[nagdu] Behaviour question

[Lisa]

Hi Daryl,

thanks for your quick reply!
The first advice regarding the toy definitely helps.
And I can understand the solution with lying down when he jumped up to 
people. I think when we try this, I have to take him on a short leash or 
something because otherwise, he would lie down for 10 seconds and then jump 
up again because the new person is still around and still so interesting. On 
leash, I could prevent him from getting up again, after he has lied down. 
Will have to see how this works for us.

Thanks again! :)
Lisa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daryl Marie via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Behaviour question


> Heya, Lisa!
>
> In the first couple months with Jenny, she had a similar problem of 
> jumping at people or up for toys.  It was a behavior I actively 
> discouraged, and what I found worked for us was the following:
>
> If she jumped at a toy, a stern "No jumping!", the toy gets put down, dog 
> goes to bed, play is over, PERIOD.  I did this... I think twice, and it 
> caught on right away.  I seriously don't remember the last time it 
> happened.
>
> As for people, we wound up with a similar issue, and we treated it in a 
> similar way.  Dog jumps up on someone, a firm "No jumping, lay down!"  Dog 
> cannot jump while laying down.  This jumping behavior will likely continue 
> so long as the person actually reacts, because it reinforces it.  If the 
> person turns their back on him, it shows him that he will not get the 
> attention from them, which he wants in the first place.
>
> Does this help?
>
>
> Daryl
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> To: 
> NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org> Sent: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 07:46:45 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 
> [nagdu] Behaviour question  Hello everyone! I'm coming to you with a 
> question once again. Just to give you the basic info: I have a 3-year-old 
> lab named Taylor. I got him in September 2014. We work alot on different 
> things and it's amazing to see his or our progress. My question is not 
> about his guidework but about his behaviour when people come to visit or 
> when we stop and talk to people outside. He wants to jump up on people (is 
> that the right term? Sorry, if not. I think you know what I mean) and just 
> gets too wild and excited when I start to talk to people, also strangers. 
> When people come into our apartment and don't ignore him completely, he 
> jumps up on them several times, starts to run in circles around them and 
> gets all excited. Depending on how the person reacts, it stops soon or 
> gets worse and worse. Of course I try to forbid him to jump everytime. I 
> also try to let him sit after a short greeting. But I just feel I haven't 
> found the best solution to control him in such a situation yet. Especially 
> here in the apartment, I of course don't have him on a leash and therefore 
> have to think of other things to do to stop him from getting too excited. 
> Do you have any strategies or exercises for me that could help me fix this 
> issue? It's just very unpleasant, this surprised reaction from people who 
> are often like "He is a trained service dog. Why is he behaving like 
> this?" best wishes from Germany Lisa 
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