I have 3 German Shepherd dogs living in my house with my family. The Mom is 4yrs old and her 2 pups are now 2 yrs old. One male and one female. The pups are trained in agility protection and tracking.They compete for just about everything. What do you want to see? Thier behavior is entirely different at home as compared to when thier working. The male is dominant until he get to close to his sisters food or bone then she is the aggressor and takes him out so to speak. I have pack dynamics going on all over the place.

Nancy wrote
What do you want to see?

Their behavior is entirely different at home as compared to when thier working. The male is dominant until he get to close to his sisters food or bone then she is the aggressor and takes him out so to speak. I have pack dynamics going on all over the place.

By no means am I an expert, but I do live with several dogs.

What do you want to see? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Is a question that you should answer. What I want to see maybe different then what you want. When it comes to food I step in and handle that, because that can become a serious fight. I'd make the male stay away from her food and the toys you let her have. By monitoring this or by separating them at meal time. Most people recommend placing them in seperate kennels or crates to control them.

There is going to be a pack structure and dogs challenging for advancment, but at the top of the pack should the Alpha, YOU. Start organizing there time and structuring there lives to make it confortable to live around you the Alpha.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> It seems odd that you have trained them in the fields that you have and you are not controlling their behavior at home. The last thing you need is a bite trained, confident high spirited dog (let along 2-3 dogs) that does not have a structured life, he will start challenging you for leadership. No matter how much you think he/she/they likes you. Don't let up on them at home, stay the Alpha. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Get help form the same people that helped train them, Ed has several tapes that deal with training dogs and how to live with a protection trained dog. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Don, I think she was responding to Ed's statement that he would like home video's of dogs interacting for use in upcoming videos. She's not asking for advice.

Thats my Bad, I'll C my way out.

Thanks Lee. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Thanks Lee - you are right - I am looking for video of dogs that are dominant in their interaction with people and with other animals.

I am collecting footage for a video on how to deal with dominant dogs. I get a lot of emails on dominance relates issues and when I am done editing my Flinks tapes this is one I am going to put together.

If anyone has video of dogs being aggressive over food or toys, or dogs who are allowed on furniture being aggressive to people who sit down or touch them I would trade a video tape if the footage is good enough to use.

Close up footage is preferrd over footage from across the room - I realixe when you are not in the business its hard to get good video footage.

Ed

Ed, I'm glad you are working on this video! I will certainly buy one of them.

Debbie

OK let me tell you what I can offer and actually get on video. At home my male will occasionally chase his sister around until she turnes and faces off with him. At this point he seems to actually enjoy teasing her into this kind of play. She will then start jumping all over me which seems to be her attempt to get me to control him into leaving her alone.Which I do. I use phooey as a universal command to stop just about any bad behavior. Yes if I let it go I'm sure it could get ugly but they are never left unsupervised. When we are leaving the house to work or play there is usually a frenzy of pack dynamics over who gets thier collar & leads on first. Here again there is a set pattern and even though they know the order sometimes they get excited to the point of pushing each other out of my way. At this point every one goes into a down stay so I can regain order. As far as people aggression the only one who has ever showed any signs of that is the young female. This has only involved one or two occasions where she gave a warning growl to a stranger who approched her while my daughter(who is 26) had her on lead and the guy was showing off to try to impress her. She also growled after tracking a trainer friend of mine who was standing behind a tree at the end of his track. Search rescue and kill(smile) Since they have become friends. I work very hard to keep pack order but dogs are dogs. One thing they do know is when I reach a certin tone things get real quiet. I have no problem getting thier attention. Yes they are more relaxed at home but I have a very good trainer who has advised me because he is impressed with their sound temperament. I also use the books written by Tom Rose as my doggie bible. Any one know if his third book is out yet? I don't kennel my dogs they are in crates in my dining room. They will show off to each other when we do bite work and will strut in front of each other when they take the sleeve or when one gets to the ball before the other. If I'm teaching a new lesson and one gets it first he or she will make a point of showing off and sometimes break rank to obey my command while I'm working to perfect the other. I know the dangers of not letting them go so to speak. My friend had a male and female rottwiler who were penned up for months and he tore into a 12 year old girl biting her in the chest. Thank God he was chained and couldn't get to her to cause more injury. They had to shoot him and that will never happen to my dogs. How about if I just take some footage and send it to you. You can decide what you want to use. Can I include all the good stuff they do to?