Nala will be 1 year old soon. I made sure I enrolled her in obedience classes early on.
She succesfully went through obedience 1 & 2.
Of course she is very smart but all of a sudden she barks at every dog during our walks (like crazy), is super rebelious at home (barks at us when we say NO!, runs away, mouths, destroys our wood floors by digging or chewing on stairs) and acts like a real teenager and baby all at the same time.
She's destroys my house more now then when she was little...
It's like a different dog. She's recently got nutered as well.
She LOVES to play. All she wants to do is play and when we don't, she becomes difficult and annoying.
I need to know if what we are doing will pay off in the long run or if it's making things worse;
When she does something we are not happy with, we try to change her thoughts by asking her to find a specific toy. We don't always have the patience for that (plus it only last a few minutes), so other times, we put her in timeout in the bathroom for a min or two. She's a smart cookie and knows when we're about to put her there so she either goes nuts and runs in the house like crazy or drops to the floor when we grab her collar so we slide her into the washroom.
When we are walking her and she starts to bark at every dog that is on the street, we give her a firm NO! and try to move past the dog or walk the other way. Sometimes a sit before we move on.
She is crated over night and we used to crate her during the day, until she got older and now stays out but since she got rebellious, we started crating her while we are at work.
I plan on taking some private classes but any advice on what to stick with or not and what to do when your GSD missbehaves (what seems to be on purpose and often these days) would be great.
She succesfully went through obedience 1 & 2.
Of course she is very smart but all of a sudden she barks at every dog during our walks (like crazy), is super rebelious at home (barks at us when we say NO!, runs away, mouths, destroys our wood floors by digging or chewing on stairs) and acts like a real teenager and baby all at the same time.
She's destroys my house more now then when she was little...
It's like a different dog. She's recently got nutered as well.
She LOVES to play. All she wants to do is play and when we don't, she becomes difficult and annoying.
I need to know if what we are doing will pay off in the long run or if it's making things worse;
When she does something we are not happy with, we try to change her thoughts by asking her to find a specific toy. We don't always have the patience for that (plus it only last a few minutes), so other times, we put her in timeout in the bathroom for a min or two. She's a smart cookie and knows when we're about to put her there so she either goes nuts and runs in the house like crazy or drops to the floor when we grab her collar so we slide her into the washroom.
When we are walking her and she starts to bark at every dog that is on the street, we give her a firm NO! and try to move past the dog or walk the other way. Sometimes a sit before we move on.
She is crated over night and we used to crate her during the day, until she got older and now stays out but since she got rebellious, we started crating her while we are at work.
I plan on taking some private classes but any advice on what to stick with or not and what to do when your GSD missbehaves (what seems to be on purpose and often these days) would be great.
