I have a 1 year and 2 months old female lab mix named Sadie and I'm having some trouble figuring out how to train her to act in an appropriate manner around guests.
Some background; we are fairly private, quiet and anti-social people, so we rarely have guests and Sadie doesn't get much practice being around people. She just gets too excited when she sees them and if the guests react fearfully to her or react in a somewhat weird way, she barks at them. She also may jump on them if they stand up and walk about. She's mostly being an playful puppy, but it's one thing I haven't really worked on with her.
Normally I put her in one of the rooms when guests arrive, but she scratches on the door to a point where she actually starts damaging the door and she barks a lot as well, making it hard for conversation.
Eventually my goal is to allow her to be loose with guests around. How do I go about training her?
Some background; we are fairly private, quiet and anti-social people, so we rarely have guests and Sadie doesn't get much practice being around people. She just gets too excited when she sees them and if the guests react fearfully to her or react in a somewhat weird way, she barks at them. She also may jump on them if they stand up and walk about. She's mostly being an playful puppy, but it's one thing I haven't really worked on with her.
Normally I put her in one of the rooms when guests arrive, but she scratches on the door to a point where she actually starts damaging the door and she barks a lot as well, making it hard for conversation.
Eventually my goal is to allow her to be loose with guests around. How do I go about training her?