How do you train a human to.....

[Kittilicious]

It's hard to train a human, it really is. Saki, our golden, is 4 years old. To this day she has a problem with jumping on people when they come over and circling them with a toy in her mouth. We've never been able to correct this outside of just putting her outside when someone comes in the house. Of course now Knuckles is learning her bad habit.
Here is the main problem. When we try to correct the jumping/circling our guests will continue to talk to the dogs, pet them and sometimes even say "oh it's ok, (s)he is happy to see me!". My sister in law is the worst because she gets them all jacked up by talking excitedly to them in a baby voice and rubbing them all over.
How in the **** do you teach the HUMAN to knock it the heck off? We have told them "no, it's not ok", we don't want them jumping, ignore them... but we can't seem to get it through their heads.
I'm ready to put a sign on the door with "dog rules". We've got a party here on Saturday night... not sure how many people will be here but I don't want to lock Knuckles up especially because it's a great socialization opportunity for him.
Any advice on how to train a human?

[Whiteshepherds]

Originally Posted by Kittilicious

How in the **** do you teach the HUMAN to knock it the heck off?

Spray the people with water.

Seriously, try putting the dog on a leash. When people come in if he tries to jump step on the leash. If you can't control the people you have to control the dog.

[Kittilicious]

Originally Posted by Whiteshepherds

Spray the people with water.

Seriously, try putting the dog on a leash. When people come in if he tries to jump step on the leash. If you can't control the people you have to control the dog.

I've tried that (not the water! ). Believe it or not, they just go to pet her and I don't want that. I'm talking about regular visitors here, family who show up unexpectedly (it happens a lot - too much family living in the same area). They KNOW she won't bite, they know her, so they figure it's ok to greet her even after we tell them no. I've even had people call her to them after I've put her in a down/stay. It's so frustrating. The ONLY person they don't do it to is our Schwans delivery man who comes every 2 weeks. (Knuckles is "monkey see monkey do" when it comes to Saki) Four years of him not talking to, petting or even acknowledging her/them has proven that she's/they are capable of being normal dogs. When it's someone they don't know, they don't do this jumping/circling. They are actually very well behaved when a stranger knocks at the door and they answer it with me.
I have planned on having both on a leash on Saturday, though. If nothing else to protect them from the stupidity of people trying to get them worked up because they think it's cute. I just don't know which command to use to tell these people to STOP. Maybe they can only have a beer if they behave

[kiya]

Originally Posted by Kittilicious

How in the **** do you teach the HUMAN to knock it the heck off? We have told them "no, it's not ok", we don't want them jumping, ignore them... but we can't seem to get it through their heads.
I'm ready to put a sign on the door with "dog rules". We've got a party here on Saturday night... not sure how many people will be here but I don't want to lock Knuckles up especially because it's a great socialization opportunity for him.
Any advice on how to train a human?

I have tried numerous times to have people "IGNORE" my dogs when they come in. I printed sheets out "how to pet a dog". The only thing I could suggest at your party is to bring him out after the people have come in to say hello, on leash. Once he's introduced properly he shouldn't be over the top excited, then you can let him free to mingle.

[Kittilicious]

My nephew stopped over unannounced yesterday (always welcome) and Knuckles did great. Saki, of course, was trying to jump on him and Knuckles followed, but once I got her to lay down, Knuckles went and did the same. He is following her every lead. (Nephew was even impressed on how quickly Knuckles listened... he laid down where he was, he didn't come to me and lay down, he laid down right at the "lay down" command). This jumping is the only real downfall Saki has. It really has proved to me that Saki is the only one that needs to be leashed on Saturday. I think Knuckles would be fine as long as he isn't copying the hyper Golden from ****.

[DFrost]

One of the basics of dog training is, you train the behavior then introduce distractions. You are just trying to do too much too soon. Take some time and train the behavior, then you are in charge of the behavior. Say for example; if the someone approaches the dog and wants them to jump up, the dog sits, regardless of what the person is doing, and looks to you for permission to jump up. If they get it, they jump, if not they stay in the sit position. You don't train this at a party however. It's something that has to be done long before a party.

DFrost