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Jumping Jack Russell

  • 02-04-2008 4:18pm
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    Pigletlover
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    I hope this hasn't been covered before, I tried searching but couldn't find anything. When our Jack Russell pup (4 months old) meets new dogs he jumps at their faces. He does it in a playful way but obviously the other dogs don't like it and a couple of them have growled when he has done it. How can we get him to stop doing this? We have only started training him recently - to go to his bed when he's told and come when he's called and he seems to be responding reasonalby well to this, I just don't know what to do to get him to stop jumping at other dogs. I don't like to hit him on the nose every time he does something wrong.


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  • #2
    peasant
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    Know anyone with a non-agressive, relaxed, older dog?

    Then let the older dog do the teaching (and don't be frightened when you hear a few growls)

    The best way to learn doggy-manners is from another dog. You trying to interfere and stepping in only confuses the issue.


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    LegacyUser
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    Try Dog Training Ireland as they have courses that are very good. We have our lads on their puppy socialisation course and I have to say that the improvement in their behaviour is really noticeable. A lot of very good tips on things that we would never have considered a potential issue.
    They have a website with a list of their courses - www.dogtrainingireland.ie


  • #4
    Pigletlover
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    peasant wrote: »
    Know anyone with a non-agressive, relaxed, older dog?

    Then let the older dog do the teaching (and don't be frightened when you hear a few growls)

    The best way to learn doggy-manners is from another dog. You trying to interfere and stepping in only confuses the issue.


    My parents have a couple of dogs and one of them took to him very well and calmed him down a bit, turning him when he jumped at her and just generally putting manners on him, but the problem is their other dog doesn't like him at all. We got her when she was a couple of months old and she was on her own until a couple of years ago when we got the other dog, so she was like an only child really and doesn't like sharing her food/water/bed/anything with any other dog, which my fella (Junior) is a bit slow at copping on to! She's getting old and grumpy and she's not very playful, so Junior drives her mad and I don't trust her with him tbh. She never had any pups either, whereas the other dog had and seems to be somewhat maternal towards him.


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