British bulldog

L-M

We have a British bulldog that is ten months old. He's a very playful dog but doesn't know his own strenghts.

The issue at the moment is when someone new visits the house he becomes hyper and jumps up on them. Now, he's only trying to be nice but he had big, tough paws on him and can easily hurt.

if we shout and him he just runs away or around us and back to the visitor, trying to jump on them again. We have resolved to locking him into the utility room for a few minutes until he calms down.

Any ideas how to treat this better?

Whispered

Locking him away until he calms down is a good way to approach it in my opinion. Although I'd suggest you put him behind a baby gate so he can still see out. What I tend to do is crate them when a visitor arrives and when they are used to someone else being here I'll let them out. If they jump up or are over friendly, back in for a few seconds. Repeat until the dog learns that jumping on a visitor means being put to bed. A few seconds is enough I think.

You can also give guests a few treats and have them get your dog to sit for a treat.

kylith

The way I trained mine not to jump was by turning my back on them when they jumped. Keep doing it until they get give up and stand or sit, then pet and praise. Keep repeating until they twig that jumping means they're ignored and sitting means they get attention.

getz

Limerick man wrote: »

We have a British bulldog that is ten months old. He's a very playful dog but doesn't know his own strenghts.

The issue at the moment is when someone new visits the house he becomes hyper and jumps up on them. Now, he's only trying to be nice but he had big, tough paws on him and can easily hurt.

if we shout and him he just runs away or around us and back to the visitor, trying to jump on them again. We have resolved to locking him into the utility room for a few minutes until he calms down.

Any ideas how to treat this better?

yes english bulldogs can be a hand full,i am on my third,to stop him jumping at visitors you need to tell them ,to ignore the dog then stand between your bully and the visitor with your palms out, after a couple of times your pup will get the message,my bully is now 14 months old,