There was an episode on his show that dealt with a hyper, out of control dalmation puppy that belonged to a fire station in L.A.

Just be careful, some of the behaviors of puppies will be outgrown with time and training so they would be dealt with a little differently than an adult dog, IMO.

 

I think you need to distinguish between hyper and excited.

Penny was/is a very excitable pup/dog. She'll be 6 Jan 3 and I just recently realized she's a low energy dog but very excitable.

For that kind of dog, which I believe most Goldens are, I suggest you use a soft tone of voice, in a regular pitch. The worse thing you can do with excitable dogs is to talk in a high pitched, loud, baby-talkey voice. They just go bonkers.

I would also suggest you take away toys that have squeakers in them. I believe these toys help to ramp up the excitment level. Give chews toys that have a flavor or a kong filled with treats. This will keep them quiet and focused while chewing.

Make sure your playtime is about the dog running and exercising: fetch, jogging with the dog. Don't play tug of war, not because of dominance issues but because it excites them.

If I'd known then what I know now, we wouldn't have suffered so long. Penny has outgrown a lot of her puppy excitement and she can tone it down when we tell her to. But to be able to do that took a lot of years and a lot of patience waiting for her to mature out of it.

 

Young, hyper dog... I got just three words for you... "patience", "time" and lotsa "exercise".

Cesar is a wonderful place to start when trying to learn more about human/canine interactions. The book is more about Cesar' bio and contains some general philosophical stuff but the videos is where the real magic is. Most of what I've seen Cesar deal with are adult dogs with inappropriate behaviors. "Exercise, discipline, and then affection... always in that order."-CM Those are very powerful words when properly carried out.

 

Here's two other excellent trainers you might want to look at beside Cesar
I found Dr. Ian Dunbar to be a good resource:
from his website:

"For your adolescent dog to continue to be reliably obedient and willingly compliant, you must integrate short training interludes, especially emergency sits and long settle-downs, into walks, play sessions, and your dog's other enjoyable day-to-day activities. Maintaining your dog's manners through adolescence is easy if you know how to, but extremely difficult if you don't. You must learn how to integrate training into the dog’s lifestyle."
http://www.dogstardaily.com/
The other one "The Dog Listerner" Jan Fennell http://www.janfennellthedoglistener.com

I am using their ideas and methods with Shasta with good results.
Have a golden day!!