Jumping Up on Visitors

Was wondering if anyone else ever had a problem with their Corgi jumping up on visitors when they came into your home. No matter who it is, Roscoe will jump up to them when they enter the door and will have to be all over them for some time after they come in. We have tried the "turn your back" method to no avail, have also tried to leash him and put him in sit stay when someone comes to the door, also to no avail.

Anybody have any other suggestions.

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Beauty and the Beast on December 11, 2009 at 7:21am

Same problem. He'll stop if the visitor is not paying attention, but it's really hard not to. If Roscoe is food motivated have him sit and give him pieces of ham or something else good so he doesn't have time to pay attention to the visitor.
Trying to ignore a jumping dog might not work if you make eye contact. Have your friend to turn their back on the dog and ignore completely (hands to the chest, look up the entire time) until he stops. As soon as he sits reward with attention. Starts jumping - be a tree again. You should do the same when you come home and he jumps on you, just ingnore him until he stops, every single time.

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Permalink Reply by Gary & Jo + Peb on December 11, 2009 at 8:29pm

Same here.

Pebble jumps on anyone who gives her attention - strangers on the street, my friends, even homeless people sitting on the side walk.

She jumps on me every time I get home, if I interact with her, she will be over excited and pee. So I usually just ignore her.

I haven't enforced anything against her "super friendly" behavior and I am not sure if I should.

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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on December 11, 2009 at 8:52pm

Jumping on people is very rude behavior and should not be allowed. Sparty likes to bark his greetings which drives us crazy but I have trained him to go to the top of our entry stairs so people can come in without getting jumped on. It took some work and he still is not very trustworthy when my in laws come in because Mom brings treats. To stop jumping I just gave a tug of the lesh and a firm No when he started to jump. Both Izzy and Sparty stopped after a few corrections but you really do have to have them leashed. I agree though that the best training for when people come in is to have the dogs move away from the door. It is hard at first but you can practice it. We had to start again when we added the third dog that was not trained but if you are persistent it can be done.

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Permalink Reply by Denise Hawkins on December 15, 2009 at 8:47pm

Archie is our 2nd corgi and he always loves to greet visitors, so we had to find a way around it as not all people are happy to be covered in corgi fur.
I always made him go to his crate when I opened the door, originally this was to stop him from bolting, but it worked with visitors too. Once he was calm he was allowed out to say hello, but he was NOT allowed to jump, I always asked all visitors never to pet him when he was excited that just reinforces the behaviour. He now knows that he has to sit calmly to get a fuss from anyone that comes in and if they choose not to fuss him he soon goes and lies down elsewhere. Basil was calm when he greeted visitors in fact, when my parents used to visit he used to queue up with the kids to get a fuss and a hello, always 4th in line behind the kids, but always got a fuss and a love when they got to him in the line!