We were having about 20 people over on New Year's Eve, and not all of them are crazy dog people like us, so we had decided to keep Kodo in the morning room (playpen) for a while to let him calm down before letting him out to go visiting. There he can see and smell people, and they can talk to him if they want, but he can't pursue people who aren't interested in puppy-love... Kodo knows his commands and 'proper' behavior, but he LOVES new people, and he can sometimes get so excited he does socially unacceptable things like jumping at people or goosing them with his nose. Or even if he is being good he can cause bruises just by wagging too hard. :)
So we implemented Plan Prison-Puppy for about the first 45 minutes. Kodo had calmed down a bit by then, and we had about 10-12 people in the house. So we gave fair warning, and opened the gate to let him out. And he was really very good the rest of the evening! Only one little jump, and a couple inappropriate nosings, but not nearly as overexcited as he usually is.. He did end up crashing in his crate toward midnight, but each time somebody left, he came out to the door to say goodbye and get petting from them before crashing in his crate again.
We ended up getting to bed around 4:30 am, and he (and we) were complete slugs the next day. I think he only got up for meals and a couple outside breaks. :)
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