May 16, 2008 Hot weather! Please remember to give plenty of fresh water to your dogs. Think twice about taking your dog with you in the car as well!
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May 15, 2008 
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Training your GSD obedience commands indoors is one step. But please note that outdoor training will be like starting from scratch. Read our latest article, Outdoor Obedience Training to find out how to do this.
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May 12, 2008 Female GSD wanted. I’m still on the hunt for a working line female puppy. I’ll update you on my progress.
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May 8, 2008 Image uploading. I’ll be adding the option for all of you GSD owners to upload you favorite pictures here soon!
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April 29, 2008 Pet vs Protection Dog. I’m currently writing two articles. One is on handling a dominant dog, and the other is soon to be announced.
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April 28, 2008 Puppy questions. Please check out the great Schutzhund puppy questions that Cindy has asked on the site, on the recent comments area.
And by the way, here are a few of the pictures of her puppy:
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April 25, 2008 My dogs are loving the doggy-door I’ve set up on our back sliding glass door. I love the fact that I can leave the door open!
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April 25, 2008 It is such an important thing to socialize your dogs. Once your pup is safe from puppy-hood diseases, take her out where ever you go!
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Socialization is so important to gain a very trustworthy, stable dog. Even with protection/Schutzhund dogs, you want to socialize them as pups. Now, I’m not saying that you should let everyone pet your Schutzhund pup, but allowing him to be among people and noisy situations will give him confidence.
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April 24, 2008 I have been chronicling the newest addition to my family, my new female GSD. Well, sadly enough, I returned her to her original owners this week. The issues we faced together were training issues as well as nerve issues.
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Now, the training issues I can handle. And out of every issue that my new female exhibited, there was none that couldn’t be dealt with, to work her into my pack. So it actually came down to just one issue that was not a training issue. Yes - this issue could have been dealt with using motivational training, or incorporating corrections as well (which I recommend) - but I specifically want a Schutzhund dog. And a perspective Schutzhund dog needs great nerves. The poor girl I got had very weak nerves…
Her original owner did not seem to have the issues I experienced with her, but they were there nonetheless. Hiding under my desk after a full week of having her. Running away at every loud noise. The list goes on and on. And as I stated before, these issues I could have trained out of her - but…the nerve issue and Schutzhund / Protection training - they simply don’t mesh.
That’s one of the main differences between a “pet dog” and a “protection trained dog”. Yes, I could have trained many of these issues out of her, but you need great genetics for Schutzhund, or you might end up with a fear biter.
I want specific characteristics from the new female I get, for which Sissy did not have, and so the hunt continues for my Schutzhund female…
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