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Conclusion:How to Stop Your German Shepherd Dog, Adult and Puppy to Stop Jumping on You
Hi Everyone,
Today we conclude our 3 part training tip on how to stop your German Shepherd Dog adult or puppy from jumping on you and other people.
This last method that I recommend for your German Shepherd Dog to stop jumping on people requires two people. This method is mainly for those German Shepherd Dogs that only jump after an extended absence by the owner or family members.
This exercise can be accomplished at the door that the family uses to enter the house. First a family Member that is home must be contacted by the arriving owner that they are a few minutes from coming home. The person that is home gets the German Shepherd Dog adolescent or adult on a leash and choke chain. Place the German Shepherd Dog on a sit and stay command in front of the door. Then the arriving owner opens the door and provides verbal commands for the German Shepherd dog to remain in a sit and stay. The person on the leash gives choke chain corrections (in silence) for the arriving family member.
The arriving family member does not approach the German Shepherd Dog until they are are in the sit and stay position. If the dog moves as you approach give verbal commands while the leash is operated by the silent family member. Continue with this exercise until you can approach your German Shepherd Dog while they remain in the sit and stay position. Once approached give your German Shepherd Dog adolescent or adult love and praise. Repeat this exercise every time you return home until your German Shepherd Dog will remain in a sit and stay position until greeted. Then try it without the leash and choke chain. Repeat training exercise if your German Shepherd Dog reverts back to jumping.
The above method can be transferred to the yard or kennel. Try utilizing the outside door to the backyard or a gate for the arriving family member.
Lastly, I do not advocate kneeing your German Shepherd Dog when they jump because your dog does not understand this correction and they are also in a very vulnerable position and can be seriously and/or permanently injured if kneed, which can cause them to land awkwardly. In addition, I do not advocate hitting your German Shepherd dog with a slap or with your fist on the muzzle. Again, they do not understand this correction and you can seriously injure your hand on their teeth since the German shepherd Dog’s mouth will usually be open while jumping up to give you a kiss. Also, you may injure your German Shepherds Dog’s eye if you start flailing with your hand.
With patience and persistence you can use the above exercises to train your German Shepherd Dog puppy, adolescent, or adult not to jump on you and others. Your German Shepherd Dog will love you more if they are well mannered and they will show you their appreciation with lots of kisses without jumping.
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Continuation:How to Stop Your German Shepherd Dog, Adult and Puppy to Stop Jumping on You
Hi Everyone,
Yesterday’s discussion focused on how to keep your German Shepherd Dog puppy from jumping on you. More specifically how not to inadvertently train your puppy to jump on you.
Today we will discuss how to stop your German Shepherd Dog adolescent or adult to not jump on you or other people. This will not be easy and will require patience and persistence. There are several methods to re-train your German Shepherd Dog from jumping on you and most require a certain level of physical strength and mobility by the owner. I will provide the methods that I found to be effective. For all these methods, you must be persistent and never allow your German shepherd Dog to jump on you without applying one of these methods. In addition, these methods can be combined or each specific method can be used to fit the situation.
The first method requires the most physical ability by the owner and the most effort. When your German Shepherd Dog jumps on you immediately give the correction “OFF” then take your German Shepherd Dog to the ground laying on top of your German Shepherd Dog until he stops struggling. This is the ultimate show of dominance and reinforces that the owner is the Alpha Dog or Pack Leader. Once the German Shepherd Dog adolescent or adult stops struggling release them and provide praise and love. This is done for two reasons, to reassure your German Shepherd Dog and to incite excitement that may cause them to jump on you again. If you can get them to jump on you again then repeat the exercise. For the more stubborn German shepherd Dog, you may have to repeat several times. If you have small children or other family members that are not physically able to hold the German Shepherd Dog down, but nevertheless are a target of the German Shepherd Dog’s jumping include them in the exercise with you taking the dog down to the ground. Once the German Shepherd Dog is released allow the child or other person to reassure the dog and possibly entice the jumping behavior to repeat the exercise.
Note: that the above method is not for German Shepherd Dog adolescents or adults that have aggressive behavior problems due to the chance of the owner or other participants being bit. Consult your professional trainer if you are unsure about your German Shepherd Dog’s behavior problems or aggressiveness.
