We generally keep our golden pup on his leash when he ' s interacting with someone and too excited . He ' s got a tendency to be incredibly bouncy and sometimes I stand on the leash so he isn ' t able to jump up . We spend a lot of time reinforcing four on the floor and sit for pets . We also found it helpful to use treats to distract him , he ' s still excited but he ' s not all over people . Obviously I agree with the other suggestions he may need more exercise but we also have an energetic pup that comes out of nowhere . We also spent a lot of time reinforcing calm behaviours , it ' s a lot more difficult because you have to wait for him to offer them . I keep treats on me when we have guests over and if he lays beside their feet or on his bed or is just being a nice calm puppy he will get a treat for it . The most important is that he doesn ' t expect you to give him the treat otherwise he ' s not really learning that the treat is for being calm . This kikopup videowesm 2 OpE 2 c is an awesome resource on capturing calmness .