Help w/ boxer puppy & 2 1/2 year old toddler

[Loke]

As a mother with a 2 year old that screams when dogs (not ours) get close I feel your pain. I was dog sitting a couple weeks ago, a husky and a smaller mix breed. Jessica would scream every time the husky would be within 10 feet. She also is not fond of my parent's lab mix. :rolleyes: I would suggest having the pup on a leash when around your daughter so that he can NOT jump on her. You just have to not set him up for failure. He is just a puppy. Please, don't give up on him. Trust me, they will get along. Never leave a dog and child alone, this will help you have control as well as safety. Does the puppy know sit? I'd teach that one first and have him sit while your daughter approaches. If he doesn't jump PRAISE!!! If he does jump get him to sit again. He'll catch on, eventually. I'm not a trainer but this is what I have my dogs do when around the kids. Even though Loke is 4 and never jumps on my kids, she had to learn not to run them over! Just give it time and patience....

~Lenna

 

[11laura11]

Thank you for the replies - one more question

After they are older and have obedience training, will they still jump on people etc? Or will they stay down. Thanks!

 

[Knye2001]

Depends on how diligent you are with training and keeping up with what he's doing!! If you keep up with it, you're more than likely to have a dog that won't jump on people - BUT boxers are know wiggles/jumpers so don't be surprised if he still jumps!! Nothing is a quick fix in this situation, but time will help!!

 

[Laurie_Duke]

Wow that was fast on the replies....puppy school is great for jumping or learning how to deal with it...afterall he still is a baby..my other dog..not a Boxer had the same problem and puppy school and allot of will power he has finally stoped..I know its hard, but look at all the Boxer lovers here and they have probally gone through it all...they will probally have better advise than me as we got our Boxer at 8 years old...and on occasion jumps only when really excited...GOOD LUCK..you are in really good hands here...and the members are just awsome with giving adivse !!!!


Laurie.

 

[trudy]

The more you train it with consistent positive methods the better results you will have...

I'm sure that he will eventually stay off of people..

I know what your going thru, i *hate* when trudy jumps on people....it is my biggest pet peeve, I know she does it out of pure excitement...but it still drives me nuts!!

We have a two foot leash hanging on our front door knob, when someone knocks on the door i put the leash on her, I tell my guest to please ignore the dog....i have her sit for a few minutes and once she is calm then I ask whomever to please say hello to her....If she jumps on them and gets all crazy...back on the leash she goes and noone is allowed to talk to her...it's getting better...

She *never* jumps on me or my husband when we come home...stay with it...it's tough in the beginning that's why i suggested the leash when they are together (the dog and your little girl) don't give him the opportunity to jump on her....and for now, any play or interaction your daughter has with the dog should be kept somewhat low key, no running, screaming or rolling on the floor with the puppy....

 

[BRIDGIT]

I also am dealing with the jumping issue. Jasmine is 1.5 years old and it is still something I deal with when strangers come around. She does not jump me or my husband just other people. She is good when out in public just not when she is in our home and someone comes over. It is a things we have had to work on and I agree it is also one of my biggest pet peeves. I cannot stand it. I think you should go to a obedience class and get the basics down but I agree that your daughter should be involved. Please don't give up on this young puppy. This is only the beginning of a wonderful jouney.

 

[alidansma]

I have a boy that will be 2 at the end of February and we got our Boxer girl in the summer. Most of the time I kept them seperated in the beginning because she was so hyper. But she settled down a lot after around four months old. We would take the baby and puppy on walks together and since the beginning we have told Danny (the baby) "be nice to your puppy", to pet her softly, to talk quietly around her. We also made sure that she was well socialized so that she didn't get over excited when new stuff happened.
The puppy needs to play and burn off energy, and jumping and nipping are normal for puppies at that age. Maybe you could teach your daughter to play fetch with the puppy.

Ginger still jumps up if we have been seperated for a while, we are working on that, so I make sure Danny is out of the way when I know she is tearing through the place so he doesn't get hurt or scared.

