mine are all kenneled when we leave. They cant be trusted to stay out of trouble or the trash or off the counters (even when there is NOTHING in the trash can and we dont leave anything on the counters). They get all crazy and hyped up when we get homes and they get ignored until they chill out and stop. If we approached the crates and they start getting hyped up again, they get ignored again. Thats how we do it. I'm hoping Shasta will be allowed to have free run of the house when we're gone but i doubt it.
Excitement when you get home..
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I rush mine outside to potty lol. I live in an apartment and usually by the time I get home from work, Madix's pea-sized bladder is full so I let them out of the rooms they sleep in while I'm at work, leash one and take him out and then swap. They're excited but by the time we get outside, they have calmed down significantly. I also encourage toy carrying to show excitement. And yes, I have asked for obedience (for example, when people come home with me) and expect it even when they're excited. It's a wonderful environment to work on that too 
When I get home from work, my dog has usually been home alone for about eight or nine hours, so I know that the "excitement" is not so much being excited to see me as it is needing to go out to potty.
I put an indoor kennel in about three months ago, which is 5ft x 5ft in size and has rubber stall mats for flooring. I always ask her to sit and wait when I open the kennel door, but don't mind her running to the door once I let her out of the kennel so I can let her outside to potty. She has to sit and wait there, too, so I can open the door without getting bowled over (and make sure none of the cats get out).
I usually let her tear around the back yard for a while after she goes potty and then call her to pet, play, and train before we go back inside and I ask her to settle down.
Ronja does jump but it's up and down, and not ON anyone. That kind of jumping is okay with me when it's just me getting home. I do ask her to sit when I have people over because they don't know she won't jump on them, and a big jumping dog can be pretty intimidating, especially when she can jump to about face level.
I put an indoor kennel in about three months ago, which is 5ft x 5ft in size and has rubber stall mats for flooring. I always ask her to sit and wait when I open the kennel door, but don't mind her running to the door once I let her out of the kennel so I can let her outside to potty. She has to sit and wait there, too, so I can open the door without getting bowled over (and make sure none of the cats get out).
I usually let her tear around the back yard for a while after she goes potty and then call her to pet, play, and train before we go back inside and I ask her to settle down.
Ronja does jump but it's up and down, and not ON anyone.
That kind of jumping is okay with me when it's just me getting home. I do ask her to sit when I have people over because they don't know she won't jump on them, and a big jumping dog can be pretty intimidating, especially when she can jump to about face level.
I have a love hate relationship with the over the top greeting. When they do it I have to tell them to knock it off, and when they don't do it I think they're mad at me.
Ignore them until they're lying down appearing to be calm
I do too. Raven has taught herself to run a grab a toy/bone whatever she can find and runs around the kitchen with it her mouth while I set my stuff down. I talk to her as soon as I walk in the door and ask how her day was (yes, I am crazy. No, she doesn't answer, yet.
) Once I've gotten my stuff put away then we play with whatever toy she has and go outside to potty. She's good about not jumping for the most part, she usuallys jumps once when I've been gone a little longer than usual.When other people come, that's a whole different thread...
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