I wish I could help, we tell our baby get down in a stern voice, and although she may jump up at me occasionally , she mostly goes after my 9 y/o. I think that's because she is closer to her size. We are trying to avoid the problem when she starts getting bigger. She is only 8 weeks at present, so now is the time to train, before she is able to knock anyone down.
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I concur with Baloo and kpowell, for what it's worth.
Misty is worst at this when new people come to visit (she seems to think EVERYONE is put on this earth just to play with her :
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What we do is, physically restrain her (usually with a leash), while telling her to SIT (and while asking the guest to ignore her). Then, when she calms and sits, THEN we tell the guests to give her attention. It really is helping. Now, she still charges full bore at someone when she sees them, but when she gets about 5 feet from them, she goes into a low, submissive posture (instead of jumping on them), and just rubs on their legs (sometimes, she even rolls over at their feet and gives them her belly!) It is STILL not what I want -- i.e. for her to be more calm and well-mannered when greeting guests, but not jumping up on them is certainly progress!
Steve
Misty is worst at this when new people come to visit (she seems to think EVERYONE is put on this earth just to play with her :
)What we do is, physically restrain her (usually with a leash), while telling her to SIT (and while asking the guest to ignore her). Then, when she calms and sits, THEN we tell the guests to give her attention. It really is helping. Now, she still charges full bore at someone when she sees them, but when she gets about 5 feet from them, she goes into a low, submissive posture (instead of jumping on them), and just rubs on their legs (sometimes, she even rolls over at their feet and gives them her belly!) It is STILL not what I want -- i.e. for her to be more calm and well-mannered when greeting guests, but not jumping up on them is certainly progress!
Steve
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