Top Tips on How to Stop Dogs Jumping Up on You

Our four legged family members can be rather over excitable at times. Jumping up at you on arrival can be very frustrating and annoying. So today I want to help with some top tips on how to stop dogs jumping up on you when you walk through the door, and also give you a good understanding of how jumping up starts.
Jumping up is definitely a learned behaviour, and it happens generally at the time when he or she is a pup.
Pups watch everything we do, and our actions teach them very well. If we put a certain coat on to take them for a walk, you will soon see a very excited reaction to you touching or putting that coat on, because they associate that piece of clothing with going out. Like wise, if we have a routine of checking doors and windows every morning before we go to work, you will probably see them make their way to their bed before you go, as they have learnt that those actions means you are going without them.
So our actions and the consistency of doing them teaches them a lot!
So what actions are we taking to teach a dog to jump up?
Well when we have an 8 -10 week old ball of fluff that just looks adorable, of course what we do is pick the puppy up a lot to cuddle them. These actions teach the puppy that up is for great fun, and down is for no fun, and that is when jumping up begins.
So how can we stop it or prevent it from happening
Top Tips On How to Stop Jumping Up in a Puppy
This is a simple one to solve. Remember to always pet your puppy on the floor, and if they try to jump at you stop petting and reprimand "No" with a guttural sound to your voice. Only pet again when they are back with their paws on the floor, and give lots of praise.
Top Tips On How To Stop Jumping Up in an Adult Dog
If you have an adult older dog all is not lost. Again its all about consistency with your positive actions to solve the issue.
Firstly, for jumping up at the door on arrival it is best to ignore them, don't talk to them or give eye contact. Start doing tea, get changed etc and hold out for a good 30 min's. If your dog is a little wild at the door, try and turn away from the jumping, and ignore as much as possible. Don't push your dog away as he sees that as you reacting. If you do this consistently you will quickly notice that your dog is a lot quieter when first greeted.
For normal jumping up situations your dog needs to be reprimanded, and timing is the issue here. Try and concentrate on your dogs body language, as its always better to reprimand just before they jump at you, this stops them in their tracks, and they quickly learn.