When you walk through the door and your puppy is jumping up, lavishing you with affection and wish to play. Your puppy acts like he has not seen you for days. Of course, return the affection and play with puppy. Why? Because that is what you want to do. And you don't want to hurt your puppy's feelings. After all, the puppies give unconditional love, is so sweet and is a major source of entertainment and friendly relationships.
What just happened? Your puppy have trained you give his affection by misbehaving. Yup, misbehaved. Your puppy expects the same results from others when they go through the door so she will jump on them, drag on his clothes and stifle the legs (see the reprint part). Your puppy will grow up to be a full-sized dog that will jump up on people, pulling on his clothes and stifle (bite) them-try to get the same attention that she trained you to give her.
At the moment you say "it's not what I want! But what should I do? ". Try the following.
You go through the door and puppy is your over you, lavishing you with affection and wish to play. Do not even acknowledge your puppy and you are in the same room. Do not make eye contact. Do not say a Word to your puppy, no matter what. Just walk on by, hang up your coat, open your mail, or what you would normally do when you don't have a puppy. In good time your puppy will give up and sit. Immediately say "Sit" and calm your puppy and praise him, even give him a treat. Soon you'll see your puppy that has learned to sit calmly and is associated with getting the love that he wants. And he has also learned the command "Sit".
Your puppy has learned Jump on to you (and others) won't get him any attention. Remember that even a fist on this point is a form of attention. You have your puppy training and your head-alpha. The problem will continue into adulthood. Now you have a dog who, when a guest or other Member of the family walks into the House, will sit and remain calm. Your friends are looking forward to getting over, instead of avoiding to visit because they know that the dog will jump on them.
The teaching of your puppy that sits is the starting point for obedience training or just teach him tricks. He looks forward to learning from you because he has learned that he will receive the love he craves.
For more information about common puppy behavior, including great resources for learning how-to's and loads information about preventing and managing problem behaviors, check out my blog on Puppy-Training-101 .com
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