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. Welcome back to McCann Dogs.
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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,
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work directly with you at home with us, I'm Steve. Happy training.