My 14 week old pup has learned to jump towards me with a bark and a bite motion. When she does this, I tell her no and stop the activity and/or get up and walk away.

What worked for those of you experiencing the same thing?

The word No doesn’t have much of a meaning to a young pup and simply stopping can go as far as making then feel unheard and dismissed.

Even if both successfully stop the behaviour, neither are good for your relationship in the long term.

Instead, redirect and save your voice to use it only as a reinforcer (imagine having to call her away from a passing bike one day, you want her to immediately come to you thinking something good is going to follow).

Use scent to redirect her brain, which will help her overstimulated mind focus a little. Enough for you to then provide her with something else to do.

Sometimes it’s just something sporadic pups will do, but often times it’s a reliable way to communicate boredom/pent up energy or frustration (because even if you say No or Stop, you’re still reinforcing the behaviour and thus it will keep getting repeated).