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A jumping dog is seeking attention. In order not to reward the behavior, the best response is to ignore it. You’ve met a kid who acts up even though his parents yell at him, because he sees even the negative attention as a reward, right? Same thing with jumping dogs.

Responding to Jumping Dogs

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Dear PetLvr Mailbag,

I have a pit lab mix that loves too much. She is about 55 lbs and strong as an ox. She has been trained to not jump on me when I come home and she won’t jump on my S.O., but she goes nuts and wants to tackle everyone that comes over. But even with me she bounces off of the furniture and wants to jump but tries to control herself. She is strong as hell and she jumps, licks and is generally a spaz with every adult able bodied. She is better with me, my S.O., little kids and usually with old or handicapped people. But everyone else, look out!

We call her Our Lady of Unwanted Facials. What can I do to get her to chill and let people come in with out being tackled?

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