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Q: My dog (German Shepherd) hates all other dogs, she’ll attack them on sight. Any ideas how to correct?
She’s a pound dog, got her when she was already 2. She’s totally cool with people, but will pursue another animal with the intention to harm it (killed a rat, bit another dog). Is this natural for German Shepherds and is there anything I can do about it? I thought about getting another dog and just putting a muzzle on her until she calms down. Sound like a plan? She’s really strong so it’s hard to expose her to other animals out in public.
We tried the PetSmart obedience course, worthless. I don’t think doggy style on a motorcycle would work either. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

A: this is not a natural behavior with GSD’s.it more than likely stemmed from lack of socialization around other animals and when she was put in with other animals (pound) it wasn’t a positive experience for her.
I would wait if I were you on getting another dog until your GSD shows appropriate behavior around other animals…your just asking for trouble with that one….and you are right about petsmart it is worthless!….you are past the point of basic obedience right now and you need to look into a special class offered by a certified trainer it is called shy/reactive dog class. they will work wth you to look for the signals that she is exhibiting before she goes into a full fledged attack and help you redirect that energy in a positive way. the classes are usually small (8 max) and they put up a fence between the dogs to give them security and each week if the dog is doing well the move the fences closer together so they are in closer contact with other animals. they teach you not only to look for signals, but also how to get the dog to focus just on you and ignore anything else. it is a great class! usually cost about $160 for 8 weeks. we did this with our GSD when he was a pup because he didn’t get full socialization and it really has helped…he is 18 months old now and we continue to go over the reactive training to keep it fresh in his mind all the time. oh, I just wanted to add that it isn’t just for young dogs either, we had many older dogs in the class and they did beautifully. hope this helps you somewhat!

Q: How can I train our German Shepherd Dog and Old English Sheep Dog to quit running our fence line?
We have a German Shepherd and an old English Sheep Dog that get overly excited when things (primarily other dogs) come close to the fence line. The GSD is 14 months and the OES is 16 months. How can we train them not to bark crazily and run the line like heathens when other dogs come around? We are first time dog owners.

A: Hi!

You need a full and proven dog training program.

“SitStayFetch” is one of the most popular dog training products on the market written by Daniel Stevens, an experienced dog trainer, for every dog owners who know that the experience of training their dog has or will continue to establish a better relationship with their four legs friend.

First when I read SitStayFetch ebook, I was surprised at lots of information has been covered. The 186 page book is broken down into different sections step-by-step, each one dealing with a different aspect of dog ownership. SitStayFetch starts from a basic that dog owner should know. For instance, things to consider before adopting a dog, choosing the right breed, dealing with breeders, the secrets of dog training; and then moves on at common dog problems including biting and nipping, aggression, jealousy, digging holes, disobedience, separation anxiety, fights with other dogs, destructive behavior and even understanding how your dog thinks.

The core of SitStayFetch system is the communication between dog and owner. Daniel Stevens understands that most of common dog problems are from the lack of communication. Your dog simply doesn’t understand what you want. SitStayFetch demonstrates how dogs communicate, what are they thinking, how you can communicate with them effectively.

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Check my source, hope it helps. Good luck!

Q: Why does my German Shepherd Dog Bark in the car and how can I get him to stop!?
My 18 month German Shepherd barks incessantly in the car when we take him for a walk but is fine on the way back. Our other dog is fine and we have no problems.
They sit in the hatchback, with a dog guard to stop them climbing onto the back seat. At the moment, the only time he doesn’t bark is if my husband sits in the back seat and glares at him when he starts.
He does get excited when going for a walk and we have no problem getting him into the car.
We used to transport him on the back seat with a harness for safety and was fine, no barking, until we moved him into the boot.We did this for safety (grew out of his harness) and for space (only two people could travel in the car when you have two big dogs as well!)
I think the barking indicates he is worried during transit and have tried reassuring him etc but am running out of ideas! How can I get this behaviour to stop?

