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Sequoyah German Shepherds
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updated 9/03/09
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Question: German Shepherd still mouthing and play biting....
Hi there, my name is Racheal and my family just adopted a loving
beautiful one year old GSD. She is great and we love her so
much. She still is mouthing. I am using the growling and
grabbing her mouth route to correct it. She seems to do this in
the morning, and when she is excited. How long can I expect her
to continue? Also, she seems to get really anxious when cars
leave. Thanks
Answer:
As far as the mouthing goes, a lot of that depends on
you. My shepherds still mouth but then I allow it.
Shepherds are naturally mouthy. They greet the world with
their mouths. I don't know if how much mouthing you are
allowing but just remember, if what you are doing is not
showing any results, then you need to try something
different - whether your corrections become harder / louder,
or you use a totally different technique all together. They
don't "grow out of it" necessarily - you teach them to stop
doing whatever it is that you don't want. They may get
tired of it but you should be seeing improvement in your
training or your training isn't working.
Question: German Shepherd chasing cars....
I am having problems with my German Shepherd
and cars.
She is fine for the most part when people pull in, but when they
pull out, if she is outside, she will bark and jump and about go
crazy to get away to go to the car. Then if the car stops, she
just trys to get in to go. She loves to be in the car more than
any dog I have ever seen. I am wondering the best way to fix
this. I take her with me often, to play with her cousin dog,
she just loves to be in the car. So much so, when we are just
outside playing, she will go to the car and jump on it. We have
really been working hard to correct this, any suggestions would
be greatly appreciated. Thank You so much
Answer:
As far as the cars go, you don't want to teach her not to
like cars - you teach her to be obedient in the face of her
desire. If you have her outside and someone is leaving,
make sure that you have her on lead and tell her to sit or
wait or down or whatever. When she breaks the command, let
her administer her own correction. I like to use pinch
collars for this training. I will put her on a pinch, give
her a command to sit. Then stand on the 6 foot lead, giving
her enough slack that she could "take off" but will only get
to go about 2 feet before she reaches the end of the slack.
If she takes off quick and "blows you off" then she will get
a harder correction (self inflicted). You job is to bring
her back into position and put her back in a sit. You
continue the technique while the people are leaving. Soon,
she will be focused on you instead of her desire.
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