Got our first GSD two weeks ago. She was amazing for the first few days, but I think now that she's gotten more comfortable she's starting to act out a bit.
Her biggest issue at this point is that she won't go on walks anymore. She was a great walker for about a week, then started refusing to go, and now it's almost impossible to get her to walk. We have a small fenced in back yard we can play with her in, but it's so small it's hard to tire her out back there (which then leads to her being bad in the house). She also doesn't have any ball drive, or want to play fetch. She'll get distracted and eat wood chips, etc, so it's tough.
I believe related to the above, she about two times a day (morning and night), goes absolutely crazy. Runs around the house, doesn't listen, goes into/on things she shouldn't. We used to take her out immediately, but with her walking issue, that doesn't seem to help. I've tried to do clicker training with her during those times, but she only calms down until the session is over and then starts up again.
Also, when we can get her to talk (or at puppy class), when she comes across dogs, she has to smell them, and if they don't give her attention (or enough attention), she starts to bark and jump around. I think we could solve this is we knew more people with dogs, but it's hard to get strangers on the street to let her work it out (which is VERY understandable).
She has also started playing in her water bowl (eats the water, then paws in, then bites bowl), which is causing quite a mess. We take it away when she does that, but it hasn't helped her to stop.
When is comes to clicker training, we cant get her to understand when it's over, and she keeps wanting treats, which we can't continue to give her, which results in her jumping up on things trying to get more.
Sorry for the long post, but any ideas on the above? I realize she's just a puppy and we've got a ways to go, but we're trying to do what we can now to save us problems when she's bigger and harder to handle. Thanks in advance.
Her biggest issue at this point is that she won't go on walks anymore. She was a great walker for about a week, then started refusing to go, and now it's almost impossible to get her to walk. We have a small fenced in back yard we can play with her in, but it's so small it's hard to tire her out back there (which then leads to her being bad in the house). She also doesn't have any ball drive, or want to play fetch. She'll get distracted and eat wood chips, etc, so it's tough.
I believe related to the above, she about two times a day (morning and night), goes absolutely crazy. Runs around the house, doesn't listen, goes into/on things she shouldn't. We used to take her out immediately, but with her walking issue, that doesn't seem to help. I've tried to do clicker training with her during those times, but she only calms down until the session is over and then starts up again.
Also, when we can get her to talk (or at puppy class), when she comes across dogs, she has to smell them, and if they don't give her attention (or enough attention), she starts to bark and jump around. I think we could solve this is we knew more people with dogs, but it's hard to get strangers on the street to let her work it out (which is VERY understandable).
She has also started playing in her water bowl (eats the water, then paws in, then bites bowl), which is causing quite a mess. We take it away when she does that, but it hasn't helped her to stop.
When is comes to clicker training, we cant get her to understand when it's over, and she keeps wanting treats, which we can't continue to give her, which results in her jumping up on things trying to get more.
Sorry for the long post, but any ideas on the above? I realize she's just a puppy and we've got a ways to go, but we're trying to do what we can now to save us problems when she's bigger and harder to handle. Thanks in advance.
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