Our 13 month, very dominate male GSD, has decided he doesn't like it when my husband or 17 year old son laugh. Do I need to be concerned about this? Please help.

Hi Cindy,

It has been awhile since I have wrote, but I have another question as we have developed a bit of a new problem. Murphy, our 13 month, very dominate male GSD, has decided he doesn't like it when my husband or 17 year old son laugh. He can be in another room, sound asleep and when one of them laugh, he will come running out barking at them--like he is yelling at them. He doesn't attack them or anything, but he makes it well known that he doesn't like it and would prefer they quit. Murphy accepts me as the pack leader (although he tests the water even with me at times) but I believe he thinks of Josh and Jim as equals or even lesser than himself. Do I need to be concerned about this? As of now I have just been reprimanding him. If he has his collar on, I will knick him and tell him NO! He will stop, go lay back down, but will do it again next time--even with-in minutes. Last night we tried to watch a comedy movie and it was very disruptive with him charging out all the time.

Thanks in advance for any advise you can give me about this.

Diane

PS We do have all the videos and followed pack structure, but I don't recall anything about this in them.