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Whatever you do, don't sell her. Tell your Dad to take a hike. You have a typical full-on smart GSD who thinks that she is at the top of the totem pole. You have been given some very good advice by others on this thread. Whatever happens, everyone has to be consistent in their handling of this puppy. You will need to train her up and you should get yourself down to the Canine Obedience Club of Townsville on the first Tuesday of February. In that Club there are several Instructors who own GSDs and who have had lots of experience with very full-on, strong-willed GSDs. They will be able to help you get this puppy back on track. She is a very beautiful puppy. Desexing her won't make one iota of difference! You need to get the pack order back in place asap but you will need help as she is now 6 months old.

Ditch the partner .. keep the dog. The pair of you have stuffed up this little puppy.... when he was cute and cuddly he was allowed to sleep on the bed and get away with murder in the house. Now that he's older, the cuteness has gone and he's tossed outside because he is uncontrollable. Very, very ,very sad.... sounds like another rescue/dumped dog in the making. Cold, hard concrete in an empty garage. Doesn't sound like a mansion kennel to me .... You can look forward to years of Vet bills dealing with arthritis. However your partner sounds the type who would either put the dog down or dump him rather than pay the Vet Bills. If you're really serious about wanting to do the best by this puppy which you have wrecked.... as by the time they are 16 weeks old they have learned and absorbed everything they can and obviously neither you nor your partner put any time into teaching this puppy the correct pack order and the house rules.....but you could try the following 1. Let the puppy inside and set the rules - by praise/ reward motivation NOT punishment. 2. Be CONSISTENT in what you expect of the puppy. 3.Give him HIS OWN AREA IN THE HOUSE - Everyone so far has suggested a crate, so go out and buy him a crate and toss out the Crazy Clarks cute pet bed because he will wreck it every time he's frustrated. Set up a play area for him with his own toys in it, his bedding, his bowls and have it near where he can see you. Let him sleep in the laundry if your partner won't let him in the other part of the house. 4. Get yourselves off to the local Obedience Club and do some serious training with this puppy. If you live in Brisbane, get the puppy to Val Bonney's Dog Obedience School. She will help you rectify the damage you have done. As for putting him in an empty garage - or even expecting him to go into the empty garage to sleep when every night ever since you brought him home he has been sleeping on your bed, you must be kidding. If all of the above seems too hard - take note and ditch the partner. If he doesn't like puppies, well maybe you should be having second thoughts about the guy...... You will have a hard row to hoe now because you have left your training 12 weeks too late. Why on earth did you get the puppy?

Nekhbet has spoken a load of commonsense and given you very good advice. You will need to watch Elka very carefully or otherwise you are going to create an problem between your bitches. Bitches fight to the death, not until one submits. If the others are already giving her a wide berth when she guards her bowl and when she claims a toy, there is a pack order change in the air. Kim may no longer be the top of the totem pole in Elka's eyes and there may be a few spats to sort things out. Be prepared. You are going to have call the shots and take no nonsense from either bitch or else you will be burying one! The puppy is just a puppy .... but Elka will need to be watched whenever she is playing with him. Older dogs will teach a puppy the house rules but Elka seems to be taking a different approach. Normally bitches will grab but not try to rip the throat out as she did. They make a lot of noise and the puppy will yelp - it's all noise and no damage normally. I hope you don't intend getting another puppy until Elka is sorted out.

I have used this injection for the past 5 years on all my dogs [ 4 ] with no side effects at all. It cannot be used on puppies. The younger ones were 12 months old when they received it. They had to wait until they were at least 9 months old. When this issue was raised on another Forum I contacted several Vets who work in the drug testing area and it was news to them. As the four of them pointed out me [separately] Australia has the most rigid Drug Testing Laws of any country and after the "Decaflea' incidents in the mid 1990's they have become more stringent than ever. Nothing is released on the market without undergoing very carefully regulated trials - even if does come through the USA. Nothing negative has made its way into their inter-Vet magazines, news letters or chat rooms. So evidently those Vets whose clients died from complications after receiving the injections have not bothered to let their colleagues know of the problems they have experienced with the Pro heart HW Injection. They have kept it very quiet. I have no problems with this injection to date and I will continue using it.

Waltham aka PAL, Uncle Bens, Optimum, Principal etc bought out a section of Royal Canin late last year. One of the conditions of purchase was that the formula of Royal Canin remain unchanged. There are no GM ingredients in Royal Canin. It is the best dried food on the market.

I agree with Greytmate. It is totally unacceptable behaviour from any dog including a large breed such as a GSD. Actually I would say that it is even more concerning that the owner tolerates such behaviour from her large dog who is not yet fully mature. It seems to me that the pack order is totally out of kilter and the GSD is the boss. On the other hand it would take a little more time than a brief introduction to expect a jealous spoiled dog to accept a puppy. No wonder he wanted to kill it because he saw it as a rival. It would have been better if she had placed the puppy in a crate and allowed her spoiled GSD to get used to it and have only good things happen around the new puppy -such as giving treats for acceptable behaviour. I would definitely get another trainer! The GSD was out of line - Fancy saying 'That's what the dog is bred for!' Another thought - the GSD may have been putting the puppy in its place. They make an awful lot of noise and the puppy no doubt was screaming but it may have been all sound and nothing else. That is also part of the pack order- exerting dominance. I