tanyatin

thanks for all of that.. you have raised some great points.. i have started the puppy school and plan on doing obedience training as soon as she has her next lot of shots.. i think i have relaxed over the past few days realising that they may not be the best of friends now but it will come...and i'm going to get a crate and start letting her come inside more so she feels a part of the family.. so much to think about ..thanks again

hi there i'm new to this group but not to forums.. we have just lost our 11 year old gsp 8 weeks ago and not long after he died we bought our current puppie jeddah who is a 12 week old gsp. we have done lots of training over the years with our previous dog cooper so thought we knew how to handle a pup but she is already out of control. we have 3 year old twin boys who are now terrified of her. Her main problems are jumping on the boys , chasing the boys when they try to run away from her, she ends up latching onto their pants and just being dragged along, and also biting.. Plus when we feed her she growls at me, i make it a habit of putting my hand in her bowl so she gets used to someone putting a hand in there.. If she comes inside she is on her lead but most of the time she is in the back yard.. She sleeps inside in the laundry and can get in and out during the day with her doggy door.. My main concern is that while she is still little it is manageable but soon we will have a 20 plus kilo dog jumping and knocking over the boys and their little friends which is just dangerous. i was reading the tot at the beginning of the forum, can this work for a 12 week old pup.. i also read about the bite inhibition link that someone posted and that has given me some good ideas... i think we were so used to a very old and relaxed 11 year old dog and to go back to the beginning to a very excitable hyper dog is just a bit of shock to the system.. i just hope we havne't done the wrong thing in getting her but i really do love her but just want to be able to train her the right way.. i will do some more searching in the previous threads to get some more help but thought i'd do an introduction in here at the same time as posting my dilema thanks for listening and look forward to chatting to you tanya