Puppy jumping at our face

[gale]

My kids were sitting on the floor playing with the puppy. She would run around a little and when she came back to the kids she jumped up at their faces. Obviously not something we can allow. So what is the best remedy? btw both have glasses so she seems to like jumping up and grabbing their glasses. She doesn't always do this-she just seemed a little more excited this evening. She does still nip a lot (yip and ignore isn't working even a little bit but we're still doing it) and she also jumps but mostly when we're standing up.

eta: they tried turning around with their back to her to ignore her. She just ran around in front of them. They weren't actually *playing* with her but just sitting there and when she came near them they would pet her.

[Doberluv]

Yup....playtime ends instantly when she bites or jumps into their faces. No scolding needed, just have the kids stand up and calmly walk away, completely ignoring her. Try again in a few minutes, but choose a type of play that tends not to encourage that kind of playing. Perhaps instead of sitting on the floor at her level, teach her fetch or maybe try finding out how to teach her a trick or two that the kids can learn and help with. Be sure she gets plenty of exercise appropriate for her age and breed and some obedience practice....very short sessions each day. And even not sessions, just a sit or two here and a down or come there.

[smkie]

i had a devil of time when i first got Victor. He wanted to crawl right up my nose and down my throat i swear and the more i tried to keep four on the floor the more he took it as rejection. He then would try twice as hard to become one with my brain. I was at my wits end with this post stress neurotic pointer. Creature Teacher was a mod we had here that was a behavior expert. She said teach him up to teach him down. So we took a chair and up..he did that willing enough and then with a leash we went down. We did it about a million times and guess what it worked. Down meant down to him. He just didn't understand what i wanted before. After the up lesson it all made sense to him. And that was the end of my problem.