jumping on my sons back!

[Tara and Maizy]

Maizy keeps jumping on my 5 yr olds sons back and tries to take him down.  My son is very gentle with her..sometimes too gentle. LOL  I told him to stand up when she does that and push her down and tell her No but he just panics and cries because when she does it, she scratches his arms.  We just got her this week so her nails haven't been cut yet! She's perfect otherwise and even though she scares Ryan when she does this, he still loves her to pieces. :-) She doesnt do this to my 7 yr old daughter.  I guess cuz he's smaller?? and she's trying to dominate him?

Need advice on what to do when she does this....

Thanks in advance!!

[Deb, Connor & Simon]

In my experience, most large puppies see kids the same way they view littermates. They are playmates to be jumped on, chewed on, chased and played with. I think your being the "leader," you are going to have to do the correcting when Miazy jumps up on your son. A decisive "OFF!" with a loud clap of hands should get her attention and let her know that's against the rules.OR some trainers use the method of leaving a leash on the puppy all the time and when she goes to jump up just step on the leash. OR if she is jumping on an older child or adult, there's another way to correct that.

 

When you start obedience classes, probably jumping up and loose leash walking will be the two most common problems.

 

BTW how old is Maizy?

[Tara and Maizy]

Thanks so much for the quick reply! I figured it was something to do with that since Ryan is a very small 5 yr old. I will definitely try your suggestions.  Thanks!!

Maizy is 18 weeks

[Kelly & Monty]

My doodle is now 9 months but since we got him at 8 weeks he always jumped mainly on 5 year old son's back too.  I was told in the training classes that he thought of him as a litter mate and for my son or anyone else that he jumped on to turn your back to him.  This worked better with adults.  With my son, he would then bite on his rear end or pull and tear his clothes.  It's gotten better but it did take quite awhile.  He still jumps up on my back and claws me for attention.  When he gets too rough in play with my son, I tell him to get out of the situation and just walk away.  The dog doesn't do it as much with my older 8 year old son. 

[Carol]

Manny used to do this with my daughters, particularly the younger girl (she's a little scared and meek around him so he clearly tries to dominate her) and our trainer suggested we do 3 things: (a) when they see Manny coming they should immediately give him a sit command before he can even jump up; (b) throw a toy for him to chase in order to distract him from jumping; and (c) turn and try to face him when they hear him coming and put up their knee so he will run into that and again try to get him to sit or just say. When the girls said "NO" or "NO JUMP" Manny thought it was an invitation to do more so he would just get more excited. So we don't do that. If none of these work and I'm in the room or in view then I will call him and/or get in his line of sight and tell him to sit.

[Tara and Maizy]

guess I gotta teach her to sit-lol haven't done that yet.

still having problems..think I'm going to have to do the leash thing.

she is scratching my son up and he usually ends up crying :-( bc she hurts him. I can't ignore the behavior because she'll tear him up. :-o