Over Excited Doodle!

[Christine Lavallee]

Does anyone have a problem with there doodle being overly excited around people, my 85 pound
goldendoodle can not seem to settle down when people are over or when we walk him outside, he keeps wanting to jump on everyone he meets, at our house when people visit he wants everyones attention the whole time they are over. He was well socialized as a puppy, very smart, easy to house train, very calm in the house when its just us, never destructive , we are at home with him all day and walk him frequently. He also has his younger doodle brother to play with. I was thinking of the gentle lead walker( that goes around his mouth ) to walk him outside. Has any one used one of those? Any other suggestions on this subject. Other then this we love! love! him to pieces!

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We had my daughter and future son-in-law her, for the holidays and I thought Caeleach was going to have a heart attack! She was so hyped up that it took her 3 days just to lay down when my daughter or Mark were in the room.

Though Caeleach is well-socialized, she is just so ENTHUSIASTIC about everything and everyone, that she feels that she has to give the world love! LOLOL

[Adina P]

Your dog sounds like the typical, friendly, but untrained dog.

It is extremely rare for a dog to be naturally well behaved around guests and in public. The key is always training. But you have to take the training out of the house. Any dog can be well behaved when but nothing is going on at home. But only a trained dog is gonna be well behaved in public places and when guests visit.

So the answer, in my opinion, is always training. Even if the dog already knows what sit and stay and come means and knows how to do them--that dog still needs to know and be able to perform those commands in all situations.

But you have to start small. You cannot expect your dog to obey in PETsMART if it's never obeyed elsewhere in public. Start practicing in large parks where you can practice for away from other people... Practice down the street... Practice in the PETsMART parking lot. Practice, practice, practice... Slowly and gradually adding tougher and tougher distractions.

[Lucy's Mom~ Liz]

Our 10 month old Lucy is 70+ pounds and gets very excited to see and meet and greet. People often talk to her in an excited voice making it more difficult for her to listen to me. I am in the process of trying to get her to stay or heel at home and as well as on our walks. The only way she will is if I have a few pieces of her kibble in my hand. Now, even when my kids come home, she'll stay or heel near me as they come in squealing thu the front door! Because of the larger size, I'm hoping this will help long term and not need the food! I can't wrestle her .. and the leash is only a small help. She's improving when I am consistant!

[Christine Lavallee]

I have never had this large of a dog before, and its amazing how much you let a smaller dog get away with because its not so challenging, my cockapoo pulls on the leash when he sees other dogs, but at 25 pounds it does not really bother me because I still feel in control. We have grown to love the larger dogs though and wish we could handle another one, but we best wait until we can get this one fully trained.