Do you have a dog that's so excited that just keeps jumping and jumping
and jumping? You've tried everything. Maybe you've even followed our videos.
Your technique is perfect, but it's not working. Well,
today we're going to try a different approach. I'm instructor Carol,
and this is Kohl. Welcome back to McCann dogs.
I'm working with Kohl today and Kohl is a jumper and you know what?
I'm even not doing a very good job of it.
Working on jumping as I stand here and talk to you, come here, buddy.
We're going to talk about jumping.
So I'm working on it because I'm going to try to prevent it. Well,
I'm not ready to deal with it.
So I don't want him rewarded for jumping up on me because I'm not prepared to
deal with it. So I've just got my foot on my leash. I'm not holding him down.
He could even do a little jump on me if he got excited,
but it's just not going to be successful. When he goes to jump,
he gets immediate feedback, not to jump, right, buddy.
So I'm managing the behavior. Now Kohl's one of those jumpers.
I, you know, maybe you've tried everything. You may have great timing.
You're telling him off, you're adding a little pulses.
You're doing everything you see on those videos. It's not working.
So some dogs that's maybe going to take a long,
long time probably will work. It's going to take so long to change the behavior.
So I want to give you a couple of other ways.
Number one is don't let them rehearse,
jumping and get rewarded because the minute he jumps up on me,
even if I'm adding some pulses, I'm not going to be rough with them,
but even if I was he still getting attention,
negative attention is still attention before the give you the secret formula.
What I want to do is talk about those fixes. I absolutely.
So I don't want to rehearse it,
but I also need to let them know jumping's wrong. So if he's jumping on me,
you are going to see me add that off and little pulses at a 45.
I'm not being harsh. I'm also not pushing him over. I'm very calm.
Cause he's already got tons of excitement and energy.
I don't need to add to that. So off I'm going to let him know jumping is wrong.
I need to do that. Not letting him get rewarded by it.
Let him know what's wrong. But,
what I'm going to do to change the behavior is actually set him up to make some
choices and I'm going to control the situation. So now,
jumping is not rewarding, but not jumping is the way he gets the reward.
So I'm going to get some food Kohl. And I'm going to look what I got.
Look what I got. Can you turn around this way so we can see you? Yes. Oh,
do you want this? Oh, you want that? And he says, oh no, I don't. Are you ready?
Do you want this? Yes.
What a good boy. Good.
So even him just not being able to jump up on me is calmed him quite a bit.
Are you ready? Are you ready? Do you want this? Oh,
and see how he got that immediate little plush.
And he says to now he says the right behavior. So I'm not yelling at him.
I'm not getting mad. I'm just not letting him win when he jumps.
But when he doesn't jump. Oh yes. Good boy.
And you can see how fast.
He is changing his behavior. Now does that mean 10 minutes later?
Two minutes later. It's not going to happen. No,
but he's learning emotional control and he's rehearsing.
I don't want to jump even when there's food there. Good boy.
So if I don't let them rehearse it when I'm not ready and I have him practice
this over and over again. I don't want to jump. Yes. Good boy.
Notice I'm rewarding. As soon as he makes the right choice.
What if I got a toy? Not my microphone.
What if I got a toy? Oh yeah. Get that thing. Oh, good boy.
Out. Yes. Good boy.
Good work. Do you want that? Yes. Get that.
So I'm not waiting too long with my young dog.
I'm going to give them easy wins. He doesn't jump for a second. Out.
Yes. Good boy. Good boy. Good work.
Then I'm going to just present it again.
And that's what I don't want to happen. That I have to move that toy around.
I didn't do a very good job. Kohl. You did a much better job.
Because when I have to move that toy out of his way,
it actually makes it more exciting.
So if I can manage to keep that foot on there and not have it slip,
now he gets immediate feedback that,
that toys not available when he's jumping and I don't have to be flailing it
around. Get it. What a good boy. Oh, you're brilliant. You're brilliant.
And I'm going to get some food out to work that out so that he can do that
perfectly? Yes.
So I'm going to tell him off. Let him know that was wrong.
Get my foot back on that leash. Good boy. Yeah.
Good boy. Oh, you're brilliant. You're brilliant.
I'm going to do a better job of managing that off.
Cause he loves the toys so much and I got boring kibble.
So I get a better treats or I'm going to have a handful of treats.
So rather than he grabs that food goes back.
Now I can keep him busy so that I can get my foot back on the leash
and I can not have him running after that toy. So I'm back in control.
Present the toy. Yes. Get it. Good choice. What a good man. You are brilliant.
You are so smart. You are so smart. Good boy. Out.
Multiple treats in my hand,
I can get my foot back on that leash. Not enough.
So he can jump up and go flying back to the floor just enough so he gets
immediate feedback. If he go, yes, he didn't even hit that leash that time.
What a good boy. So you can see now,
instead of me fighting now Kohl's working to win and
winning means not jumping, which means he's rehearsing.
I don't want to jump. So I've talked about the strategy of just not letting.
Kohl rehearse jumping,uso that he's not jumping out, but now he's barking.
He's trying something different. So I'm going to give you a third way to work.
And that will also deal with the barking dogs jump usually because they want to
see us. They're friendly. You sit buddy. Ubut I can also,
so they're excited. They're stimulated. That's not bad. Kohl's a great dog.
He's just got tons of energy so I can prevent him barking.
Then the energy came out a different way. Giving that choice is so powerful,
but I can also give him a new job to do something that's incompatible with
jumping up. So I might lure him into a sit here. Kohl knows how,
but if you have a dog that doesn't,
I can just help them in there what a good boy.
Now I got my leash gathered up so I can prevent the jumping or deal with it if
it happens. And I can yes.
So I'm going to put lots of value to sitting at my side.
What a good man, good work. So in this case,
unlike my chance before he may make a mistake and I'm going to just let him
know, tell him off. And I'm going to use that leash to direct him off me.
And you see by giving me another job to do,
I'm giving him an outlet for that energy.
He's now focusing on his job and Kohl knows the sit.
So I'm putting value to that. So instead of barking,
instead of jumping off sit and I'm just going to place him back.
So your job is to sit.
Good boy. Very nice. Oh my goodness. Good work.
Yes. And then when he has, when he settled,
I can yes. And reward him again. What a good pup.
Excellent. So I'm telling him, instead of jumping,
this is what I want you to do when dogs are working and getting rewarded for
that behavior. Good boy.
Then they're not able to jump because that's incompatible.
Did you catch when Kohl stopped jumping and started barking at me?
That's a demand bark. If you're struggling with barking and I want to check out,
thank you Kohl this video. On that note, I'm Carol. This is Kohl happy.