poochiemama

Thank you guys for all the really useful comments, I will definitely try some of these suggestions, especially cueing 'sit' or 'down' before opening the door. I don't think there is that much unchannnelled energy because they go for long walks everyday and romps in the park every second day.

Thank you for that, that's very helpful. They are still jumping on us but not as much as before; they definitely still jump on guests and get excited to see people at the door. They have calmed down a lot since they were smaller puppies, so maybe we need to give them more time.

I would like them to be sat in front of the door rather than jumping on it. I don't mind if they jump , but not ONTO the glass. But i'm not sure how to train that..

I was really nervous about adding a second dog, but it was the best thing we did...our first dog used to nip at our heels, generally overexcited and boisterous but since we got the second dog, his behaviour has settled down beautifully. They play with each other and are so happy to have each other. I do training with them both at the same time and separately as well, and we take them on walks together most of the time . I found that their love for us is in no way diminished. I would advise getting another dog of similar temperament to your original dog. It is twice the vet bills, food bills etc, but it's very much worth it for us.

I would appreciate some advice: I have two young dogs, a chocolate labrador and a golden retriever, who are around 1 year old. They stay inside with us, and get daily walks and are generally well-behaved inside the house. When we are not at home, they are outside in the yard, which is a decent size. When we return home, even after an hour, they get so excited at the glass doors - they both jump on the glass doors a number of times. We are worried as they are growing, they will break the glass one day. They have already smashed a small window in the house because they were playing with each other and put their body weights onto the window. Any ideas to get them to settle down? We have been told before to ignore them for 10 minutes when we walk in, but the problem is still ongoing. Another issue we have is that our retriever , when she is in the yard, jumps on tree branches and bites them off. Our guarden used to have lots of beautiful landscaping/trees/branches, but they are becoming quite sparse! I understand this is a hazard of having puppies, and prepared to live with it, but any advice on how to reduce this would be wonderful. I also worry she might hurt herself one day jumping on the branches.

PetBarn at Chadstone shopping centre have them

Has anyone used dog country club and resort in baxter, melbourne for boarding their dogs? Would love some feedback on this place.