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[quote=Anonymous]Get a friend or two to come over and help you regularly. Once a week, have them come over and enter the house the way a guest would (knocking, ringing doorbell, etc.). Don’t make any extra commotion (e.g., don’t squeal and say who’s at the door?), just try to act very relaxed. Have the person come in and calmly acknowledge the dog. If the dog stays calm, pet it and say good dog. If the dog flips out, have the person continue into the house and ignore the dog. Sit down, continue to ignore dog, wait for dog to calm down slightly. Then carefully acknowledge the dog, but with a level, calm voice and specifically trying not to excite the dog. If the dog loses it again, ignore the dog until it calms down again. If not, again pet it and praise it.  Have the humans carry on a normal conversation at normal tones. Don’t give treats or feed the dog at any point during this, as you’re trying not to make the dog more excited. Hopefully you’ll start to see small improvements within a few weeks.

If you have a lot of trouble, you might take them for a nice long walk about an hour or two before the guest comes. This will wear them out but they will have time to calm down before the guest arrives. If it takes them longer than that to calm down after a walk, add more time to the cool down period.

If you don’t do this, you may never be able to let your dog out when company comes.

Oh and make sure your friends get something nice out of each visit (cook them dinner or serve them a nice drink).[/quote]

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