Lab 1.5 year training question - jumping outside

[Duracraft]

My female lab jumps at the kitchen window when she is hungry or wants inside. I mean kangaroo jumping. She also enjoys a snack off our kitchen island if we are not paying attention. Once the Garmin shock collar is on, neither of these issues occur. I cannot leave the Garmin on all the time, due to hot spots. So, how do you train the dog not to jump at the window and not to eat off the counter as soon as we are not paying attention. Beatings will continue and I assume they will pay off as she gets older.

[MolliesMaster]

Don't leave food on the counter.

[coachhendo]

If she fully understands that she is NOT to counter-surf, but does it anyway then the correction isn't strong enough. Beatings or collar.

[Duracraft]

Don't leave food on the counter.

If I was the only one in the house, that would be easy... That part I will get fixed, but the jumping has been difficult. Not on people, but basically to be seen.

[MolliesMaster]

I get that.


The jumping part sounds like a smart dog with some personality. The problem there is that it sounds like it works, and the dog has learned to do it because it works. Maybe you could go out the door and give a stern sit command and some ecollar pressure. Then take the dog through some other obedience drills. Walk her to the door have her sit, open the door, walk in and then call the dog in. I don't know if this will fix it but it creates pressure on the undesired behavior and hopefully shapes a successful way for the dog to signify it wants to come inside.

[Quack07]

Don't reward the jumping. If she is let in and/or fed after she is jumping around like a kangaroo, she is going to continue. Divert her attention to something else. Make her sit on a place board or something nearby to get the reward instead. Lengthen the time that she has to sit incrementally each time before being let in and/or fed.

[trkykilr]

I have nothing constructive to add. I am, however, getting a good laugh thinking about the dog jumping like a kangaroo.

[wob]

[huntinghagen#12]

My setter jumps like that when I go to let him out of the kennel, thank god he doesn't do it anywhere else. Last thing I need is his big ass hopping up and down in the house or anywhere else.

[cajunwannabe]

Besides beatings I'd try a tie out and cable her down outside at the kitchen window so she can't jump coupled with an E collar for when she makes a move to try to jump. Does she jump up on visitors? Heavy knee to the sternum will usually fix that.

[Duracraft]

Besides beatings I'd try a tie out and cable her down outside at the kitchen window so she can't jump coupled with an E collar for when she makes a move to try to jump. Does she jump up on visitors? Heavy knee to the sternum will usually fix that.

She does not jump on visitors. Mainly at the fence when I pull in my driveway and at the back window when she is fired up over food or wanting in the house to get to us. Once the collar is in place, this does not occur.... She figured that thing out.

[2thDoc]

Don't leave food on the counter.

my man

[Sasha and Abby]

Set the dog up for a fail. Leave something good on the counter... let her be aware of its presence without showing her. Go in the other room and BEAT HER ASS when she triggers it.

Then, set a rat trap with food in it up there... you may have to "hide" the trap after the first time but you will cure her of surfing.

[Sasha and Abby]

Also, it sounds like she is collar conditioned to the collar being off. You might try another "dummy collar"

[FULLCHOKE]

You’re not beating her hard enough or shocking her high enough to make it memorable for her.

[centurian]

don't feed her unless she is in her kennel, where she belongs

[Maggie Glover]

Does she respond to Dad voice like she does the collar? At that age, you will have to set her up to fail like mentioned above and move conditioning up with and without the collar. My dogs only wear their invisible fence collar a couple of days a month these days and mainly for my benefit. I can tell you that getting them to cross that invisible line with or without that collar is damn near impossible.

If she responds to dad voice, then you are well on your way. Still at that age, I would say it will take a couple of weeks and CONSISTENCY to fix. I would consider a crate with no door during this process to give her a safe place. MG

[Palmetto Bug]

Scat mat. After your dog is trained, it's great for practical jokes.

[Palmetto Duck]

Put her in a kennel outside if you don’t want her jumping at you back door. Then you decide when she comes in. Hopefully she doesn’t start barking if you do that. The counter thing has been covered.