Why does my dog jump on me at the dog park?
Felipe Hoeger
2025-07-11 06:56:43
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Most of the time, jumping only indicates that your dog is seeking attention.
Of course, one of the most likely reasons is that your dog is just really excited to see you.
If they jump up when you arrive home or after a period of absence, wagging their tail gleefully, they are probably just really happy to see you and cannot contain their excitement.
There can be a number of reasons your dog is jumping up.
Working out the reason can be helpful to know how to deal with it.
Affection and excitement
Of course, another reason for dogs jumping up could be aggression.
But it is usually paired with other signs like lunging, snarling, barking, tail low, hackles raised etc…
One thing that can cause jumping up, but that really ought to be quickly stopped is jumping up for food.
This may be in a few scenarios such as: Jumping up to steal human food Jumping up because you are about to feed them their own food.
Alan Labadie
2025-07-02 17:47:37
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Dogs jump for all kinds of reasons: attention, excitement or not knowing what else to do when they see a person. We not only permit this behavior, we encourage it. We know we shouldn't encourage jumping, but a fuzzy puppy is just too cute to resist. We forget that cute behavior in a puppy can become a real nuisance when they grow up. Allowing your dog to jump on people can be dangerous too. You can end up scratched and bruised.
A child or frail adult can be knocked down and seriously injured.
Teach your dog that they receive no attention for jumping on you or anyone else.
You can turn your back and only pet your dog when all four paws are on the floor.
Teach your dog to do something that is incompatible with jumping up, such as sitting.
They can't sit and jump up at the same time.
If they are not sitting, they get no attention.
Frederick Brakus
2025-06-23 07:24:02
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She's 1.5 years old. She is very friendly. When I went to the dog park for the first time she ran in and immediately jumped up on someone. It's the dog park, it's okay and expected that sometimes dogs jump up. My daughter knows dogs jump sometimes and we know that's just part of the deal. You really don't have to leave, it's okay. Jumping up is something we are working on right now.