I have an almost 2 year old Rottweiler I got as a 9 week old puppy. I had never had a puppy before and the last dog I had was an already trained golden 20 years ago. I realized I needed plenty of help from the start. First a friend who's a K9 trainer in FL helped start us off in the right direction, then I read everything I could put my hands on, looked at all different TV shows to get an opinion of what I thought, and enrolled in obedience training as soon as I could.
We're still going to the advanced meetings most weeks and have just started to seriously work towards a CD. The trainers at the dog club wanted me to wait until she's 2 years old not to burn her out because she has a phenomenal work ethic and I definitely want to keep it fun for her.
I've taken her to a few Schutz classes, but have not found a trainer I like, but I'll keep looking. She has also gone to a few herding classes, where the clinician had never had a dog with her drive. Eventually she settled down and didn't just chase the poor sheep.
I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions eventually, but I'm still such a newbie that I don't really know what questions to ask.
The questions will come the more you read. I have an almost 11 month old GSD who has "grown up" with the help of Leerburg. If I could recommend two things I've gotten off of this site; marker training and feeding your dog raw.
Her name is Mandy, or rather Drybrucke's Amanda. She's the most awesome dog there ever was Her main outlook in life is to do what I ask of her, immediately and to the letter, and she is happiest just hanging out with me. She has a tendency to get very gassy... VERY, enough for her to clear out of the room after she let a particularly nasty one go. I've not really tried raw ...yet... I have finally found EVO, it agrees very well with her digestive system and she's very shiny, looks great, and doesn't smell.
I've tried, or rather 'tried somewhat', clicker training but have a problem with my timing. She's very, very food motivated and just want to please so I haven't had to really work at the clicker training so far, but we've done enough so she knows that the clicker means a treat. Now I'm the one who needs clicker training.
She is a very happy dog. At the advanced dog classes there are two women who has cdx's on their rottweilers. They both often make comments about what a great attitude she has and what a great work ethic she has. She LOVES to work, or do anything I ask her to do. I just wish my kids or hubby had been even a bit as attentive to what I want as she is. LOL
LOL... the picture was just a question of being in the right place at the right time. I was snapping pictures of her as she chewed on the stick and got some pieces stuck between her teeth... That's all there was, but I do love that picture of my girl smiling.
WOW! Welcome! That pic is indeed awesome! You will learn a ton here. Just ask, and you will get many helpful, courteous answers. The people here are the best, and you will be given the highest quality advice and input.
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I realized I needed plenty of help from the start. First a friend who's a K9 trainer in FL helped start us off in the right direction, then I read everything I could put my hands on, looked at all different TV shows to get an opinion of what I thought, and enrolled in obedience training as soon as I could. 
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Her main outlook in life is to do what I ask of her, immediately and to the letter, and she is happiest just hanging out with me. She has a tendency to get very gassy... VERY, enough for her to clear out of the room after she let a particularly nasty one go. I've not really tried raw ...yet... I have finally found EVO, it agrees very well with her digestive system and she's very shiny, looks great, and doesn't smell.
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