How to Teach Your Dog Not to Jump

Series Summary

As man's best friend, there is a welcomed obligation for pet owners to care for their dogs, and every pet owner knows that this can be a full-time job. Dogs lovingly weave their way into families, and much like a child that encounters the occasional accident, dogs can find their way into trouble as well. With that in mind, it's important to take care of dogs through grooming, veterinarian visits, health, nutrition, exercises and proper training. A healthy and happy dog usually makes for a happy pet owner. In this free video series on pet care, a certified dog trainer demonstrates how to train, feed and care for a dog. Find out how to keep a dog from jumping on people, how to teach them to roll over and how to catch a dog when they've run off. Get tips for caring for an arthritic dog, a dog with allergies and an older dog, and learn how to feed a dog through portion control and choosing the right food. Take care of man's best friend for a healthy and happy household.

Video Transcript

"Teaching your dog not to jump can be, in many cases, a lifelong battle with the dog, especially with a dog that's more excitable like this one. So, I'll take her off the leash, and as you'll see, if I start to get her excited, let's play, let's play, she might come over, Pima, come on Pima, come on, Pima, come on. Oh, and then she jumps, no! Hey no, sit, no. So, the instant that she jumps you want to correct it, but you also don't want to scold her for too long, because then she'll associate getting scolded while she's sitting; even though you do want her to sit. Another way to train for this is to get the dog to stay, stay! And if it's an excitable dog, number one is you walk away. If they know how to stay they will, stay. When you give them the go ahead to come over we'll see if they jump, and if they do you want to correct it right away. Come on, come on Pima, come on! Oh, no! Sit, hey sit, no, no, stay. And by correcting it right away like that hopefully you will train the dog; next time when she comes over she won't jump. Come on, come on Pima, come on, good dog! And that time she didn't jump."