Hi I'm new here and I made an account here in hopes to get help and gain some knowledge on what's (first time owner) wrong with my 7 1/2 month old GSD.
So I got my GSD who is named Lexi at around 13 weeks old and she was very social and had great fun up until she hit 6 months. At around 6 months it was as if she had literally forgotten all her training and did not respect or listen to anyone in our household at all. I know that pups go through an adolescent stage during this age but I never really knew it was this serious. She does commands whenever she feels like it or when she sees a treat in my hand which I really don't like. I don't want her to do commands only when I have a treat.
A couple of problems I have that are serious happen when she is out on walks and out in our backyard. During walks, whenever she sees a stranger she lunges and barks at them and when she sees a dog it's twice as worse because the barking she does for other people gets very deeper sound wise when she sees the other dog. The same thing applies when she's in the yard. She goes absolutely insane when she sees someone walking by our gate and she's jumping all over it while barking and same the goes for other dogs. She doesn't even listen to me or any of my family members when she's outside. I try to have her in a sit and tell her to "leave it" when she sees someone or another dog but it just doesn't work.
She has done some obedience training but due to financial problems (She's my dog and I am responsible for everything although my family helps me out from time to time since I'm a full time college student) I can't keep paying for obedience classes but I hope to do so this summer since I start work in a couple of weeks to help pay for them.
I really love my dog and I am trying my best to fix these problems but it's just stressful to have them go on day in and day out and I tend to be a very laid back person, very calm. My parents are even at the point where they might just ask me to give her away or take her to a shelter and that's something I don't want to happen. Any kind of information I can get that can help me will be very appreciated since it will be coming from experienced people.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
TLDR: My dog Lexi goes bonkers when she see's other people and dogs and I don't know if it's out of fear or aggression. She doesn't listen when outside and only listens when she's indoors whenever I have a treat or if she wants to. Due to all this, I risk losing her because my parents don't want a dog with these types of behavior problems.
So I got my GSD who is named Lexi at around 13 weeks old and she was very social and had great fun up until she hit 6 months. At around 6 months it was as if she had literally forgotten all her training and did not respect or listen to anyone in our household at all. I know that pups go through an adolescent stage during this age but I never really knew it was this serious. She does commands whenever she feels like it or when she sees a treat in my hand which I really don't like. I don't want her to do commands only when I have a treat.
A couple of problems I have that are serious happen when she is out on walks and out in our backyard. During walks, whenever she sees a stranger she lunges and barks at them and when she sees a dog it's twice as worse because the barking she does for other people gets very deeper sound wise when she sees the other dog. The same thing applies when she's in the yard. She goes absolutely insane when she sees someone walking by our gate and she's jumping all over it while barking and same the goes for other dogs. She doesn't even listen to me or any of my family members when she's outside. I try to have her in a sit and tell her to "leave it" when she sees someone or another dog but it just doesn't work.
She has done some obedience training but due to financial problems (She's my dog and I am responsible for everything although my family helps me out from time to time since I'm a full time college student) I can't keep paying for obedience classes but I hope to do so this summer since I start work in a couple of weeks to help pay for them.
I really love my dog and I am trying my best to fix these problems but it's just stressful to have them go on day in and day out and I tend to be a very laid back person, very calm. My parents are even at the point where they might just ask me to give her away or take her to a shelter and that's something I don't want to happen. Any kind of information I can get that can help me will be very appreciated since it will be coming from experienced people.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
TLDR: My dog Lexi goes bonkers when she see's other people and dogs and I don't know if it's out of fear or aggression. She doesn't listen when outside and only listens when she's indoors whenever I have a treat or if she wants to. Due to all this, I risk losing her because my parents don't want a dog with these types of behavior problems.