Greetings,
I am new here, and this is my first post. I have a German Shepherd Dog, which I got in Febuary of this year, and she will be a year old this month. She is fixed, and is mostly a house dog, although she does have a kennel outside. I am currently, and pretty much have always had problems with her listening to me and accepting what I say. A big problem is when I tell her no, she for some reason thinks I'm playing, and will go into playing mode, i.e. butt in the air, tail wagging, and running around. I don't know what to do with this, I've run out of ideas, and I don't understand how she got to this mindset of thinking I'm playing with her. Another problem is her jumping on people that come over. I never let her jump on me when I got her, I always made sure to go down to her. She still wants to jump on me in the mornings when I come home from work and get her out of her box, but I don't allow her and tell her 'down.' This seems to work for me, but not for anyone else that comes over. She is always "in their bussiness" and won't leave my guests alone when I tell her to. Only after about an hour or so will she calm down. I try to exercise her daily, but that sometimes does not occur due to weather or my schedule. The other real big issue is she's starting to bite to get attention. If I have people over and am trying to speak with them, or were just playing a video game or whatever she will start biting to get their attention, and on occasion she will bite me. They aren't hard bites, but still I don't want this behavior. I tell her no, but well that leads into the problem listed above. I really want to get these problems under control before she completly flips on me, and I won't be able to get her back. To give you some more background; I have worked with her quiet a bit this summer, and for just now turning a year old she does pretty good, at least in my opinion. She will sit and stay till called although the time can't be much longer than one minute. I can tell her to stay and walk away from her. She will sit, lay down on command. I also taught her to rollover and pawshake just for the heck of it. She will fetch what I throw, and usally comes right back to me, although she is easily distracted. After typing this I can see a lot of the issues deal with when I have other people around...could this be a factor? Thank you for any replies, and I really look forward to getting some advise from everyone here.
-Gerb
p.s. Her name is Shadow...after my motorcycle.
I am new here, and this is my first post. I have a German Shepherd Dog, which I got in Febuary of this year, and she will be a year old this month. She is fixed, and is mostly a house dog, although she does have a kennel outside. I am currently, and pretty much have always had problems with her listening to me and accepting what I say. A big problem is when I tell her no, she for some reason thinks I'm playing, and will go into playing mode, i.e. butt in the air, tail wagging, and running around. I don't know what to do with this, I've run out of ideas, and I don't understand how she got to this mindset of thinking I'm playing with her. Another problem is her jumping on people that come over. I never let her jump on me when I got her, I always made sure to go down to her. She still wants to jump on me in the mornings when I come home from work and get her out of her box, but I don't allow her and tell her 'down.' This seems to work for me, but not for anyone else that comes over. She is always "in their bussiness" and won't leave my guests alone when I tell her to. Only after about an hour or so will she calm down. I try to exercise her daily, but that sometimes does not occur due to weather or my schedule. The other real big issue is she's starting to bite to get attention. If I have people over and am trying to speak with them, or were just playing a video game or whatever she will start biting to get their attention, and on occasion she will bite me. They aren't hard bites, but still I don't want this behavior. I tell her no, but well that leads into the problem listed above. I really want to get these problems under control before she completly flips on me, and I won't be able to get her back. To give you some more background; I have worked with her quiet a bit this summer, and for just now turning a year old she does pretty good, at least in my opinion. She will sit and stay till called although the time can't be much longer than one minute. I can tell her to stay and walk away from her. She will sit, lay down on command. I also taught her to rollover and pawshake just for the heck of it. She will fetch what I throw, and usally comes right back to me, although she is easily distracted. After typing this I can see a lot of the issues deal with when I have other people around...could this be a factor? Thank you for any replies, and I really look forward to getting some advise from everyone here.
-Gerb
p.s. Her name is Shadow...after my motorcycle.
