Help Jumpy Puppy

[geekone]

Help puppy is 5 months and has become jumpy. This is a problem because he is a giant puppy. I have always ignored him when I come in the room pushed him off when he jumps but he has taken to jumping on us to get attention. He just jumped on my DS (8) because he was drinking milk and the dog wanted it.
He jumped on a lady tonight first time when we were out he was excited but not the point.
I will be telling others to ignore him too but what else can I do. I know it is just a puppy stage but I want to nip it in the bud and so have come here for some helpful advice

As you've identified, it's really a normal thing for dogs to do - but if they aren't trained out of it they'll carry on doing it forever.

This is a useful primer

Note that pushing the dog off, saying no, or even merely looking at the dog are all forms of attention, so total ignoring is needed when the dog is jumping up!

Thank you. It’s easy for me to ignore but much harder for DS. In will try not to push asi good advice.

Ignoring is the only thing that works for ours, but he still does it (he's five months).

When he jumps, stand still, cross your arms (either normally or across your chest) and look away. No rewards (fuss, attention or verbal communication) until he has all four paws on the floor. Once he's stood (or sat, whichever he does first), then reward with fuss/communication/treats, whichever motivates your dog the best.

Mine really isn't bothered about attention - which went right against us in puppy class! We all had to go and fuss other people's puppies and all the others learnt not to jump in order to get attention, ours wasn't remotely interested in attention from a stranger and just kept bouncing but treats worked a treat. You just have to find what motivates your dog.

Also trim their nails so that if they do it they they don’t scratch.

Lots of good advice, ignoring is a good step and I second the advice about pushing off being attention.
One step further would be to turn your back and even move away completely but continue to ignore him.
Be careful about rewarding as soon as his feet are on the ground as you can sometimes create a chain. Dog will learn "I jump, she ignores, I sit, she rewards" and can believe he needs to jump in order to be rewarded. It's important to reward him after he stops jumping but be sure to reward him at other times, try and get there before he has the opportunity to jump with some tasty nibbles to distract him.

One thing that has worked well in really bad situations is to do some practice entering, teach the dog another way to behave.
So enter the room with the dog and scatter some food away from you on the floor. The dog will be distracted and eat, try to put some distance between yourself and the dog. The second he finishes the last treat and begins to walk towards you, you can click him and give him a treat. You can continue to do this as long as his feet are on the floor until he is calmer. If he jumps then you leave and the game is over. You can repeat this game several times a day, get the kids to join in and hopefully he should start to realise that you being in a room doesn't mean he has to jump. If there are other things that trigger the jumping then repeat the game with those things so for example getting milk.