How do I stop my 8-month old lab from jumping on people?

What I learned in my pups obedience class was kind of simple and it worked strangely enough. If possible, and i know your pup must be large by now but totally ignore the jumping behavior. Just look up and pretend it is not happening. then as soon as he is sitting and looking at you like "What the heck.....she's not upset"., then pat him and show him that is the behavior you like. They are pretty smart and catch on pretty quickly. But I know it will probably be rough when you are attempting to ignore being wallowed on by lab...LOL! But it's a good method anyway. Good luck!

our lab does the exact same thing! he is close to 10 mos. and he is ULTRA HYPER and he just wants to play with other dogs and people. he goes berserk upon seeing other dogs and he makes a lot of mess when he take him out of his cage, but what we do with him is that when we call him or show ourselves to him, we sit/squat first so he feels like he doesn't have to like "reach" you. they tend to want to play a lot by banging on people/jumping ON them, so that's what we do. he is a bit responsive to it but he still would have the tendency to jump on us at times but he does crouch down when we are crouched down too.

Hi love, I do sympathise with you. I have 3 adorable labs.... yes 3!!!!!!!! crazy or what!!!! What I did was fill an old cola bottle with some dried peas or some gravel, when they do something they are not supposed to, just give it a good shake. It does stun them. By now, all l have to do is get the bottle and they calm down immediatley. Give it a try.... it worked for mine Good luck and let me know how it goes. Take Care Lynwen