OK I have a puppy she is about 5 months old and there is a few things in the house that she does that drive me nuts.

One she jumps on the counters no matter if you are standing there or not. She does do pretty well if you tell her "Off" though. I would say about 50% of the time she will get off without you having to walk over to her.

Two, she jumps on the couch and takes stuff off the end tables and knocks drinks off you name it.

Three, when my little 2 year old cousin is over she will steal stuff right out of her hand if she is walking around with it.

I think I could train her in fact I know I could, but there is 4 other people that live in the house not including myself and another 8 or so people the come over on a regular basis and no one will follow the training, but me. So I think most of my frustration isn't coming from my puppy being out of control it is everyone else because if she does jump on the counters or something they just screaming get down, or whatever you can think of instead of off.

So does anyone have any solutions to any to my many problems?

I would put you and the dog in the same room by your self and teach it sit, down, stay and stuff that will keep her off from jumping. So sit her on the counter and tell her down!!! and kepp doing that. take her off the counter and say down and then try it again and again if that doesnt work then i am sooooo sorry...

First: she counter surfs. Leave nothing on the counter. If she gets something it's called 'self-rewarding' and if you get after her for it, she won't care he still got what she wanted. Try setting a trap. Put something yummy right on the counter but coat it with bitter apple or hot sauce. After she tastes it, she may not be so thrilled about eating something that way again. Counter surfing is hard to break, so keep at it!

Second: Is she allowed on any furniture? The best thing to do it make her stay off all furniture. Then she can't get to the stuff on the end tables.

Third: What kind of things does you cousin keep in his hand? There's not much you can do about that. Especially if she steals it right out of his hand, she could accidentally bite down a little too hard one day and hurt him. She may even think he's handing her things depending on his gestures. If she does, tell her to drop it, then give her one of her own toys to chew on instead. Gear her towards what she allowed to chew on.

Everyone needs to be in on the training. If you train her one way, then everyone else scream at her, it's confusing and just not fun. You should sit everyone down and show them how to properly train her. She'll behave more for all of you that way. Stress to them the importance of proper training. Write a list of proper ways to train and, under your supervision, have each person individually work with the dog for at least fifteen minutes. Good luck!

I have a different recommendation for training methods.
For the counter surf problem. Yes, a great idea is for there to be no food on the counter and include the table as well. Next get a horn or something that makes a loud buzz sound. Everytime the dog goes for the top of the counter sound the horn. Keep sounding the horn till the dog goes off the counter. Immediately when the dog is on the floor treat. There are safe "booby traps" that will not harm the dog but will startle the dog and might help to keep the dog off the counter.
Un-attended drinks on the end table and coffee table is a people thing you need to train. You be bad for doing that not the dog.
Little kids with food in hands is right at the level of the dog's nose. Nearly impossible to break that one. Could try to treat the dog before giving kid food. Could try having kid sit at table to eat and not walk around with food. Could try letting the dog be in another area away from kid but, treat the dog or make it pleasant for the dog to be away from kid.
You need to be committed to obedience training with your dog. You might need to commit to a 2 a day training schedule. You will need to use the same commands in everyday life that you use during training. You need to be consistent. Once you have made the commitment, spent the time and are consistent with your dog (that is one-on-one) it should be easier to do the same commands when people are pleasant. It might be possible that when you are able to show other people that you are making progress with the dog that they might also be interested in getting the same results. The only thing I would recommend for bad people behavior is to keep the dog with you as much as possible. A tough call I know.

first: try investing in a baby gate to keep her out of the kitchen. Also try with out the baby gate, stand in the door way and block her from coming in. when she tries to get past, make a sreeching noise. when she sits or takes her attention off the kitchen reward her.

second: yes keeping her off the furniture will help a great deal with the knocking things over. you need to teach her to leave it. to teach her to leave it, hold a treat in your hand in a closed fist, tell her to leave it and as soon as her attention comes off your hand reward her. it takes a bit but she will learn.

third: i would also like to know what the child has in her hands. if it is food, i suggest putting the dog into a different room while people are eating. on a episode of its me or the dog, she put a bunch of cakes in front of kids but told them not to eat them till she said so, while she enjoyed the cake. u have to think from ur dogs view that the food is so tempting and doesnt understand why ur allowed to eat the cake but not them. the trainer on that show told those people to put the dog in another room while eating so its not temping the dog.

i suggest watching its me or the dog, she does some great work for alot of people and she has alot of useful tips. my dog right now has a problem with eating her own and our other dogs poop. she suggested putting pineapple in thier diets cuz it has something in it that makes the poop disgusting. i feel its worth a try and is probaly cheaper then the powder stuff from the vets.

I have a few countersurfing issues.

Our four year old Great Dane doesn't really do it. Once in a blue moon, he gets a wild hair up his arse and decides that he will "sneak." He'll put one paw on the counter and lift his body. He looks to see if we see him the whole time. This doesn't happen often, and he gets down if told.

Our year old Dane hasn't done it, from what I know. I've never caught him or found evidence that he has.

Our five month old Dane... good lord. She's absolutely ridiculous. We've started setting traps. She still goes for the bait, but she gets down when told. Soemtimes she'll repeat offend for the same bait, but she's getting the hang of it.

Dearest, Sweet Canterbury_tails,
The counter is at eye level to a Great Dane, you're asking the impossible!(jk!). I do think it is funny that such a large dog still puts their foot on the counter to get up an look. Yes, I am laughing well, maybe a small laugh.
It might be possible that you are using the wrong trap? Look for some kind of loud noise trap set off by a sensor. Maybe 2 or 3 of those kinds of traps for your situation. Why, the loud noise should bother their ears and they will want to get away.
If there is a baby in the house, you are gonna have to settle for the compressed air traps and possibly more then one.

No worries about the laughing. It is hilarious to watch the 160 pound one try to "sneak." It's like when he's trying to get on the couch or bed without being invited. One foot. Pause. Second foot. Pause. (As if I couldn't feel the sag in the mattress or cushions.) Then a hop from the back feet... and he usually lands on my feet and looks at me like, "Mom, how'd I get up here?"

The antics of dogs.

Canterbury_Tails,
Sounds like you are living in the comic strip called MARMADUKE.

Marmaduke x 3. Heh. If you ever get a chance... if you have a myspace, you can catch the antics of my dogs at www.myspace.com/thedykingviking. It's private, but if you add me, I'll add you back when I get to a computer other than this... and there's lots of wonderful Dane fun. (Baby using Great Dane's as handles to climb on the couch, and more.)

Canterbury_tails,
I heard on the radio that, for people my age to be on myspace would be the equivalent of being a pedophile, so, I do not have a myspace. Thanks for the invite.

Nah. That's a load of crap. I'm 22 and have a family. A two year old son and as you read, I'm planning another. My mother's on myspace and she's darn near 50.

I actually plan on making a page for my kennel there, just because it's so easy to maintain. Right now, the only pages I have are my personal one, and the one raising money for cancer research. It's my Danes for Dames. It's public and has some older shots of my dogs.

www.myspace.com/danes4dames