s.CASEY

Thank you all for your replies.... Much appriciated! There's a few posts to respond to... I know I need to relax and stop getting frustrated with her.. We've got a G'Retreiver & a Lab at my parents place, both got when puppies and were NOTHING like our G'Shep. My mum also had G'Shep's, Staffies & Dobermens growing up and none of them were as crazy as our girl! The only dog I know that is as crazy as ours is my partners brothers Pug! She is an outside dog, but is allowed inside when we're home. She has her own corner in the lounge and she knows thats where she is to lay (thats of course when she wants to stay there!) Food wise, we feed her twice a day (sometimes three) and only dry, she's VERY picky with food (rarely eats "human" food, we've tried mixing mince, rice, veg etc with her food but she eats only the dry food and leaves the rest. She's got lots of squeaky toys, ropes, bones etc and I do give her a plastic bottle, keeps her entertained for ages..... until she destroys it! As for jumping up, Ive been turning away (but she continues making me go around in circles to move away and then getting very dizzy!! LOL) My partner and I have shifts that differ every week, but we do try to spend as much time with her as possible. There isnt much of a routine happening cause of this. When we take her for walks, she like to 'pull' on the lead, walks all over the place and like to go up to other walking in the street .. We re trying to get her to walk on the left hand side of us and be calm. Visitors, if she's inside and she hears the door, she's up straight away, ear stick up and freezes. Listens for a sec then runs to the door and barks. Once people are let in she does jump up on them. We usually have to hold her til she kinda calms down. I know she's a puppy, I dont expect her to be an angel either. It's just frustrating when she's perfect one day, and the next shes crazy. We will get there eventually!! Again thank you all for replying and for the helpful hints. MUCH APPRICIATED :D

Hi All, I'm new to the forum, have had a browse through and there is great information out there! But I have a heap of question so I thought it'd be best to start a topic and hopefully have all the answers I need in one place! My partner and I have a 5 month old German Shepherd pup. We've had her since she was 9wks old. We havnt taken her to school, since we were able to teach her to SIT, STAY, WAIT..... But over the last 6-8 weeks she has gone backwards and I'm really struggling with her at the moment!!!!!! I know she is a puppy still BUT she used to listen and be a good dog but now (and she will be taken to obedience school in January, but we need help now!! Esp with having our family over the christmas break) She has turned into the biggest sh*t head ever! When we go out the back to see/play with her all she wants to do is jump up on you, she wont listen and is just an absolute TURD!! We also have a cat, she like to jump up where he sits and bark at him, but as soon as his on the ground with her he chases her and goes to hit her, she thinks his plays but arghhhh we dont know how to get her to leave him alone.. AND it only happens when we are in the yard (we know cause we've watched numerous times from inside and she walks near him then doesnt want anthing to with him) She has LOTS of toys, but still eats her poo, chews her bed up & we cant trust her with the clothes on the line either! We've just got a pool and i'm afraid she's going to try and attack the filter and chew it to bits when we;re not there!! Ok, so basically my problems are - She's not listening anymore!!! - She's jumping up on us EVERYTIME WE GO OUTSIDE - Chewing/Eating EVERYTHING - Wont sit when told (needs to be told numerous times) - Wont stay on her bed (needs to be told numerous times) - WILL wait for her food until she is told to eat I think that's the only positive thing i've written in here!! She is a beautiful looking dog, yet She's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo HYPERACTIVE and I need HELP! She is stressing me and my partner out Help out be GREATLY appriciated :D