A: He is excited on the way there cos he is going out for a walk. I don’t think it is due to the fact that he is worried during transit or he would do it on the way back as well. He associates going in the car with having fun so try puttin him in the car, takin him round the block without gettin him out for a walk and then bring him home again…keep doing this on random occasions and he will disassociate the car with walkies. Ignore the barking, I know its annoying and hard to ignore but the more atttention you give him, even by tellin him its ok or be quiet the more he will bark. Your husband sittin in the back is giving him attention too. Also, I don;t know where you live but the laws carrying dogs in cars is due to or has already changed in UK…its something to do with them having to be in a dog crate or harness for their own safety.

Q: How long does a German Shepherd dog teethe?
i have a female German Shepherd dog about 18 months old, I would like to know if she should have all her teeth by now.

A: yes she should have all of them when there mom ween’s them. might check w/ your vet.

Q: What class of dog is a German Shepherd Dog?
What class of dog is a German Shepherd Dog?
I will choose a best answer, thank you all!

A: working class
big dog
family dog
guard dog
amazing dog

Q: How old do you have to be to learn shultzen dog training. Are there better dogs than German shepherd dogs?
Where do you buy good German shepherd dogs for working and how much are they? Are there schools that let 15yr olds learn about training dogs or do you wait until you graduate?

A: That you have to ask proves that you are not yet a candidate.

The first step is to actually TRAIN a dog – of any breed – to a competitive level. Doesn’t matter whether the competition is Agility or Companion Trials or Obedience Tests or Tracking – each has its peculiarities, but what they do is demonstrate whether you have the patience & consistency required, plus the observational ability required to interpret a dog’s behaviour and know when to teach, when to command, when to distract.

For DogSport itself, the first step is obtain a calm, intelligent-trainable, agile pooch – weakness of character will eliminate it from the “courage” section, weakness of body will eliminate it form the physical section, weakness of intelligence/trainability will eliminate it from just about everything in the 3 sections. Basically, unless both its parents have Breed Survey Classification (BS.Cl.1 or 2 in English, KKl.I or II in German), a litter’s chances of producing correct GSDs with HGH and SchutzHund potential are small.
The second step is to join a DogSport club and obtain BH (BegleiterHund) with your pet – see http://www.worldclassgsd.com/Schutzhund/BH_Schutzhund.htm

Only after that – and after your dog’s body has matured enough (usually 15-18 months old) will you be allowed to start on the advanced mental & physical activities – see http://germanshepherddog.com/schutzhund/index.htm – but there are many confidence-building and reliability-improving activities that can be used before that.

Now wash your filthy mouth out with battery acid! As if there could POSSIBLY be a better dog than a GSD!
However, the GSD is not intended to be the best at much – being “The Best” requires exaggeration of particular shapes & qualities that suit that ONE thing. You don’t expect to see a tennis champion being also a boxing champion and a weightlifting champion and a pole-vault champion. The GSD is intended to be a specialist at the boundary patrolling method of sheep tending, and one of the 3 or 4 best at just about everything else. Its only rival is the Belgian Shepherd Dog – not surprising, seeing as both breeds were developed at the same time (1891-1911) to perform the same tasks on opposite sides of the River Maas! Sadly, show-is-all and pet-is-all breeders have been focussing on ruining the GSD for much longer than they have been trying to ruin the BSD – especially in Britain, Canada, the USofA. But in both breeds you will find excellence and you will find unworthy crap.

To ask your GSD questions, join some of the 400+ YahooGroups dedicated to various aspects of living with GSDs. Each group’s Home page tells you which aspects they like to discuss, and how active they are. Unlike YA, they are set up so that you can have an ongoing discussion with follow-up questions for clarification. Most allow you to include photos.
Les P, owner of GSD_Friendly: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_Friendly
“In GSDs” as of 1967

Q: The German Shepherd Dog, are they a good protector good and are they good in kids?
The German Shepherd Dog, are they a good protector good and are they good in kids?

