I've seen the most chilled dogs go nuts jumping up at visitors and the most excitable not bother, even without training. Energy has little to do with it. You gotta ask "What's in it for the dog?" That's a prime motivator and it can be fuss and affection, being yelled at ("Get OFF!") is still attention, or sometimes simply going boingy boingy feels good in their body. 😁
11 months ago | 9
I think it depends on the dog but usually a mix of trying to reach/greet you and excitement
11 months ago | 6
I hear a dog licking somebodys face shows great attachment and affection. I let my boy jump up cause it’s a way we bond. However, I do make sure he gets off right when I tell him.
11 months ago | 6
My nine month old is a real jumper. She wants to greet everyone we meet on the street. She starts wagging her tail in anticipation when she notices people paying attention to her. I don’t mind it too much because she has a calm demeanor, doesn’t bark and redirects her attention on me when I ask, but we do have to work on the jumping
11 months ago (edited) | 11
My dog is 2 1/2 and he’s so excited anytime someone new comes into his space that he vibrates with energy. He could have just got done playing with his dog friends or doing stimulating activities for hours and he would still have enough excitement coursing through his veins to jump up on people. I know because this has absolutely happened before many times.
11 months ago | 1
We have a beagle when one of us comes home, greets us pure joy jumping, and of course, his very loud houl/bark. He's 1 year old
11 months ago | 1
Going on long walks with my dog really help with his behavioral issues. On the weekends I like to go on these long 2 miles walks.
11 months ago | 4
My jumper really only does it to me to greet me when I get home. I think partly it is her reactive attachment disorder from her anxiety. She isn't completely satisfied until she has licked my face and gotten a hug. Unfortunately, as she had such a difficult time attaching, I really love it. She will also jump up when I am getting ready to leave, begging me to take her with me.
11 months ago | 1
My dog (small) just wants to give a quick kiss to the face. Then he's down and done. For him at least it's just to say "hi, welcome home. I missed you."
11 months ago | 1
My dog just wants to be close to me. So I usually just kneel down and give him some love at his level. That fixes it usually.
11 months ago (edited) | 1
Being completely honest, “having too much pent up energy” isn’t really a reason. You have to look at why the energy is being expended that way to understand the reason. However, the reason might not be too important if overall you just want it to stop, exercise and training staying down are definitely the solution.
11 months ago | 8
My girl jumps when she wants my attention, when she's excited, or when she's nervous. The higher her anxiety, the more persistent her jumping.
11 months ago | 0
Dogs are very friendly and expressive...and face-motivated. Since humans are taller than dogs, they jump up to be face to face with them. I've had six Dobies over my life...some I got because their first owners couldn't handle them. They all turned out to be wonderful companions over their lifetime. The way I got my dogs to stop jumping on me when they greeted me was to grab them by their front paws and walk them into a corner while I was 'greeting' them in a friendly manner. I kept them backed into the corner with my legs and wouldn't let them down while I was talking to them...until after they began to panic. A couple of times of doing that cured their jumping habit without me having to scold them. 😂
11 months ago (edited) | 0
Alternatively, I’ve leaned back in the “please don’t boop my face” pose, which is obviously dog-speak for, “boop me, lick me, please!” 🤣
11 months ago | 0
Jumping was one of the first things I made sure my puppy wasn’t doing (even though she’s 14 pounds fully grown). Just keep them calm by sending them to “place” or “bed” and giving them time to breathe when new people/you get to your house.
11 months ago | 0
Dogs jump up for a wide variety of reasons. The current theory is that they originally jump up to sniff your face (dogs greet other dogs by sniffing butts and faces) or to greet you. Then people reinforce that by giving the dog attention (either positive--by petting and talking to the dog; or negative--by pushing the dog away). But I don't think we really know because we can't ask the dogs.
11 months ago | 0
It starts with they were encouraged. When pups are really small, people sit on the floor with pups and the pups go up to the human and the pups can sniff the face and the human kisses the pups. As the pup grows, the human ends up standing, and the puppy still wants to sniff the face and get the reaction they did as younger pups. So, they were encouraged to jump up as 1 or 2 month pups. So it's then our responsibility to reward for sitting.
11 months ago | 0
I've got two jumpers .trying to train it out of them but it's hard when other people don't mind.have no patience to wait when I have them sitting it really pees me off.
11 months ago | 1
Sometimes they want to sniff and lick your face. We're just tall. However other times jumping on people is a threat display. "Go away!" I've met a lot of dogs who do this and owners misinterpret the behavior as friendly.
11 months ago | 1
Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution
Why do you think dogs (usually) jump on people? https://youtu.be/1_qUHppxOn8
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