I am so happy that I have found this fourum. It has been a a wealth of information. I am interested in getting a GS working puppy and doing protection training.
I just wonder if I am getting in over my head. I would love to hear from others how much time a day you spend with your puppy/dog a day. I am self employed so the puppy would be with me all the time.
I spend all my free time with the dogs and enjoy 90% of it . Jump in, get a pup and enjoy. Right this second i'm willing to give my youngest away for free!
Thankyou so much for responding. I am waiting for my videos to come so I am sure I will learn so much more.
Just wondered how much one on one training you do in a day?
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I, too spend most of my free time with my dogs. If you get a working line dog you will be supriszed how MUCH time you HAVE to spend with them, working, training exercising etc. They are NOT couch potatoes at all.
Many people are surprized how MUCH time it takes to devote to high drvie dogs to be able to live with them peacefully in your home. Mine live loose in my home & as long as they are well-worked are fine that way. If I were to not work them sufficiently, they would be impossible to have loose in the house. They would trash it.
If you have the kind of time to devote to one of these dogs the rewards are great & well out weigh the effort it takes. JMO & that of other happy WL dog owners.
Thankyou.
We adopted a little boy 4 years ago and that went to smooth.
I am apending so much more time getting ready for a puppy.
I have decided to spend about 100 hours of learning before we jump in. Doy you think that we should wait till spring so it would be warmer to potty train and run around. We live in Maine and it is really cold.
thanks
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Laura, I brought home 8 wk old WL pups the begining of July, end of October, & the beginging of December...I live in CT. The December one few in during a blizzsard!
Just depends on how you feel about it. I would be more concerned about finding a litter with the lines that you are intested in, then about the weather conditions. But that's just me.
Hi Laura, I just got a new WL GSD pup. He takes up basically all of my "free" time, and then some. I'm fortunate because I can take him to work with me, and I am very lucky that I got a great puppy who has always slept through the night and never had an accident in his crate. Having said that, when I get home from work it's usually about a good hour - hour and a half to get him sorted (play, training, feeding, potty, etc.), before I can even pause to take off my shoes or sit for a moment. If I had to give you a daily estimate of actual hours spent "on" the pup... I would say at least 4 to 5. That doesn't include just generally living with a puppy with incredibly high drive to seek and destroy!
How much did all of you prepare before you got the puppy and did that make a big difference.
what is one thing that you wish that you would have done different?
I just so want to do this right.
when you take your dog to work do you take the crate with you?
or do you just have him on a leash?
is it ok to let the puppy just lay on your lap and sleep?
I know this sounds like a dumb question.
I just feel like I am re learning everything that I know about dogs.
I want to raise a working protection dog and want to do the right thing.
Can a person really train a dog just by training themselves online with dvds to do protection work?
Or do you need to go to professional trainers.
I am so glad this list is here.
thanks for all your help!
one other question, does anyone else have children at home and how does that work out with the dog and the idea of not letting anyone else play with the dog?
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