Hi. I'm new here. Can anyone tell me if there is a Ground Work to Becoming a Pack Leader part 2 on podcast. I burned the first one this morning and listened to it during my commute but was really sad when I figured out it was only part 1. I can't seem to find part 2.
Also, I'm having trouble figuring out where to post questions about ground work. Could someone point me in the direction of the most appropriate place for such questions? Thank you.
Thanks Connie. I actually have a 6 year old female GSD that we rescued back in August. Her name is Sheena. Not my choice of names, but she was an owner surrender and I didn't have the heart to change it! You can see photos of her here http://www.flickr.com/photos/tysgirl/sets/72157594252267977/
We are having some serious leadership issues with her. Ed has recommended that I do ground work and then basic obedience with an electric collar. I am overwhelmed right now trying to get all my ducks in a row so that I do all this right. I'm glad that part 2 doesn't exsist because I was starting to feel like an idiot for not being able to locate it. I have been on this website non stop for a week since I found it.......for the first time in months, I feel like there's hope for my girl!
Thank you, Eva. She's a good girl that just needs some work. We love her to death though!
That photo that you mentioned makes me sad. That was one of the first days we had her......you can still see where her belly had been shaved for her spay surgery that was done just prior to us adopting her. 8 weeks after that photo we discovered that her spay surgery had been done by a complete idiot. Her 2 internal layers were sutured with some very crude looking non dissolvable material and her exterior skin had been glued. At 8 weeks her body started rejecting the internal sutures.....she had big abcesses every place the suture passed through the muscle. Her fur had finally grown back and then she had to have it shaved again to have the incision repaired. I now wonder how much discomfort she felt in those 8 weeks that we had no idea things were going on inside of her.
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I hope you don't mind me asking how you got her. You said she was an owner-surrender. Did she just get too much for them to handle? Do you know anything about her background which would help or hinder her training?
Oww, poor puppy! (Heh, heh, we both edited at the same time.)
I don't mind at all, Eva. Sheena came from a rescue group. She had lived in foster care for 3 months. Supposedly her owner got a job transfer and couldn't take her. I find the whole thing, including the foster mom, very fishy. Sheena came to us weighing only 55 lbs. How that happens after 3 months in foster care is beyond me. Sheena put on weight no problem as soon as she came to live with us and is now very healthy at 70lbs. She was also lactating, our vet said that it was possible Sheena was pregnant when the foster mom had her spayed. I asked the foster mom about this and was given a blank stare. Why Sheena was allowed to run for 3 months on a hobby farm while not spayed is something I don't understand. So who knows what her true story is.
As for her behavior problems.....I'll readily admit, they're my fault. I have not been the pack leader she needs me to be. I tried to be....but failed miserably. I'm glad I found this site and hope to turn things around! Thanks for taking an interest in us.
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