 not aloof to strangers
#187752 - 03/28/2008 09:19 PM |
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Hi
I have a 2 yr old male workinglline gsd from the nick line,had him tested and he really passes the test bites the suit etc,but however in the house i notice even when there are strangers around he doesnt really bark that much and sees no one as a threat unlike what my dad said even our pug and labradors alert us when thees a stranger everytime but the gsd would only do it scarcely,what do you guys think the problem here?how can i make him more diligent in his real life protection?i want him to be more vigilant and aloof to strangers
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[Re: didier jimenez ]
#187802 - 03/29/2008 12:22 PM |
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What training have you done so far with him? I got a nice sharp aloof dog, want to try him out for a week? LOL
Be careful what you ask for, it's a different way you have to live with your dog.
Sounds like your dog has a nice temperament. Find an EXPERIENCED trainer to help you out and evaluate him.
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#187841 - 03/29/2008 07:08 PM |
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Didier,
Do you mean that your dog makes and laps up to strangers that you find threating. Or do you find it unacceptable that he relaxes and knows what is a threat and what isn't. You want him sharper? Reacting to any and everything? Or fearful? There are methods to do this, but it's easier to start with a poorly bred dog to begin with.
If my dog isn't learning, I'm doing smething wrong.
Randy
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#187843 - 03/29/2008 07:35 PM |
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Randy, i don't understand your post at all.
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#187845 - 03/29/2008 07:49 PM |
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I wont speak for Randy, but I interpreted him to be asking what kind of "not aloof" is Didier's dog. Is the dog friendly to people who the other dogs (and owner) views as a threat or is the dog just not percieving normal strangers as a threat, like a lot of dogs do. If the former, then maybe thats a problem. If the later, then it would be an indication of a stable temperment; the dog is confident in his ability to distinguish between a "real" or possible threat. Visitors who the owner allows inside arent a legitamate threat because the owner gave them permission to enter. THe teenager jumping over your back fence is...
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#187864 - 03/29/2008 10:10 PM |
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Thank you Mary. You probably saved me a star and a hand slap.LOL
If my dog isn't learning, I'm doing something wrong.
Randy
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#187866 - 03/29/2008 10:50 PM |
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To the op, my original questions are still valid.
Is the dog all goo goo over people? Or is he, oh hum I can take them or leave them.
When someone comes to door he doesn't bark you say, but is he alert. That is to say, aware.
For myself, I'm having a hard time understanding what it is you want. What is the dog being trained for? Cd, sport, or ppd? If the dog was too sharp, running and going barking mad at the least little noise about the house, or prowling endlessly around who ever you engaged with, you'd be asking us for help for those issues, no I take that back. You'd be screaming for help from us, the next door nieghbor, and anybody that would listen. Because the dog wouldn't be fit to live with or for any work.
He sounds like a nice even level headed dog. What is it you want?
If my dog isn't learning, I'm doing something wrong.
Randy
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#187905 - 03/30/2008 08:35 AM |
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He sounds like a nice even level headed dog. What is it you want? Randy
He probably is a nice even level headed dog. But, I think the OP just wants to see more aloofness, perhaps also a bit of barking when a stranger is coming around to the house (but not necessarily when said stranger is being admitted into the house by owner). My dog was so quiet with strangers walking up to our door, if you were on the outside, you would have thought I owned a cat  . Anyway, encouraging more (not incessant) barking is probably what he is looking for here. 
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#187906 - 03/30/2008 08:53 AM |
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I have 2 nick grandsons. 12 months old, and they are the friendliest happiest sweetest dogs alive. Lines dont dictate behavior. Barking is not neccesarily a good thing. I am finding the nick line dogs I've been around very slow to mature and am not holding my breath for them to grow up anytime soon. If they are in a kennel and people walk by then they bark nicely. Otherwise, in the yard, they ignore passers by, or try to make friendswoth anyone that offers them attention.
Dogs with big mouths, more often than not, are weak and insecure. Which is likely your pug is more "alert". Give the dog till he's 3. If he's still social and happy then he always will be. Many idiot trainers try to "fix" this by flanking the dogs and whipping them to bring out aggression. Walk away. If you want an antisocial or aloof dog then get a new dog if your dog doesn't grow into this behavior by 3 or so.
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#187907 - 03/30/2008 08:58 AM |
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Posting from a pirate playground surrounded by screaming kids from a cell phone so can't edit previous post:
Training helps, but the dog always reverts to genetics.
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