13 week old puppy training

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I'm having a couple of issues with my 13 week old labrador puppy. The main issue is the jumping and hyperactivity around visitors. I put a lead on her when they come in and keep it short and tight until she's calmed down, seen everyone and had a stroke but as soon as she's let off the lead she goes nuts and jumps up on them, wants 100% attention etc. I command her down in a stern voice and she responds for around 3 seconds and then she's back to doing it again. We only have visitors once or twice a week and she's fine with us.

What can I do differently?

Can you arrange for some friends to come over so you can persist with the training? She will learn but she needs practice, like anything else . Is it the same when you're out? Perhaps you can ask people to help by asking them to ignore her until she has 4 paws on the ground, and then they can give her a fuss/treat? I'm sure she gets lots of attention when you're out and about so you could try to put it to good use

We have similar problems with mad staffy. Everyone who comes we tell them to completely ignore her until she calms down and goes back to her basket. We were making great progress until a couple of friends decided to ignore me and invite her to jump up at them and lick their faces.

yesbut... Has the right idea. She has to be invisible until she is calm. Your visitors must greet you first.The trouble is that a lab of this age is the cutest thing in the world, you want to show her off to your friends and you may inadvertently compound the problem. Try ignoring her first thing in the morning and noticing her only when she is quiet, don't feed her till she is quiet etc. Having said that she is still very young and you can only expect her to understand so much. I would also enlist the services of a puppy trainer and build this sort of thing into her basic training.

We have a baby gate across our kitchen (where I spend most of my time ). When the doorbell rings human family family members have been instructed to walk calmly to the gate (as if bored). I keep a stash of treats on a table there and ask dogs to sit and then I treat. Once they are calm I open the gate and we proceed calmly to the front door. Again, I ask dogs to sit and then I give them a treat before opening the door to our visitor. I keep the container of treats in my hand (or my hand in my treat-filled pocket) and the dogs keep their eyes and interest on me, rather than the visitor iyswim. If they start to get overly effusive a simple command like "Sit" is all that's required to get them back in line. You'll need to find a very highly motivating food reward that works for your dog (mine like liver treats... the stinkier the better) and have them to hand (I keep a container by the kitchen gate, in the mud-room and by the front door). Eventually you will only need to reward intermittently to reinforce proper front door manners .