How do you teach your little dogs not to jump on your legs when they are excited and want to be scratched, ya know when they are standing on there back feet and have their front paws/nails on your legs.  Its not so annoying with little dogs, but some times you have shorts on or dress cloths on and don't want that, those little nails hurt on bare skin, lol our damage panty hose.  I try and firmly tell trixie DOWN, but its hard because she is just excited to see us and I feel like we are scolding her when she is happy.  With big dogs I would hold their two front paws up until they couldn't stand it anymore and that always seemed to work with the jumping up.  Little dogs its not that easy to get them.