Danny has also "helped" me train the puppy, so he will get a cookie (dog treat) and tell the dogs "sit" and "down" and they will listen to him, I have a picture in my gallery of him getting all the dogs to sit. I also have pictures of them cudding together - that is what you can look forward too in a few more months, a little bit of patience, persistance and planning. Stick with it - good luck
-ali

 

[purepayton]

Hi,

I am also very new to boxerworld and boxer pups in general.
Like you I also gave into my husband he has done much reading etc. on the bread. We have 3kids ages 8, 6 and 3. We have 2 pups a boy and a girl. There are some great advantages to having two pups at the same time. They do alot of the jumping stuff to each other.
But I'll tell you what Iam trying with my 3 year old. I let my son who is 8 and my daughter who is 6 do the playing when the dogs first wake up get fed etc. When the puppies are sleepy and relaxing calmly I bring my 3 year old around she sits down next to both of them and pets them lovely. But its all very calm enviroment. My other 2 kids stay out when shes in there.
Its funny when they are excited to see her they still don't really jump on her. She also knows to give them there teething bone and I tell her don't lift the bone up high. She is not at all scared of the dogs. I sometimes hold my breath but she doesn't care either way if they do or don't jump she loves it.
Your daughter is scared so the first thing is taking away that. She has to fell comfortable around the dog. Give her a couple of jobs to do with the dog also. Teach her to stand up and firmly say down and then good down and pet lovingly.

 

[Rebecca O.]

Hello! We also had a new boxer puppy and a 2 1/2 year old. He did jump up on my son for a while when he was very little, then we started obediance classes, and it helped. What also helped was that our puppy grew tall enough to lick our son's face without jumping! Dogs jump up because they like to lick your face, it's a natural thing dogs do to each other in the wild (of course the don't need to jump to do it):rolleyes: Now that Beau is about 10 months old, he is tall enough to greet my son by just sniffing his face or a little lick, and he NEVER jumps up on him. Now with new people, it's still something we work on. I also never "ask" him to jump up on me by patting my chest, like some people do. I just let him know that jumping is never acceptable, and if he does it, I just turn my back to him until he calms down, this does the trick. Then I praise him lots and pet him while he's sitting and calm. He is not a year yet, and he rarely jumps.

 

[LAYLAMOMMY24]

First off let me say boy am I glad I came across this!!!!!!
I have a 6 month old boxer girl. No children but I have a 3 yr old cousin and my best friend has a 3 yr old son. So I feel your pain. From about 8wks to 11wks Layla was an angel no jumping no nipping nothing just a good puppy....Then 11wks hit and boom jumping when kids cam around it was like she knew her own skin and she knew she wanted to lick those kids... We took her to obedience class and they do work with jumping. Atleast mine did. Oh and Layla will make a liar out of me!!!! If I have food in my hand she does anything I ask her. The minute it is me with no food she is a bad puppy jumping pawing.. I have also found the more my cousin screams the more she jumps and barks. So I make him sit on the floor and put her leash on her and slowly let them toward each other. If one gets too rowdy I back it up. I have also found that when my cousin throws a ball for her she doesnt jump on him. She will come over and lick him and wait..
So you will need lots of patience and get some puppy classes going it is great socialization for the puppy also. getting him used to other people telling him to sit not just you. When he goes to meet someone and he jumps tell him off and make him get off of them when all four paws are on the floor then they can pet him... Believe me this is hard for a boxer.. Mine still wants to jump on strangers!!!! But she is still a baby.
The Potty training thing is so much easier with a crate. Also I blocked out girl in the room where we were she usually didnt pee in front of us. About 4 months old she was potty trained. now she goes to the door and sits and whines like comeon I got to pee over here....She took that long b/c she had a urinary tract infection and had to be put on antibotics that made her pee 4 times as much. Like every 1/2 hr.. that was rough. If yu use the crate and section him off you should see a good improvement by 3 or 3 1/2 months. Good luck......