wondered if anyone could give me advice my 18 month dog won't stop jumping on my settee and constantly barks and whines everytime anyone goes past our house really starting to get me down and cause arguments in house please any advice would be appreciated:help:

Welcome to some of the joys of owning a dog, as this started recently or is it learnt behaviour, is it healthy, gets enough exercise, is it left for long periods on its own and is just excited when it sees somebody.


Sorry to be vague but these are a few of the points I would be looking at.

yeah to all of those hubby spoilt him as a pup and now he's got big it's causing probs could do with training hubby up first,i'm really trying but don't seem to get anywhere he's on his own quite a bit in a day

what breed of dog is he? Will try and advise, breed can make a difference

If he as been allowed to jump on furniture in the past and spends a lot of time on his own I would have thought his current behaviour is quite “normal”. It looks like you are going to have to go back to the basics, find a dog training class and get your husband to take him because like you said he will need training as well.

Good luck :thumbsup:

he's a greyhound x jack russell as far as we can tell

yeah you are right going to have alook round for a training school near me as we've no transport thanks for your imput

That's a strange mix!

definitely greyhound? not whippet? Whippets are far more lively than greyhounds so would explain his energy and is a closer size to a JRT.

I'd suggest getting a house line for your dog. These are just light leads that your dog can happily drag around the house (supervise him when it's attached) without it weighing on him and then when he gets up on the sofa, you can grab the lead and get him to get off the sofa without having to reach for his collar.

Whenever you remove him from the sofa, give him the same command. We use 'off' because we use 'down' for lie down. He'll associate these eventually.

Never let him get away with jumping around just for an easy life, nothing in life is free and you mustn't let him think that he can get away with not doing as you say.

When he's going loopy, tell him to settle down, and if he doesn't, shut him in a room alone for 2 minutes. 2 minutes is plenty but 3 minutes is the longest you can punish a dog for because they dont' understand what they've done after that.
Let him out after 2 minutes and if he continues, put him back in. You'll be amazed at how fast this works!

Good luck

That's a strange mix!

definitely greyhound? not whippet? Whippets are far more lively than greyhounds so would explain his energy and is a closer size to a JRT.

I'd suggest getting a house line for your dog. These are just light leads that your dog can happily drag around the house (supervise him when it's attached) without it weighing on him and then when he gets up on the sofa, you can grab the lead and get him to get off the sofa without having to reach for his collar.

Whenever you remove him from the sofa, give him the same command. We use 'off' because we use 'down' for lie down. He'll associate these eventually.

Never let him get away with jumping around just for an easy life, nothing in life is free and you mustn't let him think that he can get away with not doing as you say.

When he's going loopy, tell him to settle down, and if he doesn't, shut him in a room alone for 2 minutes. 2 minutes is plenty but 3 minutes is the longest you can punish a dog for because they dont' understand what they've done after that.
Let him out after 2 minutes and if he continues, put him back in. You'll be amazed at how fast this works!

Good luck
Brilliant advice Lottie :thumbsup: in fact i may have to try it on my lot before long :hihi:

We use 'off' because we use 'down' for lie down.

Same here! Super advice Lottie as always!!

wondered if anyone could give me advice my 18 month dog won't stop jumping on my settee and constantly barks and whines everytime anyone goes past our house really starting to get me down and cause arguments in house please any advice would be appreciated:help:

I have to say this sounds exactly like our whippet. She's loud, she jumps on the furniture, stands on the table, jumps into peoples arms... We've tried and tried to train her.
However nothing worked. I tried everything, but my mother lets her get away with it, so in the end it was pointless.
Now we live with a mad dog. :hihi:

Moonbird, it's amazing how late you can start with them.

Takara's always had a good deal of discipline but recently my parents decided they didn't want the dogs on the sofa anymore. A water spray bottle has worked wonders to teach them and whenever Takara has a mad 5 minutes she goes in the kitchen for a cool down period.

