My little problem... :X

Whew. I thought I was a people freak until I read this! I am just annoying when we have company. Anyway, how about having your mom put your leash on when you have people over and that way you can be yanked into some control? Then you would eventually learn to chill out.

My cousin Belle has rules to curb her happiness. She's on her leash / harness when people come over. You have to totally ignore her for 10minutes when you come int the house (she's in a sit on her leash). After that, and she calms down, then she gets to say hi. The leash part is for control and as she gets better, you release the leash.

Since I am such a big boy, Dad made me learn real quick how to behave around company. We started off with the whole leash thing AND people were supposed to ignore me for 5 minutes. I eventually learned and now I don't even need the leash or the 5 minutes of being ignored!

hey Madison that is a cute picture of you. And I have the same problem as you Madison I get so excited when the children visit me I jump and bump and mom tried the leash thing and it helps as you can see I am not a small boy (75 lbs) and could really hurt someone jumping on them. Sometimes if mom knows all the 6 kids are coming at one time she knows I can't help myself,
so I have to wear my special collar It only had to shock me once and now just a tone and I am good good good.. this is what a private trainer trained my mom to do. So always try leash and treats first is my mom's motto.

When my crate was still in the living room I had to go in it as everyone came in the door. When mom knew that I was no longer excited, I was able to get out of the crate and I was fine. Since she put the crate up, mom puts the leash on me until I settle down. It only takes a few minutes. Now mom has to hide my balls. I want everyone to play ball with me.

I'm pretty obnoxious when people come over, according to mom and dad... I ususally settle down after about 3 min, but if I don't I have to go to bedroom jail. Hoover likes people but he's not at barky as I am. He's happy to go outside if he needs a time out. Maddie....Hoover and I have no class, don't worry.

We watched the dog whisperer last night and there was something like this on there. Yep, Mom and I think you're on the right track. Mom says she's gonna teach me this to. Whatever........

i would leash her before anyone comes over, if you have a very long line, this would be best. give her a chance to make the mistake, before she GETS corrected. have your company TOTALLY ignore her, tell them you are training her, and this is very important. if you can, do this repeatedly, for several days/weeks, have friends, family, or neighbors come by, as if in real life when someone stops over. when you go to the door,(leash already on) make her sit at maybe 5 feet or so back from the door. tell her STAY. (make sure the leash is LOOSE at this point) go to open the door. if she gets up before you open the door, tell her NO, and walk back, place her in the sit again, telling her, "sit, STAY". you may have to repeat this many times (this is why you need a willing "visitor" who knows what you are trying to do ;o) once the door is opened, she is to continue sitting, and have your visitor walk past, and go sit on the couch or whatever. DO NOT ALLOW HER ON THE COUCH AT ALL. this will definitely help with the furiousness she is exhibiting to the visitor. (this is why she is on the long line) she may sit in front of your visitor, but do not allow her to even jump up on their leg. tell them to not pay any attention to her until she sits, and settles. once she does (it is ok to have them tell her to sit, but in a very calm low key voice, not all happy and hyper)they can pet her. the point of her having the long line on is so that you may correct her from a distance (like from your chair, she will forget she is attached to you by that time), and whatever you do, don't let her on that person. if she isn't corrected for the bad behavior, then she is just thinking she's getting her "reward", for doing what she's doing. (bad behavior= yelling=ATTENTION!!)repeat this exercise as many times as it takes, rome wasn't built in a day, so it might take many times, but then again, it may only take a few! you HAVE to be CONSISTENT, though. don't allow her to jump on one visitor, like it is ok, but then tell her not to on the other. be consistent! in your everyday life with her, teach her that she has to DO something to GET something. (line in NILF, i will put link at the end) make her sit for anything, like dinner, a toy, a treat. then she will start to associate sitting with GOOD, so if she wants that person's attention, she will learn she has to sit calmly to get that. good luck, i know you guys can do it! this is a very easy issue to change. ;o)....this is a good site, and you can also goodle NILF to see others, all based on the same general idea.....http://k9deb.com/nilif.htm