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“Fonzie Is The Best!”
Playtime with Fonzie & Izzy. Fonzie may be a high drive dog but she is amazing with the young pups!
Training at the end with Izzy and what I am currently working on with her. She has been climbing in the trolly on her own so I am adding movement. She will be kayaking with me this summer and we will have a late start with her growing while it’s still cold out so this is helpful for conditioning!
Teaching puppies to be okay with different surfaces and strange flooring is much easier than when they are adults!
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“Izzy!!”
Slowly getting things organized around here since the reno. Millwork will wait till spring so the saw and dust is outside!
Izzy kept me company today while I put together these two units and I think they will be perfect for the “dog stuff” 😃
Now to teach them to do the 60 second tidy!
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“Eddie & The Pack”
With having a three hour delay, we finally made it home with Air Canada providing excellent service for Eddie. He had an extra dish added to his crate for water and they took him out to potty which was much appreciated. The staff absolutely loved him!
This video is taken 20 minutes after we arrived home and his first time coming here to the kennel in over five years. (He pulled me in and led me to the kennel door 😂. I’m pretty sure he remembered!)
Eddie was considered dog aggressive by his owners due to an incident that he had with another dog so they often used a muzzle when handling him.
Disclaimer –
How I am introducing him to my dogs, may not be a one-size-fits-all for others that have a dog who would be considered dog aggressive.
Factors to consider:
– I have bred this dog and know two generations prior to Eddie and have generations after him as well as cousins and know his brothers and sisters so it is easier for me to read him and predict what he might do.
– My dogs understand who is pack leader, which is quickly picked up by Eddie when he enters the kennel. In understanding the pack, there isn’t the need to prove who is alpha but rather look to the handler for direction.
- My energy and how I react to him before and after a cue is extremely important. Always remember: if your dog is exhibiting a bad behaviour there is a payoff and more than likely, it’s coming from the handler.
- I don’t have a boarding kennel or shelter so these are my dogs or dogs that I have trained which is why there would be a lesser reaction because they are relaxed and he won’t be feeling the high anxiety that may be present in those types of scenarios.
– I take some time in the video to explain the different energy of the dogs in the runs to help understand why he is reacting the way he is to the different dogs.
Eddie is going to have to learn to walk again properly without his tail as it is noticeable that he is a little off-balance with his movem
“🎉We Have A Birthday!!🎉 “
We celebrate our X Litters birthday which includes Xena, mum of our current II Litter! They turn 3 today and are all across Canada so we wish you all birthday greetings from our 🇨🇦 Canadian coast to coasts!! 🎉🎉🎂🥳🎊🎈🎁
Video of Xena and her daughter Izzy with Suzy chiming in at the end 🐈 😂.
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“Does your Puppy Bite?”
Do puppies bite their mum!?!?
99.9% of mums will discipline this behaviour.
If they don’t bite mum, why do they bite humans?
Because we give attention to negative behaviour or we are giving attention at the wrong time.
This video I hope will help my new families and others in curbing nipping.
It is a HUGE misconception that puppies should be expected to BITE until they are adults.
Taking proper steps to curb this behaviour and putting away an overtired puppy will be a help in preventing unwanted biting!!
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Mr. Red (Taurus) after his bath. He is a riot 😂😂😂🤩🤩 #germanshepherdsofinstagram #germanshepherdpuppies #www.elhartk9shepherds.com #naughtypuppies
“It’s Too Quiet”
It is much too quiet around here with just little purple to stay now for a bit.
Mr. Red (Taurus) left today but I captured the last 24 hours of his antics for some memories to cherish.
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“Cat Socialization”
This is a very important lesson for Mr. Red today with Suzy the cat 🐈.
He steamrolled her which is BAD. Seems funny to some as a puppy but a 95 lbs German Shepherd will puncture a lung or severely hurt or kill a cat doing this.
It’s never acceptable by any of my dogs to treat cats this way but, the only way they learn is if we teach them.
With knowing he wouldn’t be gentle with her, my corrections needed to match his energy or they are in vain.
He did not get hurt, he did get surprised by the second correction which was a squeeze behind the shoulder blades and a growl by me. This stopped him and as you can see, he changed his energy to be more watchful, respectful, and then simply ignored.
It is 100% easier to implement these corrections as a young puppy than to wait and try once they have developed bad habits and are bigger.
Remember, they don’t come trained, it is up to us to set rules, boundaries and limitations in our training with our puppies. This leads to a wonderfully balanced dog as you see with the adults I have that interact with Suzy!
FYI: Suzy never uses claws and she trusts me to help her in her “puppy proofing”. She has reared numerous litters in her years here!
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“Can You Find It ?”
Lord and I haven’t tried any “find it” but tonight he indicated at a box I had stored on a crate. It had some sale Christmas toys in it and one of the toys was a second glow ball that he absolutely loves!
I’m not sure if he has a word from any training in Germany so I am using a few but really want to stick with my original search word I used with other dogs.
He went from not sure what I was asking to work mode.
Fonzie (his daughter), jumped on me because she knew I was asking for something but she didn’t know what. After watching him once she went and beat him in finding the second search. I locked her up for the rest but I know what we will be working on this summer for tracking!!
They both love it!
There was a huge amount of distractions there for him and he was able to ignore the other dogs and stay on task 👏.
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“The Last Supper”
We share the last supper together for II litter!
Good little buddies. The vaccines and worming hit these guys a bit hard and they were a little off last night and this morning but are making a comeback now. Didn’t loose their appetite which was good.
The rest of my crew, doing silly like they do best! 😂
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“Boring!”
Yes!! This is a boring clip. Nothing happening, no noises but this is exactly what you want to hear and see when you put a 8 week old puppy in a crate for bedtime.
Yes, crate training is a controversial topic however, rather than up pooping in their pen, they slept through from 12:30 am to 7 am and not a peep from them. Good solid sleep and then out on the turf to potty and then breakfast.
Xena watching on from the other side of the room. She laid beside the crates for a bit then sniffed them, then put herself to bed.
The other dogs in crates are my pups and if I don’t crate them, they chew on everything. This way they also get a good nights sleep.
We have all of these guys driving at least 2.75 hours one way and one driving half way across Canada to Vancouver Island so we need to help create less stress for transport.
She will also have hotel stays along the way so will need to be crated for sleeping too.
Teaching crate training is invaluable for them and helps them be safe during travel!
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