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Originally Posted by newagemuscle

OMG... your describing ours. This is our second. The last one was so obedient. This one... no so much. So hyper... play bites, jumps,... you name it. When I come home even after 10 minutes he goes nuts like I have been away for a week. The this is, we keep telling ourselves he will slow down once the puppy wears off. She's almost 2 now. All in all great fog though. Very loving and wonderful with my kids.

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Love the pic of the braclet your daughter put on the dog. It's really cool how they know their place, at peace and gentle laying with your kids and a nanosecond later would be up to protect and fight to the death to protect them.

Originally Posted by 70rsz28

having owned 4 , 2 males & 2 females pups imported from Germany yours is young right now at 9 weeks . keep things short but repetitive, this has worked for me . we were doing schutzhund training which is tracking , obedience and protection work. mine all loved to do this and I enjoyed it as well . the last female I had was stubborn as well , at the beginning she would decide at 2 30am it was time for a pee but would not want to come in . this was a game for her , don't come when called just run around . so I put the long lead I had (25 ft ) she could run and then she learned to come when called . we even went to a trainer friend of mine to assist me with her stubbornness . I was always talking to her through out the classes and she came around . it is a lot of work but well worth it . I would not get another breed of dog for me. good luck

Thanks, and yes i will keep with it.

Originally Posted by Bradk83

I'm enjoying my first puppies now. The one with the ears down is the family's. The other one hopefully is going to be my narcotic/tracking dog. Both come from a tracking/narcotic/protector family line. I have to say that these two have been a handful, but very smart and fast learners!

Yes mine is a handful too, i dont see the smarts as yet but im sure he will calm down and come around.

Originally Posted by CamaroIOM12

I'm not a professional dog trainer but if when he jumps on you you give him a toy he's going to think when he jumps its play time. I had a rotty that jumped a lot I got into the habit of every time he jumped I would bring my knee up after about a week he really cut back.

I have 2 boxers now very active dogs. What works the best is 2 walks a day 2-3 miles each. A tired puppy is a good puppy!!

I do try and keep a toy near by and it helps.

Originally Posted by mar10

Yeah it sounds like you are rewarding the dog for a behavior you don't want him to do. I understand you are trying to redirect his attention but the dog sees it as "If I bite at this guy he gives me a toy! He must really like being nipped at." As you know dogs love to please their leaders. You need to make sure he knows what he is doing is an undesirable behavior.

For jumping using my knee to block them and a Stern "No" has always worked for me. Im not saying through a muy thai style knee strike into just raise your knee up to block them.

When I get a new dog I do not ever let them get away with trying to chew on me. Normally I give them a swat on the top of the nose and say No. Before people get all bet out of shape Im not saying to throw an Tyson style hook, basically without moving your forearm bend at the wrist to snap your hand down while simultaneously saying no. The dog normally stops playing and kind of freezes with a look like Chris Tucker had in the movie rush hour when he got kicked in the face and says something along the lines of "which one of you just kicked me". Its the surprise that get the dogs attention not the force of being swatted. Teaching a dog not to bite as a puppy by swatting the dogs nose it is better than having to put it down because it bites a girl scout trying to sell you cookies when its older. Also don't let friends or family let the dog chew on them when they are little it seems cute now but its a lot harder to break the habit later on if you encourage it when they are young.

As far as the dog sneaking up behind you it sounds like his natural herding instincts are kicking in. You could start training him to walk on a leash and heeling so he learns that you want him to walk beside you. Not in fornt of or behind.

The more time spent training him now will pay off big time when he is older. German Shepards are very smart dogs and as puppies are eager to learn and explore. Their curiosity is what makes them great to train but also gets them into trouble if they aren't being trained. Once they get older you will see that he is just as eager to make you happy as your labs used to be. You just have to stick it out and wait until you get past his stubbornness.

Ive raised two German Shepards and I now have a Black Lab. The Lab was way easier to train and is super eager to please but he doesn't seem to be as loyal or devoted as my shepards. Its hard to explain hes a great dog but he seems a little different. Almost like the shepards trusted me more. One thing I noticed about my shepards compared to my lab is they always seemed to be testing the limits about something. For example I never let the dogs in the kitchen during meals. They all have been trained to stay outside of the kitchen until after the meal. All three just got in the habit of laying just outside of the kitchen. But on occasion the Shepards would slowly try to inch closer into the kitchen or stretch a paw in and watch to see what I would do. If I didn't give them the command "Out" shortly after they would pull their whole body up to the line where their paw was stretched to. Or Id give them the command to sit they'd sometimes squat halfway to see if id make them sit, they'd go really slow to see how long they could take before Id tell them to sit again or theyd try to do a touch and go where theyd tap their butt on the ground and come right back up before being told they could get up. If I let it go theyd test me more if I didn't let them do it they would quit trying to test the limits for awhile. It wasn't an on going thing but both of them would test the limits of something occasionally. My lab for the most part never tests the limits unless its a command I haven't used in a long time.

I do use me knee, it's when he gets me from behind, im walking sideways now to keep him in my sights.