In many cases, one of the most frightening things for you dog to do is to jump on a small child or a guest to your home. They may jump excitedly because you are home, but if you have a really big dog this can cause you injury or injury to one of your family members especially the children.

Luckily, learning how to stop dogs jumping is fairly easy and you should be able to control your dogs jumping in no time.

One of the main reasons that dogs jump up on visitors is because they want to show that they are in your dogs house, and that your dog is the leader. In this case your dog could become aggressive with the visitors, this problem should be dealt with quickly.

Jumping up is sometimes a way that dogs greet people. This is one of the other main causes of jumping. It’s fine that your dog wants to greet you but jumping up on a persons chest is not ok.

Another reason for the jumping may be that your dog was rewarded or praised for behaving this way at some time in the past. Rewarding or praising dogs encourages them to repeat that particular behaviour.

One of the best ways to stop your dog jumping is to make arrive home a casual affair. Don’t go overboard and turn it into a big deal. If your dog is all over you and bothering you a lot on your arrival, give him a quick squirt of water to the face - this will remind him that you need to be treated with respect.

Coming down to your dog’s level is another way you can minimize the jumping. This way your dog will be able to sniff you without jumping up and also gets the attention he’s after.

Avoid play fighting with your dog as this will teach your dog that its ok to jump up on you and play rough. Your dog will become accustomed to this behaviour being acceptable and will not know the boundaries, ie, when and where jumping is ok.

When your dog is getting way out of hand, you need to put more emphasis on training your dog. Be firm with your dog on a consistent basis and teach the basic commands to your dog again. The “Sit”, and “Off” commands are good to start with.