I missed the fact that you didn't want her to play in the water at all... With that said, no, I wouldn't do what I did with Falcon.

I am not experienced enough to assist with giving advice on what you are trying to accomplish. What comes to mind is to concentrate on regular obedience (NO distractions) AWAY from the water, work up slowly to minor distractions, etc... until she is trained well enough that she will obey even when the water is part of the equation. Also, are you able to exercise/work the dog enough? If she is not getting enough working/exercise to blow off some of that energy, this will only add to the problem. If she is EXHAUSTED when she sees the water, it may be more trouble than she has energy for.

All I can offer is to give her other ways to burn off that energy. Age appropriate exercise and play, lots of mental games, and working on the obedience away from the water until she is proofed. I know this is not the fix you would like, and if it is not the correct suggestion, I know other folks with more experience than I have will chime in.

Thanks again for your time, Barbara.

I can't imagine her not getting enough exercise (mainly running) which I wrote in my original post. Minimum 2 hours of running in the yard + fetch with us in the late afternoon which unfortunately includes getting at the water, and she tosses & chases toys during the day in the kitchen & the patio. She naps, eats dinner, then we play hard again (tug) before bed. I'm basically with her except for my bed & bath time. We don't have a particularly large yard (S. CA), but there's plenty of room for her to run full speed in circles for now. I'll start taking her out when she's a little older. She's not crated but confined in the kitchen dining area, and so far there's enough room for her to even chase a ball inside. I have a feeling the amount of exercise and physical contact with me is well above average because I'm home all the time.

I'll need to figure out how I could get her physically exhausted though. I have a neighbor who "borrows" her and lets her chase his RC car. I watched her over the fence---she gets exhausted to the point of staggering to him, rests on his lap for a few minutes, then she's back at full speed again. She comes home and immediately conks out. I don't think I can exercise her to that degree of long hard running. She does have higher energy than my previous puppies. But when she is that tired, she watches his RC car run without chasing-----it is a "normal" puppy play & bark, different from aggressive barks at the running water.

If you havent' done so yet, look into marker training. There is tons of info on this site and several good dvds to order if want to. Marker training really engages the dog mentally, which can be another type of exercise... working one's brain gets tiring as well. This will give you the opportunity to begin training your dog in a completely positive, engaging fashion which may easily transfer over into the hose issue - over time. Again, I wouldn't try training her around the hose for a while. Energetic pups require a lot of stamina... hang in there!

Thank you so much, Barbara.

We tied her to the patio post today while we watered, both my husband and I with a hose blasting. I told my husband to keep quiet and expected her to try to get to the water or jump on me as soon as I approached. SURPRISE!! She did nothing but sitting & laying around, after giving my husband total hell with the water before I got to the yard. She didn't even give me one opportunity to correct anything LOL. A couple of treats, and that was it. Rest of the evening she just happily pounced around a ball & tossing and growling at a frozen cucumber in the kitchen. I have so many plants to water that I can't just tie her until I'm done (sundown) without letting her run, but I surely hope that half an hour of "timeout" to just watch us from the patio will work! She might turn into a devil tomorrow with this and ask for good yanks!

She has good days & bad days (always bad with water), and it's just part of puppyhood with sore gums & not much self-control. I'm just a bit paranoid about this after our 130 pound Rottie's aggression over specific items, and I'd be seriously relieved if she grows out of it. Then I would let her play with water "nicely" when she's older and calmer. She actually hates water on her face, so I really don't think she's one of those "water dogs" though! I'll keep trying to shape her into a well behaved gentle dog like all our previous dogs were. I might send her off to you in 2 years!