Jumping up is something that a lot of
dog owners struggle with and whether it's a little teeny baby puppy or an older dog. It's something that we really need to
spend some time and with the use of your leash or a line and
some really good timing, you can teach your dog in just a
few minutes. Not to jump up on you. In this video, I'm going to show you how I spent
the last 10 minutes with Emmett, the six month old golden retriever and
I can show you how I went from this to this with some simple tools, some
good timing and some consistency. I'm Steve Walsh. This is Emmett.
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Now we often talk about setting our dogs
up for success and we often talk about some tools that you can
use to help get you there. One of the things we refer to quite a bit
is the idea of a leash or a hose line. Now what does that mean? Well, I've got here a sort of
six foot length of webbing. It's got a leash clip on the end and
I'm going to put this on my little puppy that I'm borrowing today and this is
what's going to help me train him. A few things with him having
great supervision and the
ability to control him is really going to help. Now Emmett
here struggles with jumping up. He's like most dogs. He's a pretty
social guy. He loves people, so we're going to work through how
to teach him not to jump on me.
We're simply just using this
line and some good timing. Oftentimes things happen with our
dogs and we will react to them. Let's say our guests come over and the
dog runs and jumps on them or we're getting food out or we're
getting something and the
dog gets really excited and they come and jump on us instead of
waiting until those things happen. I want to teach you guys to be a little
bit more proactive about installing the behaviors before they're an issue and I'm
going to give you some tools right now to do just that. All right,
let's give this a try. He's going to jump a little bit. All I'm going to do with the benefit
of my line is simply stand on it. Okay? Now I'm not painting them to the ground. I'm not doing anything other than God
job letting him know he shouldn't. I simply taking away his
ability to jump on me. Okay? He jumped a couple of times and realized
that wasn't going to get him anywhere.
This line has allowed me to do it. Jumping is a pretty common one and this
is a great way to solve a lot of jumping issues. We oftentimes will push
the dog, okay? Push them off of us. I can tell you it's a bit of a rough
and tumble guy. He likes to push. He likes to rough house. I'm sure
he likes to bash and crash at home. If I was just to give him a big push,
you'd think, Oh my God, that's amazing. I want to keep doing that. This gives me the ability to prevent him
from jumping without putting my hands on them at all and maybe confusing
this situation with a little bit of an inadvertent reward. Not only
does Emmett like to jump up, but Emmett also really, really like sucks.
So instead of waiting until he jumps up
on the guest or somebody else or instead of him running away and taking
the socks for a little run, I'm actually going to use them to create
a situation and kind of encourage him to jump, not so that he jumps all
the time. He gets rewarded for it, but so that he learns not to jump and
that's where a good timing is going to come in. So I'm going to use these socks to get
him a little bit more excited so that he wants to jump. I'm going to use the leash of the line
that I have attached to him to prevent him from jumping.
And then I'm going
to him when he realizes that, Hey, he can't jump and be good things
happen when he doesn't jump. Here's my goal for this. I want to make sure that he understands
that not jumping up is what is going to get them the praise and the reward.
So he's starting to figure this out. He's realizing he can't jump. He's not getting inadvertent rewards by
me pushing on him or wrestling with them or anything like that. So now I'm going
to make sure I build some positive.
Yes, good boys, really positive things.
I still have these socks in my hand. I'm still making them excited and on
his own. He is choosing to lie down. Now is the perfect time for me to yes to
Mark that moment and then I'm actually gonna reinforce that again with a
little cheese. Good boy. Excellent job. Very nice. Good job. I might even
shake these around again.
Yes. Good boy. What a good job. He's
really going. Okay. Wait a second. The socks are there. That I like
the person there who is there, who is really fun. Um, but if I
lie down, good things happen. Good. And I might try this again. Okay. But
okay, good. I'm going to move again. Now he's getting a little excited again, so I'm simply going to stand on my line. Hi Ben. Yes, good boy.
Okay. Okay. Yes, good boy. Excellent. Now I want to speak specifically
to what just happened there. He jumped a couple of times and he bumped
the end of the leash and then sat and I said yes to let him
know he did a great job, but he didn't actually
reward that one. Okay. I took a couple of steps to encourage
him to move again and then gave him another choice and he chose in that
moment to sit on his own without jumping. So that got a yes, but
that also got the reward. This is really getting his wheels
turning and understanding. Okay, wait a second. If I keep four paws
in the ground, all the really, really good things happen. I'm going to
try that one more time, okay. But okay. Good Hooray. Yes. Good boy. Excellent job. Very nice.
Good job. Okay. Okay. Okay. Yes, good job. Very nice. Again, I
don't care if it's a sit or down, but you notice the first time again
he jumped. That's all he said. Yes, when he calm himself down, but
no reward that time. Good boy. Nice calm behavior. Four paws on the ground the whole
time he chose to lie down again. I'm going to yes and reward
that you may have noticed. I haven't given any given him any command
yet to let him know he shouldn't jump. I've simply been working through the
jumping and rewarding when he kept four paws on the ground or made a better
choice and he's making a wonderful choice right now because I think you
started to understand this.
I'm now going to try and be
a little bit more proactive. My cue for not jumping up is off. Off
means get off me, get off the couch, get off the cat, get
whatever it is off means off. So now because I can sort of see
when I think he's going to jump, I'm going to start to
proactively give that command. When he makes a great choice,
then I'm going to yes, and I'm going to reward
those great choices. So we're going to see what happens
here. Okay. Okay. Okay, let's go. Ready? Set off. Yes. Good off. Excellent job. Good boy. Now suddenly
you might be going, well, the dog wasn't really going to jump.
I really don't think he was either.
What I want to do is make sure he hears
the command and it gets some success for the behavior that I like. I want to start in little little baby
steps so he can be successful each and every time. If I get them. So ramped up that he's jumping in
a little bit too overstimulated, he's not going to be successful. My job
is to make them successful. Ready? Okay. So this time I'm going to see if I can
get them a little more excited. Okay. But off. Yes. Good off. Excellent job. I got a little hop there. I said off
he instantly four paws on the ground. Now his default seems to be
down. I don't care what it is. I just want him to keep four paws on the
ground. Yes. Good boy. Excellent job.
Good. Now I asked him the moment he got
four paws on the ground and my reward is simply a little extra
bonus thrown in the end. I'm going to try and push him a little
bit further and see if I can help him to understand what a little bit more
excitement and a little more engagement. Ready. Okay, let's go. Let's go. It's
exciting. We'll be ready to be set off. Yes, good off. Excellent
boy. What a good puppy dog. Yes. Good job. Now you notice that time it was a little
more of an excited jump and he quickly fixed himself.
He quickly put four paws on the ground
and his sitting attentively. Very good. Boy. I'm going to give him a
quick little jackpot for this. I'm going to try one more time. I'm going to really try and push my
luck here and see what he can do. I'm going to make two socks. Excellent job off. Yes, good off.
Good boy. So really, really
clear choices from him. Great timing for me to really let them
know that this is the behavior that I liked. You'll notice I made some pretty
big progress with Emmett in a really, really short amount of time and
that was great for this situation. With these distractions,
like any other training, it's imperative that you're consistent,
have the same expectation everywhere. It'd be patient. These things that take a lot of repetition
to help your dog understand exactly what they should and shouldn't do. No, a house line or Alicia is a really
valuable tool in every part of your dog's life. And if you want more information
about how do you use a tool like that, click that card right there.
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with us, I'm Steve. Happy training..