Jumping, Jumping and more Jumping

[Mrsdoc]

My Roxxie loves to jump wherever she is. Is this normal? How can I slow her down on jumping really high or on you when she is excited. She is only 15 months old. I do not want her to hurt anyone. She weighs around 35-40 pounds.
We get company and sometimes we put her in her crate because she will not stop jumping up on the company. Will she grow out of this or what can we do?
Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Just-A-Clown]

You can teach her not to jump on you or others. Start with turning away from her when she jumps at you. At the same time giving her a stern "hey" or "ahhhh". Put your open hand out like a stop, like you use for a stay. This will be your signal to her as she learns what it means down the road.

If not effective you can try walking away from her, leave her alone for a few minutes. Come back and when she jumps at you again leave her again. She will realize that jumping only gets her some alone time.

You can also leave a leash on her so you can quickly correct her jumping. Get ahold of the leash and give her the stern "hey" and command her to sit and stay for a minute. When she calms release her. She will find that jumping only gets her into a sit and a time out.

You have to be consistant and it will not happen over night. Just stick to it and get everyone in the family doing the same thing, she will learn not to jump on you.

Now just running around and jumping (outside of course) that's another thing. I myself would not try to stop this behavior, she's a Boxer and they love to jump. It's good excercise and for me fun to watch them. We throw one of these large bouncing balls around and he will jump so high to try to pick it out of the air its incredible. I suppose there is some risk he could get hurt, but you can't keep a Boxer in a protective bubble all the time.

 

[agbo]

My male is the same way! Although, I tried turning away and ignoring him it never really worked. The only method that has worked so far is 1) when you or a guest walk in, the dog must be ignored until she settles down 2) have an epmty soda can with a few pennies inside. Once your dog starts jumping, shake the can and the noise will deter her. My dog is also 15 months and very much a puppy. I'm told that the ultra excitement should start to subside around 2 years old. Good luck!

 

[Jenathens]

My 9 month old boxer has the same problem with company. If he's not jumping he's acting overwhelmingly excited. Jumping and running all over the place, flying leaps around the room and on to the couch! The same for when we go on walks, when we pass someone he get's over hyper and excited!! I pull and release on the leash to make sure he doesn't get in a habit of a constant pull which works well but once we get right next to the person he's just too excited to contain himself. Any tips would be helpful

 

[element]

My boxer (Mia) is 4 months old and I have been attempting to stop her jumping on people since we brought her home. I have a 9 month old baby so this is extra critical.

Whenever I come home or have her meet new people I have her sit and stay until she is calm and submissive before showing affection, She can't jump if she's sitting. Next time when she meets someone new or after seeing you for being away have her on a lead and have her sit and calm down before giving affection.

Never reward your dog in an excited state as they will be rewarded for being excited. Mia has learned that jumping up or pawing the baby is not the correct thing to do but she will shower him with licks when she gets the chance.

 

[NicksMom]

Jumping

Nick is also 15 months old turning away didn't work for us either he just jumped on our back. What we did was tell him to go get his baby ie what ever toy was closest. All of Nicks toys are babies and I guess we taught him to get the baby by repeatedly saying it as he picked up toys. For us it is a distraction exercise. Now Nick just runs for a toy and wants to play fetch a few tosses and that first burst of energy is gone.