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Originally Posted by missfancypants25

Well the instructors said the point of this exercise was to first teach the dogs that "off" meant to "back off." They want the puppies to actually take a step back eventually. They said that once the dog understands that "off" means they have to back up it will work when they jump up on people, because they'll know to "back off."

A-HA! Got it!

I'm not a dog trainer and this is my first real experience with any sort of dog training, so I can't really say much about the method. What I CAN say is that it worked absolutely PERFECTLY for Waeryn. After a very short while of teaching her "off," she does it wonderfully. Here are a couple of examples:

GOOD WORK!!!!!!

Debbie