A frequent and frustrating behavior that dog owners face is their pet jumping for attention.
Despite lots of corrective ways to address it, the dog continues to jump. Often, the solution to an undesirable behavior is to first have a better understanding of why the dog does it, so you can then deny the dog what it wants until you get what you want.
Jumping up is attention-seeking behavior. Our attention — from the dog's perspective — comes in three forms: eye contact, voice and physical touch. With this in mind, if you address your jumping dog by scolding him and pushing him away, you are, in fact, giving him exactly what he is seeking — attention!
From the dog's perspective, you were a little grumpy, but you gave attention nonetheless, so it seems logical for the dog to continue in this manner.
Keep in mind that dogs are bright, and spend enormous amounts of time figuring out how to glean what they want from their environment. Dogs repeat behavior that "pays" them in some sort of way, and quickly discard behavior that doesn't provide a positive outcome.
So, to best address the jumping dog,...
