Dog Training Tips : How to Settle an Excited Dog

Learn how to properly settle down an excited dog by ignoring their excited behavior and rewarding their calm behavior; learn more tips on controlling an excited dog in this free pet obedience video.

Expert: Ryan Gwilliam
Bio: Ryan Gwilliam has trained over 10 dogs. He specializes in obedience training.
Filmmaker: joseph wilkins

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[dailymuffin]

If you show a dog affection you are rewarding its current behaviour - if it is jumping around and excited and you pet it, you are reinforcing that jumping around and being excited state of mind. As soon as a dog is calm, give it love and affection, but you should ignore an overexcited dog.

[n4ko]

u know, i stopped that behavior by making my dog meet other dogs more often.. they get anxious about things they rarely see or are curious about.. just let him make some friends..

be careful though .. he can get into a fight.

[littleripper312]

But I like it when my dogs are excited when I get home, that's my favourite part of my day lol. Thats really the only time they get like that and I don't see why its a problem. And how does this guy know that the dogs anxious and not just really happy, has he had some sort of conversation with them? I do agree that you need to limit this behaviour, I dont allow my dogs to get this way any other time otherwise it would be difficult to control them lol

[littledogs1]

This works, it helps stop nervious peeing as well, the only problem is trying to get idiots who come to your house to do what you ask them, I have that problem with my son and his girl friend every time they come over.. so I have taken to putting my Boston in the bed room until I drill it in their heads with each visit, because if I don't, soon as they walk in they start with the high pitch baby talk and petting.. then when I am sure they get it, I let the dog out..

[pcharl01]

i can't get my dog to behave outside of the house. Inside he does not always listen at first command but without any other stimuli he eventually caves. I'm at the point where I basically have to keep him on a leash unless he's in his crate. I wanted to avoid having to pay for outside training but it seems like my only recourse.

[pigsrings]

My dog has always suffered from separation anxiety and I tried the ignore thing for years, yet she still scratched at the door when I left and cried excitedly when I got home. Now instead of ignoring her, I sit on the ground with her and pet her calmly while saying shh. This calms her down and stops her from crying and her separation anxiety, although is still there, is much less. I don't think everyone should have a strict code of rules for every dog. Each dog is different and needs to be

[lared112]

what if your dog isn't paying attention to you? For example, I can't just ignore my dog on a walk when he is too excited by a dog across the street to even notice I'm ignoring him.

[tredub91]

i would honestly hate for my dog to calm down, then she would be boring.