There are many small things that an owner can do to improve his dogs behaviour. You can consider clicker training as a form of reward training, and if you start to train your puppy from the beginning, you will most certainly have no big problems with you companion. Take jumping for example, a problem for many owners. Here is a way for you to work with a dog that jumps at you to greet you. When he start to jump, turn away from him.
Don't use any verbal languish, just silently turn away from him. Some dogs are very stubborn and can keep jumping for several minutes, but be patient, he will sooner or later stop and walk around you, as he wants to face you when he greets you. He might try jumping again, just turn away again. As soon as he is not jumping when he stands in front of you, use the clicker and reward him, by calmly petting him, or with a treat.
If your dog is very difficult with this behaviour, you might want to use treats in the beginning, to make him really motivated. He will soon get the idea and what you want him to do. Use the same exercise when people are coming to your house. Teach him to sit when people are entering the house. When he obeys for a couple of seconds or more, click and reward.
Remember if you use petting as a reward, to do so calmly, since petting in it self can exaggerate the dog to jump. On a given sign from you, you let the dog move forward and greet them, but forbid jumping by firmly saying "no" and holding him down. Click and reward when he greets without jumping.
Ask your friends to help you train him by coming over and ringing the door bell. In that way you will get more regular training opportunities, and soon enough your dog has gotten rid of this unwanted behaviour.
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