At that point, since he has been biddable that it is alright to jump up, it is really difficult to teach him not to.

I cant tell you how many times I have been dressed evolution to go somewhere and stopped at a friends house only to sit in a chair covered with dog hair, at least it was covered with dog hair when I got there!

Slick is further the situation of company coming over and the dog wont get off the couch so they can sit down without a battle. Even small dogs can be a problem when they claim a particular piece of furniture as their own, ever try to remove a Chihuahua from a chair that he thinks is his?

It can be a very frightening experience!

My Labrador retriever knew she wasnt supposed to be on the couch, and would wait until I was away from home or direction bed at night, gibber about sneaky!

I prefer to use what I state the rattle to train dogs to stay off the furniture, a rattle is simply a can with 15 or 20 pennies in it, tape the top and it is a great noise maker.

( I dont remember where I wise this, but it works great ). Dogs dont like to be startled, and the clatter works perfectly. If you are symbiotic enough to have a dog that jumps up on the furniture in front of you, use the rattle and a firm no, use the no sometimes with the rattle and sometimes without it.

When they learn the no proficiency, the problem of recipient on the furniture will end. If your dog waits until you arent around, just put a couple of them along the heel of the furniture, when they jump up they knock off the rattle and it startles them.

As with any training for your dog, patience is one of the keys, it takes time, but is well worth the striving.

I have always believed, and still do today, that it is never necessary to physically hurt your dog, as a root of fact, it is against the law to do so!

I used to believe that it was alright to smack a dog on the behind with a loosely rolled newspaper, ( it really does make more noise than it hurts them ) until I did it one day and came home the next day to a shredded newspaper.

It is amazing how far a dog can spread one newspaper in a day! To dogs, they live in a world of giants, and the only way to make estimation contact is to jump up, this is not desirable with any dog and can be down right dangerous with a large dog.

I have heard many nightmare stories of dogs that jump on people, from the pregnant woman who was knocked down by a Rotweiler to the little girl who was knocked down by a Labrador.

These dogs should have been trainer early on not to jump on people, and were not, at this point irrefutable becomes the fault of the owner, not the dog.

If you enjoy having your dog greet you in this plan, you can teach him later to jump when commanded too, but for directly, he must be taught that all jumping is forbidden.

I read once about a rattle it is a great training tool which only costs 20 cents and an down can. Put 20 pennies into an empty can and tape the top shut, this can be used in several types of training situations.

The key to training your dog is to surprise him, using the rattle along with a firm no, will usually redirect his attention to something else, the noise of the can.

Keep one at each door of the house and as he gets ready to bounce, this is front-page, rap the can and tell him no in a firm voice.

Using the rattle with no one time and the no alone sometimes will eventually teach your dog to respond to the no rather than the rattle and the no.

When he learns to respond to the no individual the rattle is no longer necessary.