RE: [pyrnet] Jumping

["Viney, Bethany" <Bethany.Viney@tdstelecom.com>]

Being that Pyrs are so lovable and crave attention, this is not uncommon!
Make sure all reinforcement is positive when you ask them to do a sit, stay,
and ask that your visitors become involved in training.  If Romy does jump,
have your guests fold their arms and turn away, doing a "body block" if
necessary.  Ignore the bad behavior by not reinforcing it. I would NOT
recommend doing a paw squeeze.  You want your Pyr to be comfortable with
anyone touching their feet, not the opposite.  Our body language, or lack
there of, works wonders.
Czar would do this to me personally, and he weighs more than I do....he
would actually come up behind me, jump and wrap his arms around my back and
want a big polar bear hug.  Although I find it endearing and love it, I
can't have him do that to guests when they visit.  So, I fold my arms, turn
my body away and say "off"; it has taken some time, but he is now pretty
much broken of the habit.

Sounds like you are moving in the right direction with the positive
reinforcement...just remember not to have anyone do a paw squeeze as a
punishment; that can have negative effects on his behavior down the road.
Positive training always works best!
Best of Luck
Beth, Czar and Raisa in Rural Wisconsin

-----Original Message-----
From: LESRVG@aol.com [mailto:LESRVG@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:41 PM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: [pyrnet] Jumping


Hello,

I was wondering if folks have any advise to stop our pyr (Romy) from jumping

on people.  He absolutely loves everyone he meets and gets so excited 
sometimes that he seem unable to contain himself.  The result is that he
jumps up 
--not always of course-- and not always onto the person because we are there
to 
correct him.  He does not jump up on us so this makes correcting him much
more 
difficult.

Currently, we are scolding him and telling him "Bad" when he does this.  We 
then typically put him in a sit and calm him then encourage the person to 
approach and visit again.

Any advise?  Should the visitor be encouraged to squeeze his paws or give 
some other reprimand?  Sometimes we absolutely ignore him when he does
undesired 
things but it is hard to tell a visitor to "absolutely ignore him...look off

in space...don't talk...and stand absolutely still".

I want to catch and correct this before it becomes a real problem.

Keith, Soo, Dusty, and Romy


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