I have a 5 month old working line shepherd that just cant contain himself around other dogs (playfull not agressive) I understand that he is still a pup but any ideas on starting to calm him around other dogs would be appreciated. He is just starting to calm himself around people so i think it is just an excited puppy thing that he will eventually grow out of.
Anne Vaini Webboard User Reg: 07-14-2005
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I recommend teaching your dog to sit and stay when ever it meets another dog. It's not perfect, but it's better than an overexuberant puppy demonstrating bad canine manners and starting a little scuffle.
I'm guessing others on this board have better advice though.
Bryce, if you really feel the need to introduce your pup to other dogs, do it ONLY with people/dogs you know and trust to be around your pup. To many otherwise "nice" dogs wont tolerate a strange pup sticking it's nose where it doesn't belong.
Anne, I wouldn't put the dogs on a sit stay. A dogs world is made up of scent. They need to "investigate" one another for proper introductions, thus the necessity of knowing the dog and person your introducint the pup to. My prefference is to teach my dog to ignore ANY dogs outside of my own. To many idiots out there that think all dogs should be one big happy family. JMO!
Socialize probably wasn't the word I should have used. Ignore other dogs is really what I was trying to ask. He will eventually meet other dogs on the schutzhund field so desensitising him to other dogs is important and was curious if there was a way to start imprinting this at an early age. I too cant see the point of my pup meeting other dogs but they do cross paths every once and a while and dont want to have to put up with him wanting to greet every dog he meets. Is this something I need to train with compulsion when he's older? At this stage I'm trying to direct his focus to me by instigating games.
Kristen Cabe Webboard User Reg: 06-09-2004
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If you really feel the need to introduce your pup to other dogs, do it ONLY with people/dogs you know and trust to be around your pup.
This is something I've heard many times, and agree with, but what if you don't KNOW anyone with dogs you trust to be around your pup? How then do you go about socializing him/desensitizing him to other dogs?
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Will Rambeau Moderator Reg: 01-25-2003
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Kristen, ask folks about their dogs behavior towards puppies. As you start to work your dog and develop club contacts and such, you'll get a larger circle of dog knowledgable folks to interact with.
We socialize our puppies at my SchH club and a few of the adult dogs are patient with puppies - these are the type dogs to use.
However, if the owner doesn't know about his dog's behavior, or if there is any question at all - don't risk it, it's not worth it!
What I'm doing with my pup, is re-directing his attention back to me anytime he gets too focused on another dog (or anything other than me at this point). I use food as my guy is a chow-hound, but even a toy or something to make yourself more interesting than the other dogs, would help teach him to ignore the other dogs or to focus to you.
My adult is VERY 'doggie', she would rather go visit and play with other dogs than even acknowledge my existence. I got her at 11 months old so we have not been able to fully train out of this behaviour. But getting my puppy focused on me from the start is much easier than trying to re-train the adult <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.
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QUOTE from Will: Kristen, ask folks about their dogs behavior towards puppies. As you start to work your dog and develop club contacts and such END
I used to think I wasn't a "joiner" type, but the more I looked around for and then made the effort to get together with like-minded dog people, the better it was for my dogs, too. This suggestion for Kristen about how to meet dogs she can safely allow to interact with her pups is a biggie, for me. Even if the dog's owner has an exaggerated opinion of his own dog's maturity around puppies, the group as a whole will speak volumes when you ask (even if it's silent volumes!).
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