You could put him in a crate.

I was going to post an idea about some great looking window treatments that cover just the bottom part of the window which is what I do but then I saw Diane's picture of the Buster's window seat! I love it! I am going to make one for my pit bull Sadie. She sits in front of the window and just stares out. Maybe because she is deaf and knows she has to keep an eye out. I think she will appreciate having it at her level . . .

Hi

I am working with a dog that jumps the second they see you. Also they have a bad habit of nipping in the process. Any suggestions on how to break these bad habits?

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Hi

I am working with a dog that jumps the second they see you. Also they have a bad habit of nipping in the process. Any suggestions on how to break these bad habits?

hey..i have the same problem with my little female...she gets excited and jumps up onto me all the time when she 1st sees me. and she will also jump at my hands and try and nip them. from what i read earlier i assume this is her playing bcoz if she wanted to bite me she would have gone for my legs.
anyways all i do is almost always have my hands in my jacket pockets and when she wants to jump on me i turn and she kinda of lands miss and after a few times of trying she stops.

Maybe we need to change this thread subjust to just JUMPING & Nipping?

This morning I brought the pup inside from his outside time (mornings are not generally an issue for bad behaviour) and he had been playing in the mud, so I had him stand on the towel and wipe his paws. OMG, that wound him right up. He started jumping and nipping at my hands. I told him to lay down, and he would not listen to me. It was so frustrating.

I grabbed his neck/checks scruff and lifted his front paws up and did the ole eyeball stare. He's too tall to do a total lift. Then I forced him into a down and grabbed his mouth while I grabbed his muzzle and then put his muzzle on him.

Once the muzzle was on him, he totally calmed down and layed at my feet while I was making up the muffins and the rest of breakfast. After about 15 minutes of "calmness" I removed the muzzle ... and he was fine.

Then we went upstairs to get my son up ... and he got excited but stayed manageable. I told him to SPEAK to tell Aaron to Get Up and he did. Of course as soon as he did SPEAK he did the room zoom. But when we went back downstairs for breakfast, he returned to "calm" puppy behaviour.

Anyway, I digress ... I figure if he is going for my Hands and he is not LISTENING, then he is not playing. I figure he is Challenging Me Directly. After the hands is the neck/face area.

I like the idea from my post the other day, that use the muzzle and use it often to teach proper mouthing behaviour. Hence, that was why I took it off when he had been calm this morning. Give him another chance to behave with it off. Besides, he had to have breakfast at some point.

Cheers!

Louanne,
Just curious, what type of muzzle are you using? Plastic, cloth, wire?? We have discussed getting one for Nickie for his "nipping when getting excited" behaviour.

I read on some of Ed's articles about doing corrections and with the dominant dog collar. I don't have one of the collars yet (they are on the list though) but I have chain ones that I can reach down and do a correction during the jump-up behavior. Followed by command for what I would consider the appropriate greeting behavior of "sit" and "stay" before being rewarded. Has worked wonders with the excited jumping behaviors.