Once again a new proplem with my 23 month old gs Luna. She
seems to have a thing for my husbands white socked feet. When
my husband gets home from work changes cloths and sits in his
recliner its GAME On. She will walk by him and grab his foot on
the run. Naturally, he yells out in pain and this just eggs her on, time for round two. This is a game for her. She doesn't pull
that nonsense with me but I don't walk around in white socks.
I walk around in fuzzy slippers, never-the-less it anoys him
to distraction, and yes I'm laughing under my breath. I've tried
to have him stand up, turn his back on her and ignore. I've tried
the verbal "Bad". This little game of hers only lasts a few seconds buts its a daily game. I know she doen't take him
seriously but sometimes husbands won't listen ( sorry husbands
out there)it is an attention seeking thing with her and since
the weather here has been awful she isn't getting as much exercise as I would normally do. Since my husband is at work all
day and Its dark when he gets home there nighttime walk together
is off until spring. Any Suggestions?

A correction is in order here, there is no such thing as bad weather for GSD and handler only bad clothing.

seriously, you'll have to put the pinch collar or E collar on and set the situation up then fix it. After you fix it put your foul weather clothes on and excercise your dog. Its the down side to owning a real dog

Dennis: I too thought of using the E collar. The south was in
the deep freeze all last week, we got 2 inches of snow and the
temp Saturday was 9. I still donded on a slew of cloths and played ball with Luna. She loved the snow and loves the cold
weather. I'll admit I'm not used to the cold and don't like it
but will do my best to get my butt out in it. Thanks for the advise.

just make sure she understands the correction is coming from you, not the sox, that could get real ugly.

 Quote: Dennis Jones

just make sure she understands the correction is coming from you, not the sox, that could get real ugly.

quickly i would like to say hi to the members of this forum. my name is gebriel, 37 years old from atlanta, ga, i have a male six and half year old English Mastiff and a female fourteen month old Italian Mastiff (Cane Corso). i have enjoyed all the free knowledge available at the Leerburg webstite.

now to my post, with my female pup to this day when ever she is out of her crate (unless when she escapes while i'm not at home which she is very good at) i keep her on a leash to catch and correct her which rarely happens. when she was younger she walked around the house with 20 ft leash and i had a good time correcting her from a distance. she believed it was the eletric cord, the trash can, my male pup, and everything else but me. she would actually run to me for help.

my question is to Dennis Jones comment of making sure the puppy knows the correction came from the handler, i’m not understanding why that would be better and how it could turn to be negative experience. again love this website.

Hi Gebriel and welcome. I'm not Dennis--I'm sure he'll offer his advice too (I think his remark may have even been a joke)--but here's my two cents that addresses what I think you're asking:

The basic idea of a successful human-dog relationship is to establish yourself as the benevolent leader in your house. All good things (and occasional corrections) come from the leader. The puppy should be looking to you for everything. Not the trash can, and certainly not the other dog. The trash can is not the leader. Nor is it something to be feared.

The cues we give dogs about who's the leader have to be meaningful and clear to the dog. They aren't good guessers and they don't always draw the "logical" conclusions we think they will. Example--if your dog never saw you fill the food bowl, or was never required to do anything to earn the food, how would they know you provided it? They might just as easily draw the conclusion that the bowl itself was the provider of the food. And why would one want to give away leadership responsibility to an inanimate object?

Gebriel, you probably want to post the intro part in "Member Bio" here: http://leerburg.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/postlist/Board/146/page/1

Welcome!

Take away his white socks and make him wear these:
An easier fix

steve,
lol