[yorkietalkjilly]

I made the result of jumping off the couch or bed so big a deal, following him around pointing at him saying, "Noooooooooo oh, nooooooooooo" "uh oh, bad doggggggggg, nooooooooooo" "noooooooooooo bad jump" and following him until I picked him up and always put him back up on the place he'd just jumped from and made him go down the stairs,whereupon he then had a "gooooood jump stairs" praise-phrase said over and over, smiles, happy-dancing party, a treat and lots of praise so he learned just to go down the steps and avoid the big dang fuss and get the good stuff. The thing is, you have to be consistent and be willing to go through whatever reactions you have every time in order for them to begin to associate the jumping off the furniture with your going haywire vs. the going down the stairs with nothing but positive reinforcement. Then you can stop all the reacting once they are going down the stairs all the time.