as most of you know, i have a three year old golden retriever named penny. we've always been comforted by other golden owners that they do, in fact, actually start to calm down after a certain age, that age depending on the dog, of course. penny has just recently turned three and she is becoming what my aunt would describe as a "foyer dog" where they lay around (she still plays a lot, but she's also a WHOLE lot calmer than she used to be, as you could probably imagine).
anyways to my question. she's really great around us (being my parents, my brother, and myself) but whenever somebody comes over, she's excited beyond belief and she just bounces off the walls. my aunt and uncle came to visit this week and she was just turning around in circle after circle and she was just sooo excited she leaked on the floor. which she hasn't done in years! but i was wondering how we can get her to calm down more around guests. i mean i know she'll always be excited to see new people, but i was hoping we could get her to turn down the rowdiness just a smidge so she can stay in the house when guests arrive and not have to be banished to the back porch so the guests can make it up the stairs! (or maybe this is just something she'll eventually grow out of??)
thanks in advance!
anyways to my question. she's really great around us (being my parents, my brother, and myself) but whenever somebody comes over, she's excited beyond belief and she just bounces off the walls. my aunt and uncle came to visit this week and she was just turning around in circle after circle and she was just sooo excited she leaked on the floor. which she hasn't done in years! but i was wondering how we can get her to calm down more around guests. i mean i know she'll always be excited to see new people, but i was hoping we could get her to turn down the rowdiness just a smidge so she can stay in the house when guests arrive and not have to be banished to the back porch so the guests can make it up the stairs! (or maybe this is just something she'll eventually grow out of??)
thanks in advance!