Say hello to Syer, my new partner in crime training.
Syer! Your eyes are closed!😆
Syer is a fun training challenge. He tends to “demand bark” so we’re working on his patience and teaching him that barking is not the way to get what you want in life.
When you come to his kennel, he’s quick to say “Hey, you (bark!), break me out of here already!”
So we take a step back and even leave the kennel area if he keeps barking. Slowly, he’s realizing that barking makes people go away who otherwise could use their hands to unlock his kennel.
Same thing when you hold a treat in your hands. “Hey (bark!), give me that tasty treat already!”
Nope! Tasty treats go back into the magic-treat-dispensing pouch when you bark Syer; you know that!
It’s really great to see his progress.
Keep up the good work, Syer!
Great work how
Do I retrain my dogs 🐕 from barking and jumping up on people
I’m a fan of a two-pronged approach:
It can be a big struggle to re-train a dog who jumps up though. Macy still does it with certain people and often with strangers. It’s harder to teach humans to turn their backs consistently, so I just deal with some of her bad behavior knowing that she won’t always do what I want because she’s getting mixed signals from human.
For you and the family though, I bet you can get your dogs to reliably stop jumping up by consistently turning your backs and rewarding when they do the right thing.
Be consistent though! Don’t let them get away with being able to jump up certain times and not others. That will just confused them.
Good luck!