Gizmo was like that till around 6 months, and even training him sit and stay, sometimes his energy got the best of him. Now at 8 months after being neutered he is more calm and willing to listen and greet properly. I can totally see the change in his personality every day he gets older now, that he has much more control of his excitement. When he was 4 months old, even though he had learned to sit and stay, as soon as anything distracted him in the least bit, that energetic little puppy excitement would over ride anything I had taught him, even for treats lol. And believe me Gizmo is very treat and toy driven, I just think at that age he had no control over his little happiness emotions. I just think time will settle him, but always keep up with the training, eventually you will see him start to listen better as he gets a bit older :-) |