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Old 03-10-2013, 12:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Hey everyone.

So I discovered in this forum that buying a 6 week old puppy is a big nono. The breeder refused him back. With that said, I want to maximize his behavior and training now. My pupp Lucian is 6 weeks and 4 days old. I have a 3 year old daughter and a 1 year old small mutt that is just as big as Lucian is now. They both play and my daughter is gentle. I have trained 1 gsd in the past and feel I have good experiance on doing it again. What I don't have experiance in is just now finding out I may have a social problem with my new puppy. Any good ideas?

He did cry all last night in his crate and I expect the same tonight. My original plan was to start clicker training today. Should I stick with my plan and start my training like any other gsd puppy or do I need to do something else?

I don't know if you should wait or not. I'm not an expert but I think at 6 weeks he is still a baby. I have found the older they are the quicker they pick up on training, so I would maybe wait a little bit. What I do think is good is that you have another dog. That will help with the socialization.
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