Pups a little too friendly??

[BroadfordQueen]

My two whippets are *counts* about 4 months old now.
They aren't your typical whippet, in that they are very outgoing. I was just wondering really- will they grow out of this with age?
Its great that they love people, really it is, but it is a bloody nuiscence when you take them for a walk in a public place. I still keep them on leads when I take them to the park atm as they are too young to be let loose...so when a person/group of people walk past, or even if they are in sight, my two pups go mental! They pull so much on the leads that they choke themselves! Its even worse when the person bends down to say hello- they jump up all over them

They have learnt not to jump up at me/parents, but they just cant help themselves with strangers.

Its ok if the people are "dog people", but I know that if I didn't like dogs and I had two puppies jumping up at me I would be extremely pi$$ed off!
Is there anything I can do, or will they grow out of it?

 

[katie_southwest]

Hmm my little pup is 4 months this week and is terrible at this..she gets so excited at seeing people she too chokes herself on her collar!

 

[oinkmoooink]

We train ours not to, so im not sure if they grow out of it- you see a lot of older dogs still jumping up.
As we train guide dogs, we have to do practice with them meeting 'strangers' and sitting and watching them walk past, or sitting and let them stroke them, might be easier training this when walking one dog, as they probably excite eachother as they're out together having fun

 

[Leah3horses]

Erm 2 littermates together will be extra confident as they back each other up, and will be more attached to each other than they are to you, sorry to say.4 months is definitely not too young to start off lead training,this is when their recall instinct will be strongest. They need to burn some energy up then they will be calmer.You need to do some separate recall training in a secure area with each pup, use a lunge line at first, reward VERY well for coming back, cheese is always a big hit.2 pups together will not listen to you, you need to do a lot of hard work to get them to start listening,make them work for their tea,little sits,waiting a minute to eat etc .Do lots and lots of socialisation,every day, then meeting people will become more boring.

 

[BroadfordQueen]

I take them out by themselves, more often than together because they just tangle themselves up when I take them out together-they are just as bad.
I mean I don't want to let them off the lead at our park, the main road is far too close with no fencing seperating it- said road is how we lost our old dog, it is very fast and lots of dogs escape from the park onto this road..some lucky, some not so.
They are brilliant when I take them for a walk in quite fields where it is just me and them- you just have to wistle and they come hurtling! And they are brilliant at home, they already sit on command and come back to you when you call them. The only problem is when other dogs/people are around, so I guess we will have to do some training in the park but on a lunge line.

Thanks everyone for your help