My dog wines and moans when I have people in my house, how can I stop him from Winning? Please Help?

"When we have people over the house we have to cage him in the kitchen or put him in the cage because he does not leave them alone." - Are you making it clear to him what it is he's doing wrong that warrants being crated? For example, say he's crated when you bring the visitors into your home, and then you bring him out to be introduced. Every time he shows any sign of being overly excited (pulling, jumping, ignoring you, whatever), silently, calmly turn around and bring him back into the other room. Wait a couple minutes until he calms down sufficiently, and then try again. The first several times you do this, it might take what seems like FOREVER for him to even make it into the room with the guests, but you need to be consistent and keep doing it. He will learn that every time he behaves a certain way, he is removed from what he wants (the guests). "He is very happy when there around, he wants to be all over them and everything, and when I tell him to stop or to lay down he does no listen at all." - You need to actively train him to obey despite big distractions. He obeys consistently when there are no guests, right? Then the next step would be to have a *small* distraction, like maybe someone who comes over very frequently and doesn't elicit as much excitement as other guests. The point is that you need to GRADUALLY work up to huge, huge, huge distractions like new visitors. You have to take baby steps, and any time you suffer a setback and he fails to obey, you know you went too quickly. Take a big step back and then slowly work back up to that point. You also need to be sure that you're rewarding him well enough! Find a treat that's worth $100 to him, whether it's chicken, hot dog, liver, cheese, meatballs, whatever. Alternatively, if he's motivated by toys, you could use his favorite toys or even your guests as rewards. "We end up putting him in his cage or caging him in the kitchen while people are here and when he is in the cage or kitchen he whines, moans and at times barks." - Because he's extremely excited and frustrated. "What can I try to do with him or to him to get him to stop whining?" - Do you make it clear to him that it's good to be quiet? If he stops for even half a second (literally), reward him! The second he stops, give him a delicious treat and calmly praise him. Do this consistently, and if he whines, moans or barks, become ice cold toward him. The second he makes a second, be silent, cross your arms, look away (and stand up if you were sitting or kneeling by him). Be like a statue until he's quiet again, and then immediately reward him. As he catches on to this fun game, he'll realize that being quiet gets him good things (yummy food, attention, maybe even play or being let out of the crate) while being noisy gets him absolutely nothing, not even negative attention. "over time it really gets me mad and I end up yelling which I shouldn't do at all." - It's good that you know you shouldn't do that, because it's absolutely not beneficial. In fact, it's almost definitely downright harmful because every single time you give him attention -- even negative attention -- you're rewarding him, because he wants attention. You're encouraging his behavior. "I do not want to have him caged up all day." - He's spending a lot of his time in isolation right now, isn't he? If you keep a highly energetic creature locked up, you just know he's *bursting* with pent-up frustration and energy. Make sure you're exercising him VERY, VERY well! He's your dog. He's your responsibility. You have an obligation to see that his needs are met, and as such a hyper dog, you need to exercise him thoroughly every single day. That might mean several long, hard walks daily. That might mean going jogging, running, hiking, swimming, playing soccer, whatever. You just need to make sure that he thoroughly exhausted every single day!!! Remember, a tired dog is a good dog. "I want to be able to let him out the cage and he leaves the kids alone" - So he's all over the kids when he's let out of the cage? Read these two pages, and use a similar method to desensitize him to the kids and to teach him that he'll only get to be around them if he can use some self control: http://www.mastiffonlinecommunity.net/viewtopic.php?t=1665 http://www.mastiffonlinecommunity.net/viewtopic.php?t=85 "I want him to act the same way he acts when its just me and my wife" - That's just an unrealistic expectation. He's always around you and your wife, so you're old news. Having new kids in the house is exciting! They're new! So unless you can socialize with enough kids that they're old news (you may literally need to introduce him to like a hundred different kids), you can't blame him for being excited over them, right? "I tried ignoring him but he whined from 7pm to 11:30m when he fell asleep." - So you've only tried ignoring him like that once, right? Once is never enough. I know you want a quick magic fix, but