Another method that requires less physical ability of the owner is for the owner to grab the front feet of the German Shepherd Dog adolescent or adult when the dog jumps. Immediately, use the command “OFF” while walking the German Shepherd Dog backwards. Repeat the OFF command several times while you are doing this exercise. Again, if you have family members that are not capable of doing this exercise then do it for them by grabbing the feet and walking the dog backwards for three or four yards (9 to 12 feet) before releasing the dog back to the ground. Once the exercise is complete reassure the German Shepherd Dog by using praise and love. Repeat as necessary. You may also squeeze the front feet, thus increasing the discomfort to your German Shepherd Dog.
All methods can be combined, for example you may start the retraining exercise by laying on top off your German Shepherd Dog on Saturday when you are not wearing your best clothes and then the following morning on your way to church you may want to grab the German Shepherd Dog’s feet and walk backwards to keep your clothes from being soiled. The main point is no matter what method(s) you use, you must use a corrective exercise every time your German Shepherd Dog jumps on you or another person. Persistence in these exercises will achieve the fastest and lasting results.
Tomorrow I conclude this discussion by providing another effective method to stop your German Shepherd Dog adolescent or adult from jumping on you and other people.
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How to Stop Your German Shepherd Dog, Adult and Puppy to Stop Jumping on You
German Shepherd Dog, adults and puppies are social and pack animals. Because German Shepherd Dogs are true herding dogs, the pack instinct is very strong. The reason the German Shepherd Dog jumps on you when greeting you is because they are trying to get to your face to greet you with a kiss. This is how the pack leader is always greeted in the wild. Even if you leave the house or yard for a few minutes, your German Shepherd Dog will have a strong instinctual desire to greet you again with a kiss and, therefore, jump up to your face level.
Now that you know the reason behind this sometimes annoying behavior, you can effectively develop a strategy to stop it. First the best way to stop this behavior is to never allow it develop. Many times, a new German Shepherd Dog puppy owner will allow the small puppy to greet them with a exuberant jump. The German Shepherd Dog puppy will bounce around with great exuberance and we allow it because they are small. Therefore, because the puppy is so small it doesn’t bother us or soil our clothes. Even more so, we encourage this jumping behavior through positive reinforcement by loving on the puppy and responding to the German Shepherd Dog puppy with a high pitch voice that increases his excitement. This behavior is only natural and proves you are a German Shepherd Dog fan and that you love your puppy.
However, do not allow your German Shepherd Dog puppy to jump on you. In addition, do not allow anybody to let the German Shepherd Dog puppy to jump on them. When greeting your new puppy go down to his level so that he can greet you with a kiss without jumping on you. Every time that your new German Shepherd Dog puppy does jump on you, push the puppy away and give him a sharp verbal correction such as “OFF”! Be careful of which command you use because as training proceeds certain commands may become confusing. For example, if you were to use the command “Down” rather than OFF, when you start obedience training “DOWN” has a completely different meaning.
While this training and correction exercise will have to be repeated several times over many days, eventually the German Shepherd Dog puppy will learn not to jump on people.
puppy jumping on mom to give her a kiss
Tomorrow, I will post on how to stop and adult or adolescent German Shepherd Dog to stop jumping on you or others. This behavior is much harder to correct because usually it has been engrained deeply into the psyche of the German Shepherd Dog from training errors as a puppy.
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Hi everyone,
Today, I am going to explain why we supplement our German Shepherd Dogs’ and Puppies’ diets with vitamins and supplements. German Shepherd Dogs digestive systems are not as efficient at assimilating nutrients from their food sources as human beings. Yet, like all Carnivores and certain omnivores such as lions, tigers, wolves, coyotes, and foxes, German Shepherd Dogs have specific caloric and nutrient requirements. Unlike their wild counterparts that meet these caloric and nutrient requirements by capturing prey and consuming stomachs and intestines that contain predigested vegetation, our German Shepherd Dogs depend on us to provide these dietary needs. Predigested stomach contents provide the meat-eaters with much-needed nutrients such as complex amino acids, minerals, enzymes, and chlorophyll necessary for maintenance, health, and longevity.
Dry-food companies have recognized that many German Shepherd Dog owners are educating themselves on proper diets for their German Shepherd dog and puppies. Therefore, several companies are offering their dry-food (kibble) diets with vitamins and vegetables cooked into the kibble. However, what they do not say, is that because all dry-food is cooked at such high temperatures and extruded at such high pressures that almost all vitamins and nutrients are degraded. These nutrients cannot be found insufficient levels or in a readily digestible form in most all dry-foods.
