Jumping on people whilst off the lead.

Does anyone have any tips on this - Lily has developed a habit of jumping on people whilst we are in the park or woods. She loves people and the problem is that people often greet her and therefore reinforce this bad behaviour so she does it all the time now. Her recall is good but not when she is locked onto someone she can jump on and I usual have to shout a warning. If I am nearby I can correct this but its difficult from a distance as she just ignores me and carries on. The woods nearby are a dog walkers paradise so 9 times out of 10 people don't object but I have had some verbal abuse about dog control and who can blame them - I am conscious of the fact she is a staff too, although a very small one.  

I would suggest investing in a very long training lead, you can use it when you know people will be about, so if anything you can just reign her in to prevent the confrontation and jumping

Yes I would keep her on a long training line until you can stop her doing this  

Like this, they come in various lengths  

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Great advice, training lead is a fab solution to this. Vin is very good and doesn't jump he just runs up and circles them then follows me! 

definitely a training line amazing how quickly these people can go off her once she pounces on them

Training lead ordered!  

I have the same problem. R went through a phase of jumping up on joggers when they had their iPods on. One of them screamed once - I was very embarrassed.

He is much better now and only does it v occasionally to the owners of other dogs - he is much more interested in people than dogs much of the time and can't wait to say hello. However he weighs a lot and he can look scary. It is worth teaching him to sit and wait to be spoken to before he greets a person. I practice this by getting friends to come to our door and ignore him when he jumps up. He is very impulsive and also over the moon if anyone comes to visit which makes it hard for him to control himself. But even if I think it's quite sweet some of the time, I realise that it is overwhelming if not frightening for some other people.

Good luck. I would really like to hear your progress.

Funnily enough I may have cracked it. I put some pebbles in an empty water bottle and I let her off the lead. When she ran towards the first person I shook the bottle hard and said no, she stopped dead in her tracks so I called her back to me in a happy way and gave her a reward. She tried it again and I repeated this, by the time the fourth person passed she just looked at them and I called her back and she came for her reward. This was the first day - hope she remembers tomorrow. I was so pleased with her, hope it lasts.

Glad it's getting better  

Hi, did the bottle with bricks cure the jumping up?
I'm wondering if you can help. I have a 1 year old staffie who is generally very well behaved. She can do most commands sit, stay, lie down, drop etc. We are having a problem with jumping up people, this doesn't happen in the house but more in the park. She is obsessed with other dogs and humans and will bolt to play given any chance, she does come back when she realises I'm not there...but this has become an issue as she can jump so high and has headbutted people trying to give kisses. I want to be able to be in control when she's off the lead.

Pollyanna wrote:Funnily enough I may have cracked it.  I put some pebbles in an empty water bottle and I let her off the lead.  When she ran towards the first person I shook the bottle hard and said no, she stopped dead in her tracks so I called her back to me in a happy way and gave her a reward.  She tried it again and I repeated this, by the time the fourth person passed she just looked at them and I called her back and she came for her reward.  This was the first day - hope she remembers tomorrow.  I was so pleased with her, hope it lasts.  

What a great idea - going to try that one

How does the shaking the bottle thing fair when they are quite far away though?
Also does anyone have any tips for how to carry the training line? When it's all rolled up it's quite cumbersome and doesn't fit in my bumbag full of treats, doggy bags phone, keys etc. I am starting to feel like I need a rucksack to go dog walking which seems a bit silly lol

I would tie the training lead round your waist