A: Oh yeah, they are a great dog, very protective and loyal to the family members. In fact, we have one at home. I love him so much and he’s the best dog I’ve ever seen.
If you want to know more about the German shepherd dog, take a time to read this link, you will learn a lot.

http://www.justshepherds.com/germanshepherdprofile.htm

Q: Any rules for my German Shepherd dog riding in the car?
Someome (that I really despise) was getting on me the other day about my German Shepherd dog riding in the passenger seat of my car. They were saying that the police could give me a ticket if he wasn’t in the backseat. I have a fairly small car (a hyundai sonata) and a very large dog, so he cannot sit in the backseat. The seat in the back is a bench seat, and his paws slide off causing him to fall on the floor. The passenger seat is the only seat large enough to accomodate him safely and comfortably. He NEVER gets in the way of my driving, and I am always very cautious when driving with him. Can I really get a citation for this?
Please don’t recommend those “doggy seatbelts.” I’ve looked into those, and they are a joke.
Please don’t recommend those “doggy seatbelts.” I’ve looked into those, and they are a joke.
I live in Florida… if that helps.
My dog always has a leash on in the car in case I need to grab him, but I have never actually had to. He’s really well behaved in the car.

A: I have a German Shepherd too (in Florida) and we always let her sit in the car. Nobody has ever found a problem with it before- I think the person you were talking to was probably just being obnoxious.

Q: Any other dog that can get along with a German shepherd dog?
We have a German Shepherd, he barks alot and now he is nearly one year old! We’ve been keeping him inside lately, and trying to seek for a dog to be his companion, becoz people say another dog will reduce the barking.
1.Is that true?
2. What dog will get along well with a GSD
3. The dog doesn’t need lots of exercise, doesn’t need lots of grooming, can get along with children over 12.
4. Doesn’t bark much.
And if you have any other suggestions please tell me!

A: The only thing that will control your GSD’s barking is you. I recommend put him through some obedience classes. I have two German Shepherds, and when one starts barking, the other joins in right away. My dogs know the commands ’settle’ and ‘go to bed’ the one thing you never want to do when your GSD starts barking is yell at him. Dogs don’t understand that yelling means your mad. The dog is going to think you are barking right along with him and get even more excited.

Try filling a pop can with pennies and shaking it to get his attention when he is barking. Once he stops barking, put him in a sit and give him a treat or throw him a favorite toy. Another thing you need to start doing is exercising him and giving him something to do. GSD’s are an extremely intelligent breed that need a purpose or they get bored and develop unwanted behaviors, such as excessive barking.

Getting a 2nd dog will not be a quick fix, and chances are that you will just wind up with two out of control barking dogs. Dogs don’t train each other, they look to their pack leader (you) for guidance.

Q: where can you find a pure breed german shepherd dog in the philippines? respectable breeders?
im looking for a german shepherd as a watch dog. is there any where around manila.. [5 hours away max] where i can find a breeder that is respectable? it will be living on large property when it becomes larger and after socializing in a condo.

A: my mom has a white german shepherd and might be breeding her soon… she lives in las pinas and if she isnt breeding her now she can definitely hook you up with respectable and reasonable breeders… email me at maltroye01@yahoo.com

Q: How do I fatten up my 2 year old German Shepherd dog?
Our dog is around 2 1/2 years old. He is a smaller German Shepherd. I realize that, but he is too small. We always have food out for him, but he just doesn’t eat enough. Is there anything (fairly cheap) that I can give him to put some meat on his bones?

A: Forget the idea of fattening him up. Being fat is as unhealthy for dogs as it is for humans. The GSD should be in the same condition as a champion marathon runner – if he has a correct coat you should see the muscles working over each rib when he is gaiting or panting, you should see no more than one edge of the very last rib when he is rested.

You give us no data as evidence of your claim that he is “too small”.
Because the GSD is a boundary patrolling dog that herds sheep, there are set limits to its size, so that it will be big enough to pull sheep out of crops but small enough to be agile and to need little fuel. Many dogs registered as GSDs are much too big – that applies particularly to the deviations referred to as AlsatiOns and NAmerican Ski-Slope Dogs, and you might be comparing a genuine GSD with one of them.
A first class male GSD must end up in the height range 60-to-65cm. A second class male GSD gets a 1cm tolerance, so can be in the 59-to-66cm height range – that’s 23¼-to-26 inches minimum and maximum. In either case the weight is to be in the range 30-to-40 kg, which is 66-to-88 lbs.

