Dog Health Questions: Dog training and obedience advice?

I have this dog named Evie that we got from a rescue home. The problem is that I'm the one who plays with her and our other dog, Jack, so when she sees me, she gets excited and gets herself into play mode. She jumps a LOT around me, and even this morning, she bit me (now this is very unusual for her, and I'm not even if it was a playful bite or an accident but I don't think she would ever bite me as if I were a stranger). She doesn't do this with any of my other family members, but obviously my mom and dad are bigger than I, and I play with her more, that might be why she jumps on me more. But anyways, I need help so that when she sees me, she doesn't jump so much. I know you can step on their back paws when they jump, but she jumps too fast for me to do that. And when I kick her in the stomach while she's jumping, I don't think it really gets the message across to her. Please help me.

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I think you know not to step on paws or kick the dog.
The instant the dog starts to jump turn your back to her and walk the other direction. This teaches her that jumping does not get what she wants which is your attention.
Teach her basic commands such as sit, down, off and drop it. The teaching process lets her learn you are the leader.
If you can't do these on your own enroll in a positive reinforcement obedience class.

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• Things not to do when your dog jumps:
  
  1. Step on her feet.
  2. Knee her/kick her in the stomach.
  3. Hold onto her paws and force her to remain in an uncomfortable position.
  4. Put on a "training collar" (choke or prong), and have someone step on the leash so that when she goes to jump she gets a painful correction.
  
  None of these work and if they DO work they use pain to stop the behavior while simultaneously not teaching the dog what you WANT her to do. Ultimately what you want her to do is keep all four feet on the ground or maybe to sit for your attention.
  
  What to do when your dog jumps?
  
  Cross your arms over your chest and turn your back to her. If she continues to jump, walk away (if this happens at the door, walk back outside and shut the door behind you). When she's calm and has "four on the floor," reward her with attention, praise, even a treat or two.
  
  If she jumps up again, turn your back on her, walk away again. Only reward her for calm behavior.
  
  If you want her to sit instead of stand, then once she is regularly standing with all four feet on the ground and not jumping on you, you can say "Good girl!" but then wait. She'll be puzzled at first as to why she's not getting a lot of attention and treats, but usually eventually a dog will resort to sitting. When she does, praise her extensively and reward her.
  
  Keep working on that and with a bit of time, she'll learn to sit when you approach instead of jumping.
  
  ~Crys~


• Your dog might be jumping on you more so than the others because she feels like she is higher up than you in the chain of command. Try some "alpha" exercises. Make sure you aren't giving her the wrong signals when you are playing and letting her think she is "higher" than you. When she does something you don't like, give her a firm "NO!" or "OFF!" and if she is within reaching distance, give her nose a little tap. NOT a hit... Just a tap. Also, immeadiately stop playing with her. Eventually she will learn that jumping up is a bad thing.


• I have fostered lots of rescue dogs and a lot of them have the problem of jumping up on people. The best way to break the habbit is this little trick, it sounds crazy but it works. When she jumps up on you, you take each one of her paws in your hands and hold her up like that while sternly saying the word OFF, over and over. She'll act like it's hurting, but it's not, it's just uncomfortable. After about a 30 seconds to a minute, let go and let her down. next time she jumps do the same thing.... every time she jumps on you, and every time you do it, use the same term OFF. after a few days, you can try just telling her OFF. It shoud work, but you have to be consistant. when its okay for her to play let her know by doing something like getting in your knees.
  
  Also, a good way to get her to stop a play biting habit is to wince and whine like a hurt puppy when she bites. She doesn't realize how hard she's biting and that it hurts since that is usually how dogs play with each other. Speak to her in her language. When she bites or scratches, whimper and whine like a wounded puppy and she will realize that it hurt.
  
  Good luck, I hope these tricks work.


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