Puppy jumping up

[JodieO]

Our 5 month old puppy is lovely but she jumps up a lot, she was VERY mouthy from when we got her at 8 weeks from the rspca but that has got a lot better recently. Any tips on how to stop this as she jumps up and nips too which isn't great.

Any help would be appreciated

Forgot another thing, she's recently started growling at the kittens (they are 6 months old) and chasing them. She justs wants to play with them but it scares them. She's caught one of them and has him in her mouth but he is always unharmed (hence knowing she wants to play with him) but the other kitten warns her off with hisses and "going" for her. The one kitten just sits there and lets her do it though :/ How can we deal with this?

No idea I'm afraid, my nearly 6 month puppy is a nightmare for jumping, ignoring just doesn't seem to work. Hopefully someone will come along with wise words and sort us both out.

You must not let the puppy chase the cat at any costs.

Put a house line on the dog and the minute he moves towards the cats stop him. One shake of the kitten while in the dogs mouth and you will only have one kitten left. Or keep them separate.

Re jumping up cross you arms and turn away from the dog. The minute he has all for feet on the ground praise him. If you are consistent he will stop quite quickly. Allternatively only every stork him when he is sitting down. If he is sitting down he cannot be jumping up!

Re nipping say a loud ow when he nips you and walk away all intereaction stops when he nips you. He will soon learn that to nip means no more attention.

Both these methods WILL work but may need a little tweaking for individual dogs so let me know if it is not working.

Good luck and keep that kitten safe

Thanks minimu, last night was awful actually. Dp was feeding the kittens and puppy some chicken and the puppy really went for one of them, it wasn't playful. She got him in her mouth and it was only that we were quick that stopped him being hurt imo. She really growled and tried to shake him, something that has never happened before. We keep her on a lead but it's when the kitten walks past that she tries to play with them usually, wouldn't let her chase them.

Crossing arms and turning away doesn't work, it only make her more excited and she jumps up behind instead, same with walking away. Tried that for nipping too but it doesn't work. She actually jumps up to the sofa (we don't let her on it) and just starts snapping. She continues trying to nip even as she's pushed down from the sofa and just gets more and more excited.

Will definitely not let her anywhere near the kittens. Is there anyway to stop her doing it?

I have recently found that tellingBella to Sit is the best way to stop her jumping up She is 9 months old, and does jump up whenwe come back in after being out etc... for ages we were telling her "down"...whichworked sort of...but she is much better trained to her "sit" command (we have been working on thatwithher)soas soon asshe goes to jumpif we tell her to "sit" thenthat usuallyworks as as minimu says she cant be jumping if she is sitting LOL.Then when she is sitting she gets lots of stoking/fuss/praise etc...
Also I do find that Bella is more jumpy if she is bored or in need of a bit more attention etc...(other than when we come home...when she is also jumpy)so often a bit of a playing session, or some training or a walk if it is possible helps to settle her down and when we come back in she is happy to just snooze or potter around....

oh and my space bar isbroken so please excuselack of spaces...
and no idea about the cats as we dont have any LOL
Good luck

Thanks She does respond better to sit, think we'll have to try that and see how it goes. It's odd with her as she can be calm etc and then all of a sudden start the jumping and nipping, even after long walks, playing etc. Seems to have no real reason why.

JodieO if standing up etc does not stop the jumping then teach either the sit or a go to bed command again if the dog is away from you they cannot jump up and you can stroke them in the bed. But I would persevere with the sit.

Do be prepared for the behaviour to get worse before its get better! This is very common. The dog has always found jumping up rewarding so if it doesn't get the reward he will try even harder eg jumping more DO NOT give up or worry this is normal and if you persevere he will stop soon honest!

Re the kittens I would not let them run free together at all. This situation does worry me and I am not sure really what to advise without seeing the situation. I now that I would not let the kittens and dog run free together at all.
You do not want to encourage the chase instinct in the dog.

What type of dog is it.

Thank you again minimu, I appreciate your advice.

She does sit when asked, less so when excited though. We never stroke her when she jumps up but she does still do it a lot. Will definitely use the sit command all the time when she jumps now though and stick to that.

After last night they won't be running together anymore. It's very concerning to me too We rescued the kittens (6/7months old now) from a shelter a few weeks before we got our puppy (also rehomed) and they were fine together at first but I really would like it if they could co-exist happily.

She's a staffy x shar pei according to the rspca but the mum looked like a staffy x lab, the dad was a shar pei.