Useful Dog Tricks performed by Jesse - StumbleUpon. Agility Trials. Dog Behaviour Solutions: Jumping Up, Pulling, Chasing, Runaway. My dog charges the door and jumps on people who enter my home. What can I do? Another behavior that causes problems for owners is door charging. Door charging is the behavior of the dog speeding to the door whenever anyone knocks or rings the bell.
To deal with this problem start by teaching the dog to sit and stay for a food reward in the entry area. Gradually phase out food treats when the behavior is learned and can be reliably repeated. Next you may need to practice with family members entering the home. Always require your dog to sit before it gets petted and you can go along way to eliminating jumping behavior. How can I prevent my dog from jumping up on others and me? For many dogs, jumping up on people is part of their greeting routine. Usually the motivation for the jumping up behavior is to greet people. Make the dog sit and stay while people come and hand the dog a treat. Another way to train this behavior is to set up visitors to come to your home. Dog Behaviour Solutions: House-Soiling Problems. There are numerous reasons that a dog might soil the house with urine and/or stools. Determining the specific reason is essential for developing a treatment program. Dogs that soil the home continuously or intermittently from the time they were first obtained may not have been properly house-trained.
House-training is essential for success. Why is my dog soiling the house? Dogs that have been previously house-trained, may begin to soil the home for medical reasons or behavioral reasons. Why am I finding urination on upright objects? Marking is urination on upright objects. Why does my dog urinate when he meets new people or I come home? Two specific types of house-soiling, submissive and excitement urination, differ from most other forms of house-soiling in that the dog has little control over its elimination. Owner intervention in the form of verbal reprimands or punishment, only serve to aggravate the problem by making the dog act more submissive which leads to further urination.