Dogs love tug-of-war because they have an oppositional reflex. That is, when dogs feel a force pushing against them or pulling on them, they will instinctively push or pull in the opposite direction. Have you ever noticed that when your dog ap- proaches you and you push him away, he gets more excited and keeps pushing himself toward you? Or that the more you pull back on the leash, the more your dog seems to pull against you? When you push your dog down for jumping on you, you are actually encouraging him to jump back up because he is instinctively going against the force you exerted.
For this reason, you should not push him away from you when he jumps on you, close his mouth if he is play-biting, or pull back on the leash if he is
For this reason, you should not push him away from you when he jumps on you, close his mouth if he is play-biting, or pull back on the leash if he is