Dog gets crazy over excited when people come over

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This are all extremely unhelpful comments. I recognize it’s a problem and am asking for suggestions, not to be told how terrible the behavior is. I’m not defending the behavior.

You got a specific, actionable suggestion that solves the problem -- LOCK THE DOG UP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need people to come over who will help you train her.

They knock/ring bell.
You open door and visitor steps in, facing you and dog.
You close the door.
Dog goes crazy.
Visitor needs to turn their back to the dog (facing the front door) and cross their arms, so the dog can't nudge or lick their hands.
You say, "Dogname, Sit!" Wait a beat or two for the dog to listen before you say it again.
When dog sits, praise.
Visitor turns around to face you and dog.
Dog gets up, and you immediately say "Dogname Sit!"
If dog doesn't sit, visitor turns around again, back to dog, arms crossed.
Lather, rinse repeat.

This may take MANY repetitions - and the dog may learn at first "Oh, when JANE comes over I have to be calm, but when ANYONE ELSE comes by, all bets are off," unless you do this with several people. Train the dog that the people say hello to people first, THEN dog.

This is excellent advice. No good comes from isolating the dog. It needs to know how to interact with people. If you can't do this on your own, try getting a trainer who will show you.

And ignore the nasty people with no advice here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This are all extremely unhelpful comments. I recognize it’s a problem and am asking for suggestions, not to be told how terrible the behavior is. I’m not defending the behavior.

You got a specific, actionable suggestion that solves the problem -- LOCK THE DOG UP.

But this is not good advice. Teaches the dog nothing and often causes more problems. So step off unless you know what you're talking about

[Anonymous]

Your dog is not a person who "makes friends" or "just says hi" to people or other dogs.

Your dog is a territorial pack predator with defense and aggression instincts that are either under your supervision and control or not.

If your dog is off leash you are NOT in control of its defense and aggression instincts.

Voice control is all well and good in theory. In practice almost nobody can actually do this when it matters. LEASH IT. Screams of "Fluffy, noooo!" are stupid, useless and preventable.

YOU are the pack leader and YOU are 100% responsible for what YOUR dog does. That includes affection, correction, and everything in between.

If you aren't sure if you have control over your dog, you DON'T have control over it.

LEASH IT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This are all extremely unhelpful comments. I recognize it’s a problem and am asking for suggestions, not to be told how terrible the behavior is. I’m not defending the behavior.

You got a specific, actionable suggestion that solves the problem -- LOCK THE DOG UP.

But this is not good advice. Teaches the dog nothing and often causes more problems. So step off unless you know what you're talking about

The OP is clearly incapable of teaching the dog, or she would already have done so. And you are as dumb and useless as she is. LEASH OR CRATE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your dog is not a person who "makes friends" or "just says hi" to people or other dogs.

Your dog is a territorial pack predator with defense and aggression instincts that are either under your supervision and control or not.

If your dog is off leash you are NOT in control of its defense and aggression instincts.

Voice control is all well and good in theory. In practice almost nobody can actually do this when it matters. LEASH IT. Screams of "Fluffy, noooo!" are stupid, useless and preventable.

YOU are the pack leader and YOU are 100% responsible for what YOUR dog does. That includes affection, correction, and everything in between.

If you aren't sure if you have control over your dog, you DON'T have control over it.

LEASH IT.

You don't know the first thing about dog behavior, poor thing. Nix the outdated theories and read some current research, please.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know the answer but my next puppy will be called “Dogname”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This are all extremely unhelpful comments. I recognize it’s a problem and am asking for suggestions, not to be told how terrible the behavior is. I’m not defending the behavior.

You got a specific, actionable suggestion that solves the problem -- LOCK THE DOG UP.

But this is not good advice. Teaches the dog nothing and often causes more problems. So step off unless you know what you're talking about

NP here. You have two choices: get a dog trainer to train the dog not to do this or restrain the dog. I would put up baby gates on the kitchen and keep the dog there while visitors are in the house until you get the dog trained. You clearly don't know how to train the dog yourself, so you need to get someone who does know how to train the dog. Randomly trying to get the dog to change its behavior isn't going to work.

[Anonymous]

Crate it until you have it trained.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your dog is not a person who "makes friends" or "just says hi" to people or other dogs.

Your dog is a territorial pack predator with defense and aggression instincts that are either under your supervision and control or not.

If your dog is off leash you are NOT in control of its defense and aggression instincts.

Voice control is all well and good in theory. In practice almost nobody can actually do this when it matters. LEASH IT. Screams of "Fluffy, noooo!" are stupid, useless and preventable.

YOU are the pack leader and YOU are 100% responsible for what YOUR dog does. That includes affection, correction, and everything in between.

If you aren't sure if you have control over your dog, you DON'T have control over it.

LEASH IT.

This made me laugh. I know lots of people with well-trained dogs!

[Anonymous]

OP here.
Thank you for the suggestions.

What we are doing now is keeping the dog on a leash when people come over. I’m not letting the dog jump on people. We have training classes with her. But none of the classes seem to translate to when people come over.