HELP! Please!

Question
I have a 8 month old golden retriever. She is a very hyper but still obedient when asked to site, though she won't stay long, shake, fetch and lay. We live in the country and I used to have her inside however the parents did not like that so she is now outside on 46 acres. She always stays by the house except when she follows us down our driveway or something. I am having a few problems with her that I can not seem to break the habit. I have really tried to get her to stop jumping but when there are new people around she get SUPER hyper! She also is ALWAYS getting into things. EVERYDAY she seems to be ruining something and it is driving me and my parents crazy! So I have had to put her on a leash recently so she would not be getting into so much stuff but she goes crazy around me and I cant stand to be around her since she is soo hyper. I love her to death and I don't know what to do anymore. She is so hyper and never seems to settle down. It doesn't matter if I let her off her leash to run and swim in the creek or not, she always remains hyper and she scares kids because she is so big and hyper. PLEASE HELP ME!!

Answer
The jumping can be corrected, but only if you can keep others from giving her attention when she jumps up.  Consistently is very important in correcting jumping and other problems.  Quickly correcting her each and every time she jumps on somebody is very important.  Something bad has to happen each time.  People are successful with a number of different things.  One of the most gentle is to grab her front paws and hold her up.  The traditional knee to the chest or step on her paws work well too.  Stepping back and turning your back works very well.  In each case apply ''Bad dog, its name off!'' in a firm, but not loud voice.  Go ahead with it even if she is too quick to add a physical correction.

The general hyperness will be more difficult.  Spay her if not already.  It is completely unacceptable to leave a female in season outside like you are doing.  

It is hardly acceptable to leave any dog outside, let alone a Golden typically craving attention.  Dogs are pack animals.  They want to be with you.  Having a crate for it to live in makes it much easier.  Your house and puppy are safe with it in a crate when nobody is around to watch it.  Other dogs may
not be as bad as the young Labs I am plagued with.  Still your house and dog
will be much safer with the dog in a crate when you are away.  The dog may be
happier in its den than loose in the house.  It relaxes, it feels safe in its
den.  It rests, the body slows down reducing the need for water and relieving
its self.  Dogs that have been crated all along do very well.  Many of them
will rest in their crates even when the door is open.  I think the plastic
ones give the dog more of a safe, enclosed den feeling.  They are harder for
dogs to open too.  Metal ones can be put in a corner or covered with
something the dog can't pull in and chew.  Select a crate just big enough for the full grown dog to stretch out in.

Leave it some toys.  Perhaps a Kong filled with peanut butter.  Don't leave
anything in the crate the dog might chew up.  It will do fine without even any
bedding.  You will come home to a safe dog and a house you can enjoy.

Accidents and damaged possessions are the fault of whoever was watching the puppy.  When you are watching it, immediately correct it as soon as it goes for anything except its own toys.  In a quiet, but firm voice ''Bad dog, its name drop!''.  Gently remove what ever and replace it with one of her toys, or if older, hold eye contact until the puppy drops it.

A dog that has not been crated since it was little, make take some work.
Start out just putting its toys and treats in the crate.  Praise it for going
in.  If you have been able to trust it with any bedding, put that in the crate.
Feed it in the crate.  This is also an easy way to maintain order at feeding
time for more than one dog.

The "shut the puppy in a safe room" is a fallacy.  Very few houses even have a
safe room.  How many of us have a room with a hard surfaced floor and nothing
else?  Most rooms have electrical cords to chew if nothing else.  In addition
to destroying anything a bored puppy finds to chew, it may choke or have
intestinal  blockage from the pieces.  I had a friend that left her dog in a
"safe" room.  It ate a hole in the floor covering.  The safe rooms fail to
give the dog the comfort of the enclosed space their instinct requires.  Nor
do they restrict activity extending the time the dog can go without relieving
itself.