hi everyone,am new to the forum and just joined the site,my german shepard dog is 4 years old and is castrated.ive been told by the local dog trainer that my dog is excitable and a bit dominant,my problem is he was teased by children when left in his kennelthis was unknown to me and i dont have children my self.so it came as a complete shock when he grabbed a child by the arm when i was excercising him on the beach.the child was unharmed as he didnt bite but grabbed his arm,i was told by the dog trainer to find someone with a child and instucted me how to use a spray collar,also muzzle him for saftey and gradually intoduce him to the child with treats.i dont have the confidance to do it,ive booked him in to the local behaviour center for 7 days for socialisation with dogs and he will have differant dog walkers aswell,ive been avoiding children,i do walk him in public places but have never introduced him to children,can anyone give me some advice.thanks robbie
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Well firstly Robbie... do not send him away for training. There is planty of information on here available as to why.
What I would suggest is finding a local trainer who is well-recommended and competent who will go and help you with training.
I would firstly concentrate on his obedience before socialisation. If you can control him, it doesn't matter if there are kids or adults around - you would be able to stop his behaviour.
What you actually want is for him to ignore children and focus on you, the last thing I would do with a dog like this is encourage him to go and interact with kids.
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Well firstly Robbie... do not send him away for training. There is planty of information on here available as to why.
What I would suggest is finding a local trainer who is well-recommended and competent who will go and help you with training.
I would firstly concentrate on his obedience before socialisation. If you can control him, it doesn't matter if there are kids or adults around - you would be able to stop his behaviour.
What you actually want is for him to ignore children and focus on you, the last thing I would do with a dog like this is encourage him to go and interact with kids.
Tanith is absolutely right, IMO, in every aspect.
Robert, tell us how long you have had the dog and what kind of training experience you have, etc.
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And welcome to the board.
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Robert, I think that your worries about not wanting to do what the trainer suggested are completely justified. I am not an expert by any means but I would not recommend that you train with a child. I personally would be really afraid to do that.
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You might get more people reading your post if you used caps at the beginning of sentences & paragraphs. It is VERY difficult to read the way that you posted.
hi everyone,thanks for the advice and replies to the post. ive had my dog since he was 8 weeks old,hes called teak.i had no dog training experiance before so i took him along to training classes.he was excitable from the outset and when he saw dogs running he would pull to join them,when i corrected him he mouthed me hard,i wasnt sure how strict to be with him in the beginning but i learned as i went along.am sure my inexperiance made thinks harder and i went for 1 to 1 training which did help.it felt like i was playing catch up with me 1 step behind the dog.he has calmed down with age,hes 4 years old now,hes really friendly with people and lately ive been thinking of getting a another puppy,a female gsd.i will wait until next year and see how his training goes,thanks for the replies and any more advice on the future plans would be welcome. robbie
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hi everyone,thanks for the advice and replies to the post. ive had my dog since he was 8 weeks old,hes called teak.i had no dog training experiance before so i took him along to training classes.he was excitable from the outset and when he saw dogs running he would pull to join them,when i corrected him he mouthed me hard,i wasnt sure how strict to be with him in the beginning but i learned as i went along.am sure my inexperiance made thinks harder and i went for 1 to 1 training which did help.it felt like i was playing catch up with me 1 step behind the dog.he has calmed down with age,hes 4 years old now,hes really friendly with people and lately ive been thinking of getting a another puppy,a female gsd.i will wait until next year and see how his training goes,thanks for the replies and any more advice on the future plans would be welcome. robbie
You really will get more readers and responders if you capitalize sentences and use paragraphs. It's not an English class, but many (MANY!) experienced folks won't bother with a block of undifferentiated text when the next message is easy to read.
Very good that you are postponing adding a puppy until you have this guy well-trained in basic ob. You will thank yourself forever, and so will the puppy (who will benefit from this, both in your experience and in better pack structure).
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