Habituation to Visitors (jumpy dogs)

Jumping dog?
Teaching your dog to politely greet your visitors can be hard. This can help. Desensitizing your dog to the sound of a car pulling in or the knock at the door. This will make your dog see these stimuli as a chiming of the clock. 🔈

Maintenance: having an area in your house for the dog to be where they can see your guest but can’t jump on them. some examples are baby gates keeping the dog in a spare room, or an exercise pen. In these areas the dogs need an enrichment toy. 🧸

Teaching your dog to go relax on a mat when they hear the door bell or with a cue you choose like “guest are here”.

Make sure you practice these skills without any visitors to ensure your dog is not getting reinforced through jumping on them.