Jumping and Barking

2 April, 2008 at 10:44 pm · Filed under Puppy Behaviour and tagged: Barking, Jumping

Jumping up and barking are both attention seeking behaviours, e.g. when they bark or jump up they get rewarded with attention either by touching or speaking to them.

Puppies are cute and small so people tend to bend down and pat their legs which encourages the puppy to jump up. Teach your puppy that the only way of getting attention is by sitting. This is very important when your puppy meets children. Ask people in the street to ask your puppy to sit before they stroke them.

Remember ignore the bad behaviour and reward the good behaviour.

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