Overly enthusiastic doodles

[Maryann,Roo and Tigger]

Okay I give a lot of advice and now I am looking for some. My, just turned one, medium ALD "Roo" is a sweetheart. He heels, sits, stays, downs, and down stays. He does not bark overly much anymore thanks to a good trainer and an e-collar. However, He STILL jumps up on everyone who comes in the door except me. Even my husband. He really tries to stay on all fours, but his enthusiasm overcomes him 9 out of 10 times. My trainer has suggested a leash bolted to the floor/wall by his bed or at the far end of the front hall. For various reasons, this is just not happening. He is getting better outside of the house when he greets people and I know EVENTUALLY he will get the message in the house also. I have tried going outside with him on a leash and meeting people on more neutral territory. Does not really change anything. My next option is to just put him in the laundry room (his "Crate") when people arrive and wait for him to settle. Ideas?

[TrevorDoodle]

I have the same problem. My doodle gets so excited when greeting people. For the first 5 minutes
he is CRAZY, then he calms down and is just fine. This is my #1 problem with him. We are in obedience class and the instructor tells me to say "OFF!" everytime he does this. It is so bad that we had a whole group class, dedicated to him! LOL. Of course, he acted perfect in class. I also have a problem telling strangers to just ignore my dog when he is acting crazy trying to jump on them. The canned air seems like a good idea. I will pick one up and try it out.

[Leslie and Halas]

Yeah, it's sometimes hard to get other people to help out. Dog people usually say they don't mind if he jumps. And they're so darn cute that people want to pet them no matter how crazy they're acting. We're working on this, too. Halas is like TrevorDoodle - he's very excited for a few minutes, but then he's really mellow.

[Adina P]

If Roo knows heel, sit, stay, down, down stay...then you should be able to just command him into one of those duties and the problem is solved. If he won't hold a stay or heel when someone comes to the door then he needs more work because he's not quite done training those things until he's solid with daily distractions.

I say that ... but not all three of our dogs are solid on that either. Thule still leaps up to kiss strangers if she can :-/ Rosco won't jump unless someone is holding something interesting and then he only jumps to sniff the item not ON the person. Cass doesn't jump on anyone ever. They all can be overwhelming if they are not dealt with FIRST before the person even walks in the door.

Have a friend or SEVERAL (even better with more to help him generalize) stop by at intervals thru the day to help in training. When door bell rings have Roo down stay many feet away on a dog bed...don't let the person approach until he's held his position for a while...go slow, back up and redo if he messes up.

[Nancy Cavanaugh]

Koji jumps on other people - he never did as a young pup - but my dog walker got him jumping and now he jumps on everyone, but me. BUT today - at agility - he was leaping on me! sigh. From a stand he just pops straight in the air - and its not a cool thing, he is too big to be doing that - and he has muddied up a few people...he does it so fast - even after he has initially met them. He too sits, stays waits, come, down - but just loves to be air born.

any suggestions?

[Maryann,Roo and Tigger]

THANKS to everyone who has replied so far all helpful and useful Also good to know I am not the only one with an enthusiastic greeter.

[Liza, Halle and Finn]

That is what is so great about this website! I find such comfort in knowing that my doodle exhibits the same behaviors as soo many other's doods. Kachi is completely manic when he first meets people as well. He tries to sit like well behaved boy, but as soon as they lean over to pet him..boing! It flips a switch and up he springs, and practically knocks them in the head-all of this, WHILE I am holding the lease, and his collar, as tight as can be!! Aarghh!!! This complete hysteria lasts all of about 45 seconds, then..he's over it.
I'm definitely trying the citronella collar.

[Patty Barnes]

I love the suggestion of a Citronella Spray Collar--what would it cost if I ordered 12. My babies are wicked jumpers, but then rest by the visitors' feet the remainder of the time. At least miniatures don't jump high or near the face.

[Jessica]

Well Maryann, you did name him Roo! Just be grateful you didn't choose Pooh! :)

[ipj6zek0kk1w]

You are so funny!! Love it ;0)
And glad to know Im not the only one with jumpy jumperton on here!!

[Jaime]

Have you tried having the dog sit and give treats, praise etc while some enters? I would have them also ignore the dog as they enter. My dog needs to have a stuffed toy in her mouth when ever we come home or someone visits. It works like a pacifier. She'll run and grab it before she even comes to the door. Sometimes she'll have 2 or 3 in her mouth at once.

I would experiment with different things and see what will work.
Good luck.

[sandy b]

Our trainer had us do this last week and it works. You have to stage this at first. When my husband comes home we meet him at the door. I have Max's attention with a food treat holding it only so he can nibble at it for awhile. DH comes in and ignores Max but Max could care less 'cause he's getting a treat. He is very food motivated so this really helps. It also helps to kneel down to their level.
We also need to be calm around Max because he still does the submissive peeing - he's now 15 wks old so I'm hoping that will end!!
Another thing we did, when someone rings the doorbell Max is right there. I take a Kong stuffed toy and again he could care less who's at the door - it's all about the Kong & treats.

[ipj6zek0kk1w]

What about the barking when someone comes to the door or rings the doorbell? Cooper does do the jumping which we are working on =) but his little sister (our yorkie) has always barked to alert her people that someone is at the door-which we are not extremely fond of... Cooper never did this until he "learned" this bad habit from his sister...
Any suggestions?