[nagdu] Behavior question

[John Sanders]

Hi,
Mollie has a habit of doing that too.
Whenever some one enters my apartment; she will get excited and start 
jumping on them.
I tell her "Mollie NO!",  she goes around in circles and I tell her down and 
then she lays down.
Or, if I have some one who is from a business in my apartment, I will let 
her stay out in my living room.
And in hopes of behaving herself.
She does have a habit of bothering the person when I'm talking to them.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
John and the golden retriever Mollie


-----Original Message----- 
From: Daryl Marie via nagdu
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 10:10 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
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 
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