Our puppy Blitz is just 4 months old yesterday, We got her at 12 weeks old from a very good breeder. When she came home she bonded to me and my two young daughters within the first 24 hours, she was a bit standoffish to my husband at first but within 1 weeks time fell in love with him too.
She has a beautiful personality, just happy to be with us, very very loving to us, learns new commands in 2-3 tries, pays unbelievable attencion to me when I'm working with her, loves to tug and play and go for walks but also loves to just hang out.
Now for my question mark....for the people who come into my home or meet her on the leash, for most women she will sniff and may even lick their hand but then doesn't really want much to do with them, just keeps a close watch on them and backs away if they try to pet her head. Most men she wants nothing to do with, keeps close watch and jumps back if they try to pet her and sometimes even barks at them if they are presistant. NOt sure if I would call it scared cause once they turn their back to her she trys to sniff and check them out but just really does not want them to pet/touch her (she loves to be scratched and rubbed by us) Also she is not scared of ANY enviroment noises at all, very fearless in that departmant. I'll also note that the people who come to my house on a weekly basis (babysitter and personal trainer-both women) now that she knows them she gets excited to see them and loves to be pet by them and gives kisses.
So my question is do you GSD loves think this is normal puppy behavior orsomething that needs to be worked on...right now when we do incounter someone and she acts this way I have her sit and let them pet her head.
TIA
Casey
She has a beautiful personality, just happy to be with us, very very loving to us, learns new commands in 2-3 tries, pays unbelievable attencion to me when I'm working with her, loves to tug and play and go for walks but also loves to just hang out.
Now for my question mark....for the people who come into my home or meet her on the leash, for most women she will sniff and may even lick their hand but then doesn't really want much to do with them, just keeps a close watch on them and backs away if they try to pet her head. Most men she wants nothing to do with, keeps close watch and jumps back if they try to pet her and sometimes even barks at them if they are presistant. NOt sure if I would call it scared cause once they turn their back to her she trys to sniff and check them out but just really does not want them to pet/touch her (she loves to be scratched and rubbed by us) Also she is not scared of ANY enviroment noises at all, very fearless in that departmant. I'll also note that the people who come to my house on a weekly basis (babysitter and personal trainer-both women) now that she knows them she gets excited to see them and loves to be pet by them and gives kisses.
So my question is do you GSD loves think this is normal puppy behavior orsomething that needs to be worked on...right now when we do incounter someone and she acts this way I have her sit and let them pet her head.
TIA
Casey