How to stop my dog from jumping on people?

Well, we live in a small town where there are no obedience classes. I have already taught her most of the commands she must know (I mean come, sit, lay down, stay, heal), but when we meet people willing to pet her, she actually goes like crazy. She behave well in the presence of people who ignore her, even in presence of other dogs, so I think she knows the commands that I give her. Steady work may be the solution. She will eventually calm down with age, and maybe she will pay attention to me in such situations. I didn't know about the anti-jumping harness. Did you use it? Is it confortable for the dog?

I have never used one. But from what I understand about them is they go around the dogs neck and shoulder and then between thier legs to thier back legs. They attach to the back legs so when they try to jump it will not allow them to extend their bodies to jump. I would venture to say that it will not hurt them but it is certainly not made to be comfortable if they attempt to jump. Since you say she knows the basic commands now is the time to teach her a visit command. It will cause you to work a bit but what you do is have friends come up while she is in a sit or down position. Have them talk to you but not speak to her. Once she no longer moves towards the visitor give her the visit command. Make sure your visitor holds their hand down low and have her place her nose at thier hand. They should offer a treat if she put her nose at their hand and have them continue to talk to her but always make sure they hold their hand a waist level or below. Otherwise she may jump to try to get to their hand. If she make a move to jump have them turn their back to her and you call her back to the heal position and have her sit. I know this works and we teach it in the obedience class for large dogs. If you have someone willing to help you she will get it pretty quickly.

Good morning, sleepylittlerose! This is exactly what I realise this morning while we were playing. I should get somebody to help us by playing the guest role. But it is wonderful that you describe completely the things I have to do with her. Thank you! Are you a dog trainer? Only one thing I don't like to do: I won't let the guest give her a treat from his hand, becouse she is a big eater and she may get another bad habit, to search people's hands for food. Instead, I think we can use petting as a reward. What do you think? I'm not afraid of work, in fact I like working with my dog. Unfortunately I am new in town and there are only a few people that I know here. Yet I have two persons in my mind for that and I'm going to call them this afternoon to ask them if they want to help us.

As I said before, unfortunately there are no training classes for dogs in our town. That's why I have to teach her by myself. I'm afraid I have to agree with your last phrase. I called a friend who has a 2 years old airedale girl, and she said her dog still jumps on people. I don't know what to do now, as Binne seems to dislike to jump on calm people. She only wants to jump on people who are agitated and want to pet her. I can't control all people's state of mind, especialy for people on the street.

"no" may work, but a hard look on my face will surely not work. She gets so excited and in those moments it seems I don't exist any more for her. :lol:

Binne is only 42 pounds. Yet she is so strong she sometimes almost knock me down while we play! With children is more dangerous than with adults. With an adult, the only damage she can do is scratching or tearing off the clothes. But with children, she may hurt them by knocking them down. Then she would probably lick their face.