How to stop your dog’s rude jumping behaviors  Dogs jump for a
variety of reasons. Regardless of why, a jumping dog can be not
only rude or annoying but potentially dangerous.  Jumping is an
attention seeking behavior, a behavior that’s easily rewarded by
negative attention like lifting a knee or pushing the dog away.
Negative attention is still attention.  While there are many
ways to supposedly stop a dog’s jumping, no method is as
successful and humane as this: Ignore your dog!  1. Turn away
and ignore your dog. Stand up if you are sitting down and walk
away. Do not look at, speak to or touch your dog.  2. Once your
dog is able to settle down, relax and remain still, reward them
by greeting them calmly.  Repeat these two steps as needed. With
patience and consistency, you will condition your dog’s behavior
each time to become less frequent until it extinguishes. Your
goal is to send a clear message that jumping does not get
attention and being calm does.  If new people coming into the
house are exciting to