Over excitement

Hello people it as been a while since I have been on here but yet i seek more wisdom from you, if may as be so bold of course.
My Staffy ( Max ) is nearly 8 months old ( wow how time fly,s) and he is a lovely dog. Max sits out side the kitchen door waitng for me to put his food down, then he comes in and sits again to have his collar off then he will only eat his food when I tell him its ok. There are many things I could tell you but its fair to say he is respectful and does as he is told. there is a but.
When I take Max on a walk he walks ok on the lead but he is obessed with people and I mean everyone, pulling, jumping panting to get at them, a busy street can be a nightmare. If they stroke him he goes beserk jumping and pee,ing. It is such a shame he is such a good dog other wise, I have tried been stern ( but there is only so far Ill go with that) treats do not matter when there is people around. It would be not unfair to say he is a little people crazy. I wanted a freindly dog but wow.
Any sugestions? i will be greatful for

Tony

Does Max get to see many people other than on walks? Just thinking that if its just you and him most of the time maybe thats why he finds others so exciting.....

Other than that ..have you tried training classes, maybe this would socialise him more and teach him to listen and respect you more when on the leash?

In our house there is my son, my wife and myself. when family come they love to see Max but I have to take him out in to the back yard so they can go to him because of the peeing thing. The sad thing is they seem to pay less attension to him these days because he insists on jumping all over them and he is getting bigger now, I also take him down my wifes parents with me where he will not settle down for hours his staying power is amazing.
He is walked daily and when no one is around I let him off for a run because he is good when called.
It is very strange because he is so well behaved 99% of the time. he loves everyone too much

Do you let people fuss him?

If it were my dog, I would get some people who I know (or random people off the street to help, but probs won't work) to just keep walking past me and the dog, and each time the dog reacts, correct the beahviour, ignore the dog (so pull on his lead or put him in a sit then ignore him) and just carry on doing it until he realises that people don't mean fuss.

Also, only let people meet him when he is calm. No matter how long it take for this to happen, fuss must only be given when he is calm.

Jess used to jump all over everyone through excitement, and with her being a GSD this needed to stop (she was fully grown with no manners when we got her) so people weren't allowed to pay her ANY attention until she was calm.

Thing to remember with this though, is you need to be patient. This might be a quick happening thing, or on the other hand, it might take months, but be patient and consistant and it should work (whichever way you choose to stop this behavious)

My Gypsy is like that, I walk off lead most of the time as I live in the country, but if I see people coming toward me, I put her lead on and make her sit and wait till they pass, once passed, I take her lead off again...If they want to pet her, thats ok too....

I think this too is really good advice, I would also spend some time taking him to some really people heavy places and just making him sit and calmly watch people, take him some place busy and buy a coffee and both sit and chill and watch the world go by........

this could be some of your problem. when you socialise your puppy with other dogs, you also socialise him with people. to only let him have freedom when there is no one around is not the best way to teach a pup manners.

my puppy was totally over the top with people when she was tiny, but i walked her daily in busy areas and she has learnt that people aren't actually that exciting.