Tips to stop dog barking and jumping when someone knocks on door

[NotSoJollyChristmas]

We have a neutered JRT bitch. She’s had a couple of behavioural issues in the past that we have managed to fix but the one thing that we cannot stop is this.
Whenever someone comes to the door, she bolts towards it and jumps and barks at the door, we then have to put her into a different room in order to answer the door as she won’t calm down.
I’m just wondering if anyone has any tips or has been threw similar

No advice sadly but following as our dig is exactly the same

...dog not dig..

Mine barks and then runs to the door then straight into another room behind a baby gate.

We accidentally 'taught' him that by moving him to that room before we opened the door each time. He gets a few treats scattered on the floor each time so now he just thinks that is what he needs to do when someone knocks. He even does it automatically when the tescos delivery van pulls up outside the house .

This works perfectly for us because he is barking to let us know but then sits quietly behind the baby gate.

We practiced with ours. He used to go a bit crazy when the door went.
We practiced by getting him to sit stay and one of us rang the door bell. If he sat and stayed he got a treat. We did this for a few days and he got it.
Now he will give a bark when the bell goes but jumps up and sits in the chair waiting until we signal it's okay for him to get down.

Oh forgot to mention she will under no circumstances work for treats, she’s not food driven

@NotSoJollyChristmas

Oh forgot to mention she will under no circumstances work for treats, she’s not food driven

What treats are you using?

We’ve tried dog biscuits, tiny little bits of cheeses, little bits of chicken. A dog trainer that only trains for lead work and recall suggested bits of sausage, she was not interested in that either

Have you tried liver treats? Sprats? Something really gross and smelly?

Mine won't do any work for plain biscuits - he likes cheese but that's not strong enough for some training either, lol.

Train for the situation not in it. Usually because your dog is super aroused and over excited in the moment so can’t think when the door goes. Teach calm, so reward nothing, try boundary training so the minute door goes dog goes on a boundary - this is something that takes time but I do both calm & boundary training with my boy who is/was quite over excitable and highly aroused dog he’s much calmer and makes good choices as he’s not in that hyper state. He’s also not super food orientated but loves a squeaky ball or liver if it’s something I really want him to do. Small amounts but if you go high value for this - try liver paste too.

Depends how much success you want to get with this tbh.

If you do not have a lot of time to train then I would do as you are doing an pop her in another room and not let her have any interaction with visitors when they arrive at the door.

If food (at the moment ) does not motivate her what does?

All dogs can become food motivated, often it is the food delivery that is the problem. So just offereing a treat of any value is boring to many dogs, but if you flick the treat or make the treat move they become more interested in it. Especially terriers who love to chase movement.

I would work on food motivation first away from the door. All meals will be given via treats and not from a bowl. You can hide food under your hand and then flick the food out across the room etc. Have the food in your hand and then animate your hand so your dog chases your hand. This will take a few sessions but not many.

Then when food is a motivator or stick to a toy if your prefer. Get someone in your family to ring the door bell, then put treat or toy in the location you want your dog to be in. Repeat this a lot and the door bell with become the cue to go to the new location. Dog can not jump on people if they are sitting on their mat in a new location.