[nagdu] Behaviour question

[Lisa]

Hello everyone!

I'm coming to you with a question once again. Just to give you the basic 
info:
I have a 3-year-old lab named Taylor. I got him in September 2014. We work 
alot on different things and it's amazing to see his or our progress.
My question is not about his guidework but about his behaviour when people 
come to visit or when we stop and talk to people outside.
He wants to jump up on people (is that the right term? Sorry, if not. I 
think you know what I mean) and just gets too wild and excited when I start 
to talk to people, also strangers. When people come into our apartment and 
don't ignore him completely, he jumps up on them several times, starts to 
run in circles around them and gets all excited. Depending on how the person 
reacts, it stops soon or gets worse and worse. Of course I try to forbid him 
to jump everytime. I also try to let him sit after a short greeting. But I 
just feel I haven't found the best solution to control him in such a 
situation yet. Especially here in the apartment, I of course don't have him 
on a leash and therefore have to think of other things to do to stop him 
from getting too excited.

Do you have any strategies or exercises for me that could help me fix this 
issue?
It's just very unpleasant, this surprised reaction from people who are often 
like "He is a trained service dog. Why is he behaving like this?"

best wishes from Germany
Lisa