On-demand feeding aka free feeding has been researched and proven to dramatically increase the incidence of hip dysplasia. So don’t even consider it.

Next is diet.
I do not consider kibbles to be dog FOOD, although most dogs can exist on them. Nor do I consider it mere coincidence that the 30-35 year period in which kibbles rose from virtually unheard of to virtually universal happens to be the same years in which bloat escalated some 18,000%. – check it in the bloat research section of http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/The_GSD_Source/links/Feeding__Nutrition__GDV_Bloat_001198556443/, which also links you to many ideas on how to feed, plus to plants that cause problems to dogs.

Dogs being carnivores, with a digestive system evolved to thrive on animal proteins – birds, eggs, fish, insects, mammals, reptiles – small bones and all (except those fish-needles), I am convinced that the basis of a dog’s diet should be raw meat on the bone. You can add almost anything to it, but ideal are cooked table scraps (except baked/roasted bones. My dogs get pan-fried and pressure-cooked bones and have never had a problem, but some poorly-bred dogs have degenerate digestive systems that can’t cope). My current 4 are aged 8, 12, 12 and 14 years, and lambs briskets are the main element in their diet. You’ll probably find that dogs fatten better on smelly mutton from old sheep than they do on beef or venison or horse or poultry.

Routine is important to dogs – mine tend to quietly moan if I don’t feed them within 5 minutes of the designated clock time (yeah, the start and finish of Daylight Saving Time mucks them up for a while). The little actions & sounds as you slowly prepare a meal and carry it to the designated eating place will act like the triggers used in Pavlovian conditioning to arouse appetites and start the digestive juices flowing. A small morning snack and a main meal late at night is the best feeding routine for pet dogs. Guard dogs should have the timing reversed – dogs sleep when their tummy is full.
If you dog is a couch potato, he probably needs no more than a lb of meat a day. If he does a lot of exercise he might need 3 lbs a day – more, if he works 16 hour days on a farm.

If your dog IS underweight for his actual size, with his ribs showing constantly, you need to have him tested for such as a pancreas deficiency or a heavy worm burden.
Les P, owner of GSD_Friendly: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_Friendly
“In GSDs” as of 1967

Q: how to train a German shepherd dog into a police dog ?
My cousin has a german shepherd dog that is 2 years old. he wants to train it to be a police dog any help?

A: Police dogs are planned before they are even born. They train from small puppies and are specifically chosen by the states specialized dog trainers.

Q: Can anyone tell me where to find information on German Shepherd Dog DNA memory as it relates to nutrition?
My friend says that it is not good for German Shepherd Dogs to eat chicken – that a dislike for it is encoded in their DNA memory. She says whenever her dogs had a choice between chicken and beef or any other type of meat, they always refused the chicken. She says she read something about chicken not being good for them in a holistic dog book by Melissa Bartlett, as well as in other places. I would like to research this further.

A: I know plenty of show breeders that feed raw….many feed chicken. As far as GSDs genetically hating chicken???
I’d say that’s a stretch.

Her dog may dislike chicken…GSDs as a breed? I don’t believe that.

As far as nutrition, you’d have to research that. Many book writers do not agree at all on raw feeding. It depends on what works for you and your dog.

If it was me, I’d check with my dog’s breeder and follow their recommendations as they know their bloodlines and health issues better than anyone else (if they are a GOOD breeder).

Q: Can a six months old german shepherd dog live with a 6 months old labrador?
I have a labrador which is 6 months old.I have been with it for two months and i am sure she loves me and al of the family.If I get a 6 months german shepherd dog will there be jealousy or fights .THANK YOU

A: at 6 months they are both still puppies and should adapt well, dogs this age are more readily introduced that they are as adults.

Q: Can a Doberman and German Shepherd dog be kept in 1 house?
Which dog is suitable to keep with a German Shepherd.

A: Sure! I’ve been told 2 female Dobermans can’t live together and I’ve proved them wrong several times over.

All it takes is dedication on the part of the dog’s guardian.

Hope that helps.

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