BOING! (Hange, 6 mo)
#Fearless
Xoe de Rossi, Hange
Baby Hange and the Hose
🎶 Shes a maniac maaaaniac on the floor, and she’s dancin’ like she’s never danced before 🎶
Jack picks out a toy for his birthday
Jack picks out his birthday toy 🥰
Hange being...Hange
“My German Shepherd puppy keeps biting me and my kids! How do I get her to stop?!”
This is a question I see constantly in various German Shepherd groups across Facebook, and it’s also a question that winds up resulting in a lot of good, young dogs being rehomed or winding up in shelters. German Shepherd puppies BITE!!! It is a natural part of their development and growth. This is not aggression. This is not “being naughty”. This puppy does not need to be punished or “learn her place”. This is normal, and should be expected! Please RESEARCH YOUR BREEDS before bringing one home!
If you are vehemently against you and your kids getting chewed on for a few months, get a different breed or adopt an older German Shepherd who is past this developmental stage. There is NO way to prevent this behavior in a young German Shepherd, and as their adult teeth come in they eventually stop being so obnoxious. The only way to deal with it is to REDIRECT THE PUPPY onto more appropriate things to bite, such as their own toys. However simply giving them a toy isn’t enough.
See what is happening in this video? Ryan is running, screaming, tugging, failing...Ryan is the most fun toy in the yard right now! He’s like a light up toy with sounds and batteries. If I just handed Hange a stuffed toy, do you think shes going to stop playing with her super extra awesome fun Ryan-toy? Absolutely not. It would be like taking a kid’s Xbox away and expecting them to be just as excited about a rubix cube you handed them before walking away.
Redirection also means engaging with your puppy to show them that biting the appropriate toy is JUST as much fun as biting the thing they shouldn’t be biting. Simply handing them their own toy isn’t enough, you need to put in the effort and make that toy fun. Run, play, tug, laugh, and engage with your puppy to secure that redirection and make the game about playing with you with the right toys vs. terrorizing the household like
A cat in German Shepherd’s clothing
Jack helping out at Home Depot
Jackdaw de Rossi - Drive and an Off Switch
Quirk vom Tuchscherer dumbell work 12 months old
Quirk vom Tuchscherer 11 months old
Jack, Iggy, and Hemi watering themselves
Jackdaw de Rossi IGP3 Protection - 91 points
Jack playing fetch in Iowa