Isn't it funny how some of us know all the 'rules' but have unruly dogs ourselves? ;)

The barking and whining.... how do you (or anybody else) usually respond to this? If you shout at him, or respond with any form of 'excitement', you're joining in (from his point of view). We had a problem with Brude barking at people outside (traumatic experience kicked it off). I found that stroking him and talking softly was the best way to assure him that all the noise wasn't necessary. He's now learned to bark in a whisper :roll:

If he has never been allowed on the sofa, has he learned (as I would expect any jack russell to) that this will get him attention (Brude sticks his head in the bin. If that doesn't work - he barks with his head in the bin. Failing that, he shreds the tissues from the bin :roll: )

I'd give the spray bottle a go for a couple of days and see where that gets you for the sofa problem

Moonbird, it's amazing how late you can start with them.

Takara's always had a good deal of discipline but recently my parents decided they didn't want the dogs on the sofa anymore. A water spray bottle has worked wonders to teach them and whenever Takara has a mad 5 minutes she goes in the kitchen for a cool down period.
Mine have always slept on the furniture lol i don't really mind to much, but what they have started doing since i got the little one is way OTT excitedment when going for walks, so much so i don't always want to take them now, they are fine once they are out, but once the leads come out they are whining, barking and leaping around, they never used to do that before leads used to go on and off we went, it's now become a real chore. :sad:

:hihi: I want to meet Brude. I agree Strix, I'm forever groaning about people whos dogs are a bit wild, and I have one right here who never does what she's told. She's 26 months old too, so you'd think she'd have learnt by now :rolleyes:
Bracken (the whippet) stands on the arm of the sofa which looks out of the window and barks at passers-by. All our neighbours laugh, but it does get kinda annoying when she jumps over you to stand on the arm and yap at the man walking his Yorkie at 7am :rolleyes: Fortunately our next door neighbour is my grandad. And his dog barks when he sees animals on the TV :hihi:
Bracken will also bark at you until you let her sit on your knee. and then she spread out like a bony pancake on your knee. :hihi: Good job I love her, isn't it? :rolleyes: :lol:

Oh and also, Bracken wears braces for walkies, and when she sees them she walks around like she's tired, flapping everywhere and pretending to be poorly so she doesn't have to wear the "bra" as my little sister calls it. Its hilarious. :hihi:

thanks everyone for your advice at least now i know i'm not alone lol.i also agree he could be whippet rather than greyhound but thought he was smaller due to jack russell in him lotti you have obviously had a lot to do with dogs pity you don't live next door! by the way still thinking about training school for puddin (the dog ) and my hubby does anyone know of one in s2 area?

Back again :D

I agree with Strix, stroking can reassure a nervous dog but if your dog is like mine, he will bark to force you to play with him. Takara thinks that barking will mean we'll play with her.
Why?
Because dad has always tried to shut her up by playing with her!

Now she tries to make friends by barking at other dogs and this makes quite a few of them nervous of her :rolleyes:

If it's because he wants attention that he barks don't look at him, pretend you can't hear him. That doesn't mean doing what my dad did and looking at him and saying 'I can't hear you!' that doesn't work! :loopy:

Not sure on training schools in S2 but will try and find out for you.

Moonbird, can I suggest you teach them that unless they're sat down, their leads don't go on and therefore no walk.

Our two have to come when called in the house, sit in front of us and wait, then their leads go on - while sat - and they wait until we tell them they can go through the door.
It makes matters a lot easier if you teach your dogs to sit before they have their leads on!

Another excellent point by Strix.

Dogs communicate through body language and vocals.
The dominant dog in a pack will be the quietest. S/he will assert their authority through their quietly confident dignity.

Puppies and juvenile dogs will bark at each other. Therefore the leader will not tell them to be quiet by barking because that means they're joining in the play.

So as Strix says, when you shout back at your dog, they think you're playing, it's a juvenile action.

If you do say anything, say it quietly - you'll get far better results ;) but as I said, it's better to just not look at them, takes them a while to shut up but they won't bother as much in future because they know they get no attention for it.

Moonbird, can I suggest you teach them that unless they're sat down, their leads don't go on and therefore no walk.

Our two have to come when called in the house, sit in front of us and wait, then their leads go on - while sat - and they wait until we tell them they can go through the door.
It makes matters a lot easier if you teach your dogs to sit before they have their leads on!
Thanks Lotti but mine will sit nicely for leads on, they dance about before, and after untill we leave the house.... not fun when one is greyhound sized and likes to bop you on the nose (although i am good at avoiding that now lol) :rolleyes: the worst thing for me is the barking and noise they have started to make :mad: