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We just got our female GSD 3 weeks ago (she is now 11 weeks old) and my 4 year old is terrified of her. The puppy is in her teething/nipping stage and as soon as our son sees her he runs and sits on the top of the couch so the puppy can't reach him-it's gotten to a point that Marley barks at him cause she can't figure out why he is scared and nips at him even more. We do what we can to stop her, and try to get our son to see that she isn't scary, like getting him to give her treats, put his hand out so she can give it a kiss etc. We have 5 children and he's the only one that is having problems with her. We previously had a purebred chow chow and he loved that dog to pieces, constantly mauling her, we can't figure out what has happened in the last year since she left that he's now scared of dogs
Anyone have any advice for us? Marley is to be just a family pet for us, we aren't planning on obedience classes or other training, we are in a small village of 700 people and those services aren't available around here. Our breeder was just a family pet owner himself who bred his purebred GSD with another purebred GSD, not a recognized breeder and both parents and the puppies are not registered...