Rescue dog has been with us 2 months. Age estimated to be around a year old. I’m spending a lot of time rewarding calm- treating when she is calm and relaxed, when she doesn’t leap up when the door bell goes, etc and She’s doing well with those things. The issue is when she gets excited, usually with DC, and wants to play, she starts mouthing hands which is painful. Advice to remove yourself doesnt work as she clamps down on your hands/wrist/clothing and won’t let go. She went to training classes and the trainer told me that when she does this to put her lead on and take her to the kitchen where her bed is and give her a few minutes to calm down. I have been doing this but she now gets even more hyped when she sees the lead and starts jumping at me, biting the lead and barks at me. She “boops” me with her nose and sometimes will try and do tiny nips on my legs or hands. She becomes very defiant for want of a better word and I end up nipped and scratched. I’m trying to prevent the excitement happening in the first place by treating calm when she sees the DC. It’s having mixed results. Sometimes she is calm and sometimes ignores me. When she starts to mouth or jump on them I say “on the mat” and throw treats on the mat, she will eat them and go straight back to DC. At which point I have to remove her so she turns her excitement into me. I’m at the point where I’m telling Dc just not to come in the room if I can sense she is in that zone.
Any proven tactics?