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Old 10-16-2007, 05:42 PM
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Default Re: jumping/escaping

you should try contacting a few trainers in your area and see what their opinions are and if they have any suggestions.

That's weird for her to jump when you are there and playing together Could she be getting scared somehow and trying to getaway? Is there a trigger for her jumping? It might not be an obvious trigger but something is making her jump so try to pay attention really hard next time and try to remember what was happening the times before.

Maybe she is getting too excited when playing and then doing this. My dog has a similar problem. If she gets too/overly excited while playing then she starts running around really fast in cirlces around the back yard and we can't stop her; it almost becomes a game. We have been working on it though and it has been improving. When she starts getting this way we stop play right away and let her calm down and praise her a lot for calming down and being obedient. Some dogs have a hard time controlling their emotions or don't know how just like when kids are growing up and learning so we have to teach them to control themselves. I know that helped me a lot. Also, because we know she has this problem we keep her on the leash most of the time when we take her out untill she calms down. Then when she is calm we praise her and let her off. If she starts again she's on the leash. We also try to stay as calm as possible because dogs feed off our energy: if you get hyper they will too.

Just few more suggestions to try and help!
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