Hi again,
I think the best thing to do in your situation would be to have your dog on a long lead and head collar. When a dog comes into the shop praise her for being calm. As soon as she begins to get upset or excited immediately remove her out the back or to an area she cannot greet the other dog and will get no attention, this is effectively a time out. After 3 minutes let her back out. This will work best if you can practice it several times in a row so asking friends to help by bringing their dogs into the shop will help. Remember at all times when she is being calm and behaved give her heaps of praise and treats. You can practice this same calm behavior around other dogs in other places such as your home and the park, in open places like the park simply work her in the other direction as soon as she misbehaves while completely ignoring her. She should soon learn that reacting to other dogs inappropriately will get her nowhere. Keep up her alpha training and do short daily obedience sessions with her to improve her overall behavior as well, your dog is just coming out of her teenage months so she will still be trying to test the boundaries!
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