Well thanks for all the input.
In answer to some of your questions, especially the "why does the dog do this anyway", the reason is, because she is 20 weeks old and we have been trying (believe it or not!) for 10 weeks to stop her, but the bigger she's getting the worse she's getting with HIM and him alone! Anybody else, I can get an instant sit, with me I can get an instant "sit", and because I don't know WHEN she's going to actually DO it, I'm hardly going to spend my entire life telling the poor girl to SIT just in case she DOES do a leap up on me/friend/visitor etc. etc. am I???? I can only ask her to sit AFTER she's jumped up and considering that's about 1 in 50 people how on earth am I going to know who it would be then? I can't make her sit at everybody we pass out on a walk surely? NO, I won't do that!
When I see husband's car pulling up on the drive I have once said "daddy's home" to which she went absolutely ballistic, just like she does when he walks into the bootroom, when of course I've already told her "daddy's home" from the kitchen when I've opened that door, same scenario. I've tried NOT telling her he's come home, he's tried coming in very quietly and sedately, same scenario. I've had her
sitting in the bootroom with a bundle of treats (high grade treats!) in my hand and as he's walked through the door, I've spun him around to MAKE him turn his back on her, same scenario. His workbag is trodden on to get to him, she jumps up on his back and scratches it, he gives her a treat when I say quick, she's sitting down, she's got all four legs down praise her NOW, give her a treat, and off she goes on one again! This is not purely a quick jump up, hello how are you case, and this is my SIXTH gsd puppy, I've had all this before, I don't want it, I don't like it, and it's
usually quite curable, but this time I am at my wit's end, and that is why I was actually wondering whether if he brought one of his legs up
when she was alread UP, it might just stop her???!! My reasoning is that it is actually "blocking" her from gaining acess to the front of his body? Obviously I didn't mean to bring it up on her approach and knee her in the bl**dy chest did I, even if the gas fitter meant for me to do that! I love this little puppy, but I don't love her quite as much when she does this to my o/h, nor do I like it when she does it to anybody who's out, be it less manic and be it less often, I just don't want it, I really hate dogs that jump up!
Pidge I seem to remember you had a terrible problem with Woody once with this kind of thing,
he used to have episodes of going ballistic like this and jumping up at your o/h didn't he I seem to remember? Now you've completely cured it by totally ignoring the behaviour then. The trouble I have is, poor Dave if he just stood there with his back to her and ignored her, his back would still end up in shreds, and even when he tries to walk away she continues to follow him leaping up at him and he's got his BACK to her? The only way is to let my o/h walk away with me holding her in a sit with the lead and harness, coz there's no way in this World she would stay in that sit and let him walk away from her when he's only just come home, no way!
Tonight I will try the harness and lead again, MAKE her stay on the floor, MAKE my o/h totally ignore her and when she's calmed down enough, I'll let him approach her with a treat to give her AFTER she's stayed down and he's made a fuss of her then?
Failing that, I will have to stop
him coming home or stop him GOING every day!
It's a total, utter nightmare, I wish I could video it for you!