Nevertheless, many veterinarians and dog food companies are teaching people to feed only dry food. Consider that German Shepherd Dogs are less efficient at assimilating nutrients from their food sources than human beings. Yet, intuitively we know know that if we consumed a kibble only diet for years that eventually we would have myriad of health problems caused by this kibble only diet.
We at Keystone German Shepherds and Kennels consider our dry-food as a caloric base for our diet. Therefore, we feed a grain and gluten-free kibble that we supplement with vitamins and cooked fresh vegetables. Our vitamins, “Pure Total Dog Supplement” are packaged here at Keystone German Shepherds and Kennels in 3-pound bags of powder that is sprinkled on top of your German Shepherd Dog or puppy food. These powder vitamins last approximately 2.5 months for one German Shepherd Dog. Our Pure Total Dog Supplement contains diatomaceous earth, brewers yeast (all vitamin b complexes), active yeast enzymes to assist in digestion, selenium (for bone growth) vitamin c, kelp, flaxseed meal, chicken liver powder, and fish-meal for an extra boost of protein.
We sell these vitamins for $19.95 and can ship for a low fee anywhere in the United States.
Pure Total Dog Supplement
We feed our German Shepherd Dogs adults and puppies the same diet throughout life. Once weaned, German Shepherd puppies become lactose intolerant and can no longer digest milk products other than cottage cheese, certain cheeses, and plain yogurt. Puppies grow fast and require calcium and other minerals to grow correctly and avoid joint problems later in life. We meet these requirements by adding plain white yogurt and our Pure Total Dog Supplement to their diet.
If you have a poor eater our Pure Total Dog Supplement will encourage your German Shepherd Dog or Puppy to eat. The German Shepherd Dog cannot resist the chicken liver powder that is an ingredient in our Pure Total Dog Supplement. Pure Total Dog Supplement will also stop your German Shepherd Dog adult and puppy from eating wood, dirt, rocks, and poop. German Shepherd Dogs adults and puppies will only eat these items in an effort to satisfy their needs for certain nutrients and minerals that are found in wood, dirt, rocks, and poop, which are not in a digestible form. These macronutrients and minerals are in Pure Total Dog Supplement and satisfy your German Shepherd Dog metabolic needs for these items.
Try supplementing your German Shepherd Dog adult or puppy with high-quality vitamins and your German Shepherd Dog will thank you with a longer and healthier life.
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Hi everyone,
We just returned from the February 2 and 3, 2013 Pine Bluff, Arkansas dog show. We did not do as well as we had planned, but we were able to get Select German Shepherd Dog and Select German Shepherd Dog Bitch. Therefore, Ch. Heidelberg’s Zeke v. Gennyh owned by Terry and Spencer Cline won two majors and 6 Grand Champion points towards his Grand Championship. In addition, Ch. Heidelberg’s Kelsey Queridad won two majors and 9 Grand Championship points towards her Grand Championship.
We did not win any class points, but Heidelberg’s Kaito v Carlief owned by Kristen Brian got a major reserve under Judge Roger Hartinger. On the bright side, at her first show, Heidelberg’s Daphne Oklahoman being shown in 12 to 18 class showed very well for a puppy and placed both days. Daphne will likely finish her Championship very quickly.
Heidelberg’s Daphne Oklahoman
We may have done much better at this German Shepherd Dog Show if I was physically in better shape. During the holiday season, I had added some unneeded weight and due to the cold weather my activity level also declined. Because I got fatigued, I did not present our dogs as well as I could have if I were in better shape. Needless to say, I am very sore today.
In addition, because of the cold weather none of our dogs were ready to be shown in regards to their training level. This is entirely my fault due to my reluctance to work with the dogs in miserable weather. For our next show, I am committed to be in better shape and have our German Shepherd Dogs better trained and ready to be shown.
We had a blast exercising our dogs at the Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center. The German Shepherd Dogs had serious fun investigating the old-growth hardwood bottoms of the delta.
Daphne and Patriot playing
12 month old Hardy
We will probably not enter under Mr. Roger Hartinger again. We have shown under Mr. Hartinger several times now without winning any points since 2009 when we won Best in Show and winners dog under him in Enid Oklahoma. For Judge Stephanie S. Hedgepath, we will only show under her again if she is part of more favorable judge panel for us even though last time we showed under her in 2007 in Gray Summit, Missouri, we swept all the points.
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