Jumping
When your puppy or dog jumps on you they are trying to get to your face. If you watch a puppy or dog they will kiss the leader of the pack to show submission and to confirm that they are the boss. You are the boss so they are trying to get a close to your face as they can. The only way to do this is to jump.
I always try to tell my obedience classes to think of puppies in terms of baby months and it helps to understand the age you are working with. If you have children then you know that when a baby is being taught it takes time, effort and consistency for this. You may try to get the baby to say mama a thousand times and then finally one day the baby says dada. If you will try not to expect so much so quick from your puppy or dog then you will get better results. If you don’t have kids then talk to someone that does and in particular ask them how long it took to potty train their kids and you will understand this is not an over night thing. Again, Time, Effort and Consistency!
I always suggest to new dog owners to go to obedience classes. It helps you learn how to correctly teach them. Most people just simply do not know how to teach whatever it is they want their dog to learn. When you know how it makes teaching you dog more pleasurable. Be sure to talk to previous students to see if they enjoyed the classes and if they learned how to teach their dog the commands they wanted to know. If you cannot go to classes then I recommend getting a book called “Mother Knows Best” by Carol Lea Benjamin. This book helps you understand why your dog does what it does. I have all of her books and when I cannot seem to get thru to a student I get them to read this book and they come back to class with a better understanding of what we are trying to accomplish. I bet that you never knew that sometimes acting like a dog helps you reach your goals quickly and efficiently!
If your dog or puppy jumps on you when you come in the door then this is what I do. First ignore them until you have put down what ever is in your hands. Face your puppy or dog, bend over and take your hand put it in their chest and easily push them back in the sitting position. With an older or bigger dog take the collar and gently push them to the side and put in sitting position. I use the word OFF and then SIT. It may take you a hundred times to do this but the results are well worth it. I use lots of praise with my kids I cannot always have a treat in my hands. Do not hit, do not yell or scream, or kick your puppy or dog. Not only does this teach them to be afraid of you it is negative attention and negative attention is better than no attention. You soon train your dog to respond to this type of attention instead of the correct kind of attention. If your dog is jumping on you when you go out in the yard you can use the same method.
Information courtesy of B Skys Kennel.