes to eat over his head up in the air. Move your hand backward over the dog, and he should drop into a sit. Or you can use the scooping the back legs under the dog, if you are young and your back still bends. Or sit on a sofa or chair and use your hand and lower arm to just sweep the back legs forward, which will make the dog sit.
Once you know he knows what you are telling him to do, continue to practice. AND, before you pet the dog, make him sit. Before you feed him make him sit, before he gets to watch cartoons, make him sit!!!!!!
I am sooooo very tired from spending all day reading and posting that I am ready to pass out....for real. I am sure many will have other suggestions that can be incorporated.
Best of luck!
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Luring like Manchesters suggested is a good way to teach a dog to sit, I have never heard of "scooping" and it doesn't sound too nice to me just in my own personal opinion. I taught my neighbors dog how to lay down by using lurring. My dogs were taught to sit by taking a treat and taking two fingers and putting a slight amount of pressure on their bottom while saying, "sit!" once they were in the sitting position they got the treat.
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Well,
Maybe I misspelled it....scooping up the rear is simply to take your hand and lower arm, and move it along the floor toward the front of the dog, taking the hind legs with you and moving them forward enough so that the dog's rump is touching the ground--sitting.
Maybe sweeping up the hind end gives a better picture?????
Maybe I misspelled it....scooping up the rear is simply to take your hand and lower arm, and move it along the floor toward the front of the dog, taking the hind legs with you and moving them forward enough so that the dog's rump is touching the ground--sitting.
Maybe sweeping up the hind end gives a better picture?????
