You could stand on her leash, with Mo in a down position, to prevent her from jumping.

 

Titan doesn't like when my husband and I show affection either. Another purpose for the place command.. When she jumps send her to her spot.

 

Max tries wiggle right in the middle every time i hug kids and husband and he will jump on us. I tell him to go to his spot depending where we are or a sit and stay then he gets some love.

 

HHAHAHAHAHA this happens with my girlfriend and me!!! We find it to be funny as it doesn't bug us and he only does it between me and her but if he were to do it to others we would be upset. As long as it is not a terrible behavior we can deal

 

Actually, this is terrible behaviour. The dog is showing jealously and control issues. The dog thinks it's the pack leader, and it decides who shows attention to whom, and when. That is a household with a dog that does not have a leader.

 

We're Mo's second home, as my son has his own apartment and only recently begun staying with us during the work week. He returns to his apartment midweek and on week ends. As this is a very new arrangement, we haven't yet established her "spot" here. I think we need to remedy that.

He's had Mo since she was 10 weeks old (she's 18 or 19 months old at present). This is a new (and undesirable) behavior for her.

As it's caught us off guard, there hasn't been one consistent approach to addressing the behavior (we realize there needs to be consistency). The approach taken has been dependent upon the situation. When she first did it, we were taken aback and didn't know what was triggering it or if it was something she'd do again.

When we realized it was a behavior she'd repeat until taught otherwise, we began using "down" and reinforcing the command by firmly pressing down on her head or shoulders when she jumped, continuing to apply pressure until all four paws were on the floor.

Since then, we've using "sit" before we hug and using "down" with reinforcement when necessary.

If I knew what she was trying to accomplish with this behavior, it would influence my approach in dealing with it. Is she protecting us from a perceived threat, or is she trying to establish dominance? Is there a difference?

MissMaria

 

OK first relax, your concerning, yourself with to many hows and whys and the whole Dominance thing which tends to lead people down the wrong path.

So for "whatever the reasons you have no or poor control over this dog! Most likely too much affection and too little structure!

And the pushing on the dogs shoulders for a down?? I can't imagine that would work??

So will the dog "down" without you forcing him to??? Most likely not?? You are, going to need to use a drag leash on the dog for indoor use a short leash without a handle to get caught up on furniture indoors. That's so that you will have a tool to use instead of the "shoulder thing!"

And most likely you need the "NILF" thing. Make the dog Sit and wait for food, at thresholds etc, etc. Someone else can go over NILF for you, I tend to be more global.

So start again with the basics teach the Down/Stay properly! Looks like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaVvwbT7iYw

You'll also see references to "The Place Command" as has been mentioned.


But, get the Down/Stay first, and incidently I found "dogs don't much care to do the down thing" mostly likely, your dog showed you that and you then changed to Sit because it's "easier" for you to do he has "taught you well!" Time to switch it up on him!

So ... try and "chill out" get a drag leash and start again with the Down thing!

Welcome abaord!

 

So far, so good!

As I mentioned this was a new behavior for the dog, who is relatively young (18 mos).

My son is a single adult, who lives with a roommate in his own apartment about 40 miles away. After searching for several months without success, 2 weeks ago he took a job here and stays with us during work week. My son is a veteran; Mo is his ESA, and she stays with me while my son is at work. Within days, I became her other person.

With this being a new behavior, it took us a bit to figure out what was going on from Mo's perspective. My son has had Mo since she was 10 weeks old and had never seen her act like this. She knows better. Then we realized: until he began interviewing for this job, Mo had never seen people hugging. (When he came to see me, when it was time to go he'd put Mo in the car & come back to hug us goodbye.)

As soon as we put the pieces together, we taught Mo that no one was being threatened and she didn't need to protect my son or me.

Once Mo realized everyone was safe and we were exchanging affection, the jumping on/between us ended. (A 120lb German Shepherd leaning on the backs of our calves or striking us between the shoulder blades was unsat and needed to stop immediately.)

Then it was an "I love, too!" situation. Which is super cute, but still calls for good manners.

Bear in mind that she is also flirting with us re: commands being commands rather than negotiable requests. I'm not sure if it's due to the change in environment, introduction of new people, her stage of development, or some combination of those & other factors; however, none of those things change that commands are commands.

We want her to not react to people hugging until she's told to. For that reason, as soon as we stopped the jumping, we didn't introduce a hugging routine. Sometimes, she is allowed to give and receive her affection first. Other times, she has to sit and wait her turn.

So far, she is doing really well. She will still try to nose between us or rub against our legs, but nothing like she was doing 2 weeks ago. Even though it's much better, we continue to work toward our end goal of "no response" until a command is given. When she interrupts, we use no, sit or down and if necessary press on her head or shoulders to reinforce the command.

It isn't perfect yet, but we're pleased with how well she responds to either the voice or touch command. If one of us puts a hand on her hips, she'll sit without the verbal command. If we put our hand on her shoulders, she'll move from sit to lie down without the verbal command.

So, yay!

 

I think breeders need to hug their partners more in the presence of the pups