She jumps on my husband because he always encourged and rewarded her behavior. He would tell her not to jump while rubbing her belly. He finally started to get annoyed with it and I find myself telling him to turn around and ignore her on a daily basis.

She jumps on other people because I’m bad about telling other people to turn around and ignore her behavior. People seem to get weird when you give them directions like that. Like if they don’t understand why they’re doing it or what the purpose is. I have to be more consistent about telling people what to do when they encounter my jumping dog.

The one thing is is pretty good about is not jumping on me. She doesn’t do it often because I started ignoring her behavior from the very beginning. I also stopped making a big deal about leaving or coming home so she doesn’t get all riled up. When I come home I say hello, but keep walking until I put my stuff down. She follows me, very excitedly and promptly sits when she sees my arms are empty. Then I go in for the big hellos and belly rubs. It’s proof that the method works, we just have to keep at it.

After reading your post I did try letting Bailey sniff the things in my hand. She also likes to jump and snatch things so maybe this will help.

Picture this:
Silas is greeting a stranger. People make him a little nervous, but he likes this one.
Person pets Silas for a minute
Silas starts to get a little restless–this is going on too long.
Silas jumps up on person
I call him away.
Silas is so relieved!

I noticed a lot less jumping after he learned that it was okay to just walk away from someone when he was done. And, of course, I picked up on it and learned to give him a break.