Jumping on people.

[Sami Jo]

Hello!

I have a 11 week old golden doodle named Bernie.

So my concern right now is when people come to visit (which is pretty frequent) He turns into crazy dog and jumps, nips, shakes, pees on the floor (and he never has accidents with just my husband and I) He just gets so happy and excited and doesn't know how to handle it! Haha.

Do any of you have any advice on properly training him to be calm/gentle with visitors?

Thanks!

And I apologize if this topic has already been covered, I couldn't find it anywhere.

I attached a picture of my Bernie for you all to see. He looks to cute to be so crazy right?!?

[Lindsay n Archie]

Bernie is so cute! Archie started peeing out of excitement a few weeks ago. Hes now 17 weeks today.Weve been told he will grow out of it, not to punish him for doing it or make any deal (big or small) out of the peeing.  The trainer told us to always have treats nearby. Like a bowl by the door, a bowl in the living room, etc. When someone comes to the door, make him sit and stay with a treat. Do not let anyone talk to him, pet him, or antyhing until he sits and is calm.  Were starting to work on this, so I cant tell you if it acutally works! but it sounds like it should! good luck.....

[Sami Jo]

Oh great. I'll try that! Thanks!

[Jay, Lola and Colonel Esau]

I think Lindsay has it right on.  The harder one is jumping on people in other contexts.  It's one thing for me to not reward that behavior, but no matter what I do someone else always encourages it - whether at the dog park, on the street, family members, cleaning lady, etc.  Even if they say they get it, they will always forget by the next time you see them.

[Oliver & Elizabeth]

This is my current struggle too. 50 percent of people seem to think it's cute when Oliver jumps on them and encourage it. This actually happened last night with my boyfriend's brother. People who don't have dogs don't understand everything that goes into training a puppy. It's impossible to train your dog who and when they can jump. My personal favorite is "Oliver can jump on me except when I'm wearing work clothes." I think Oliver is very intelligent but I don't think he has any idea what a suit looks like and I have no interest in training him.

[Lindsay n Archie]

LOL!!!!

[Shelley & Beans]

Cute response... Our Doodles would definitely be smart if they could do this... What's next being our personal fashion consultants? 

[Oliver & Elizabeth]

Well if your doodle is anything like mine, he would love to be a sock consultant! LOL

[Jay, Lola and Colonel Esau]

Or a sock broker.

[Jay, Lola and Colonel Esau]

Nice :)

[Jay, Lola and Colonel Esau]

Or when the dog jumps up and they take their front paws like they are dancing. Also a good one.

[Oliver & Elizabeth]

I wish all dog owners were as savvy as the members on DK.

This past weekend I was stunned to find out that one of my friends didn't know the brand of food her dog ate. I could probably list 3/4 of the ingredients in Oliver's food. LOL

[Bill Burkhart]

Can't give you any advice. My Lucy does the same thing. But I wanted to tell you that Bernie is beautiful.