a little help with hyper puppy!
 

My four-month old yorkie, Coco, is just a little crazy! :) I have been training him to sit and stay since I got him at 8 weeks and he catches on real quick. My problem is everytime someone comes to our house he goes bonkers! He won't stop jumping on them and licking them. He seems to forget everything I have taught him.

My sister visited yesterday and I put him in the kitchen with the baby gate to try to teach him to settle down first before he said hi, and he crawled up and over the gate twice! Does anyone out there know how to train a dog patience and manners. It seems really hard to get him to settle down. He also get quite crazy when I take him out of the house. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!

My dogs does the same thing when people visit. I just let the visitor greet my dogs and afterward they settle down and everything is okay.

My dogs go crazy too. They usually calm down after a few minutes though...

Jane does that to! She barks and jumping around trying to get the vistors attention and when they do pay attention, she calms down. :rolleyes:

I would leash him. If you are expecting company just put his harness and leash on, that way when someone rings the bell you just grab the leash. hth

That wouldn't work for me - my dogs go even more crazy when they see the leash! Leash = walk!!

I was told to have your dog on a leash when you know someone is going to visit your house. Make the dog sit before the person pets him/her. I haven't tried this yet...mine does the same as yours!

I love to be greeted!
 

I know I have heard that you should not get all excited when you arrive home or when someone comes to visit in order to prevent the dog from getting excited too and jumping up and down and all. I would really miss the "over the top" reunion if I did that.

I have to think of a way to train them so they are still just as exited, but have manners and don't jump or bark or misbehave. Has anyone come up with a way to get the "in between" behavior?

I also think itmight be too much to expect a 4 month old puppy to not be excited about greeting someone new to the house, but maybe not. Part of their "training" at this stage is still socialization and exposing them to new people, new environments and new dogs is important.

I am sure your puppies will figure out what you want and start behaving properly real soon.

Thanks for all the suggestions! I am sure he will calm down eventually, I just don't want him to get into bad habits now. I will try the leash idea, it sounds like it could really work. :)

Hyper behavior
 

Sometimes is the personality of your pet only, but it can also be affected by what he eats and by how you let him (not conciously) manipulate you. I dont know if you have small children but it's kind of similar. They tend to be a certain way but they also want your attention 100% of the time and if you are busy doing something else he will let you know that you are not paying attention. Try to not pay much atention when he gets all hyper and when he does then do something he doesnt like.... maybee it could be taking a toy away from him or leaving him more time by himdelf, but you have to do it several times till he understands what you are trying to teach him. As with the food in my case I give Violeta a little bit of honey everyday... as soon as she eats it she gets all crazy for a while.. sugars tend to do that. If you give him honey or syrups or similars try to lower the dose. There are also this great and healthy treats called DOGSWELL that come in different packages for different needs, there are ones that are called Mellow Mutt or something like that.. they are specially formulated to relax them a little. Here is the site so you can read about it, maybee it works. I give them to Violeta when we go out and she gets bored in her carrier... she loves them and relaxes her. ;)

http://dogswell.com/
http://dogswell.com/products/mellow_mut.php