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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Hawklore on June 21, 2005, 12:05:41 PM
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Got her about a week ago, Friday evening.
From the Animal Hosptial I'm working at.
She's about 8months old..
I named her Kwai, she responds to it really well.
She hates to be away from me, and has to watch me enter the gate to my work everytime I bring her along, before my mom takes her back home.
She's got the attention span of an 8yr old ADHD child.
And Is curious about everything, has a strong nose on her, she rarely dosn't have her nose from the ground when she's somwhere new..
I hope to do SAR training with her, and she is definatly going to be a Russian Anti-Tank/Attack dog for my reenacting..
Female, German Shepard, 8mos old, and she posed for this pic while I was sitting at the computer and decided to take another picture of her, I of course edited it and put it on a black background so it looks better... And of course have edited her into fake Propaganda Posters...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/Hawklore/smallkwai.jpg)
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She's beautiful. Shepherds are great dogs.
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Beautiful... Now do a Nilsen face with her nose!!!!
:rofl
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Originally posted by slimm50
She's beautiful. Shepherds are great dogs.
Gotta second that. One of the best dogs I ever had was a sheppard stray that I took in.
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Can't wait till she grows out of the stage of..
OH! Whats this?! -chew chew chew-
SHe's already chewed up a pen, a hair clip of my moms, and I'm a bit worried about that, cause I couldn't find all of the pieces...
And she's already chewn through one of my belts..
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Pig's ears, rawhide bones and a piece of hawser can be very good substitutes to keep her from chewing more valuable items.
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i have an 8 month old black lab called jet. very sweet and very good pedigree. anyway, little tip, put bags and things against things u dont want chewed. i have had the carpet replaced 3 times in my house because of the little bugger (got him when he was 9 weeks). so yeah, put anything small on high things eg. shelves, and leans bags and others against stairs, corners, until she gets used to it. and make sure u really tell her off when she chews something shes not supposed to, because now shes older, she wont learn as fast, so discipline her quick!!!
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Yeah.. she knows when she does something bad...
I growl, some times slap, and shun her now and then when she does something horrible..
The slaps are lightly on the snout and head, nothing I wouldn't do to a kid..
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Really Hawk? I have a male sheppard puppy about 6 monthes or so. He's growing fast but like you said he gnaws on everything, mostly my arms. Get her a bunch of tennis balls if she's anything like mine.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/krisman/Zephyr.jpg)
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Nice looking dog, Hawk!:aok
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Originally posted by Hawklore
She's got the attention span of an 8yr old ADHD child.
What is ADHD?
I hope to do SAR training with her, and she is definatly going to be a Russian Anti-Tank/Attack dog for my reenacting..
I don't think that it's a good idea, to learn her two so different specialities.
I'v heard that you have special K unit to learn volontures with their dogs for SAR. Is it true? Maybe it's the best way, to learn a dog and yourself for a perfect speciality of SAR operator at professionals? Because I know some cases, when non-professional handlers tryed to learn their dogs for SAR without any success.
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Shepards are one of the best dogs. I have a shepard now, one of the best dogs Ive ever had. I have a black lab to (named sherman cause hes a tank) hes not the brightest but hes still a great dog.
(Some of the best dogs are found at the SPCA and animal shelters)
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dogs have two sets of teeth in their lives. The 28 baby teeth erupt through the gums between the third and sixth weeks of age. Puppies do not have to grind much food, so they do not have molars. Puppy teeth begin to shed and be replaced by permanent adult teeth at about four months of age. Although there is some variation in breeds, most adult dogs have 42 teeth, with the molars coming last, at about six or seven months.
Probably finishing up bringing the molars in.
Best thing I ever did was get the hollowed out beef leg bones that have been steam cleaned.
Example: http://www.petco.com/product_info.asp?sku=8518443600&dept_id=%2D2
You can get them anywhere though and cheaper than Petco. I get mine at a vet supply for about $1 each.
Take dry kibble, soak it to mush. Stuff a tablespoon up into the hollow bone. Make about 10 of them, put them in the freezer.
When the pup gets antsy or starts mouthing, call it over to the 'frig, make it sit, take out a cold bone, give it to the pup and give it the release command.
Hand out two maybe three a day. Seems to satisfy most of them and keep them from chewing things you don't want chewed. Incorporates a sit lesson without them realizing it.
If you do catch them chewing the "unchewables", say "no" take it a way, do the "call it over to the frig" drill.
Good luck.
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Originally posted by AWMac
Beautiful... Now do a Nilsen face with her nose!!!!
:rofl
lol!.. :D
nice dog Hawklore
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Neat dog story:
Many years ago a little girl (10 - 11 y.o) named Brenda lived next door to my new bride 'n me. Brenda was mentally challenged, not too bad, but still obviusly slower than the other kids. She had a German Shepherd dog named Queenie. Brenda's parents weren't very responsible, and let their daughter wander the neighborhood after school and on weekends. Fortunately, Queenie went everywhere Brenda went; you seldom would see one without the other. If Queenie didn't know you, or just didn't like you, for whatever reason, you couldn't get near the girl. Queenie seemed to understand that her role in life was to watch over Brenda. I've never seen such devotion in an animal that wasn't professionally trained. It was almost supernatural, the communication that seemed to exist between girl and dog, and very heartwarming.
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Not a bad looking dog for a "not-a-lab"
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(http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/242_1119390042_odindriveway.jpg)[/IMG]
Odin 4 years from Germany. Obedience, protection and tracking.
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Dont like Shepards.
They seem to like the way I taste though.
Which is why I dont like Shepards
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Not a bad looking dog for a "not-a-lab"
Just picked up a Chocolate Lab pup for my wife.
If its have as good the dog our golden retreiver is I'll be happy
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Originally posted by Toad
Probably finishing up bringing the molars in.
Best thing I ever did was get the hollowed out beef leg bones that have been steam cleaned.
Example: http://www.petco.com/product_info.asp?sku=8518443600&dept_id=%2D2
You can get them anywhere though and cheaper than Petco. I get mine at a vet supply for about $1 each.
Take dry kibble, soak it to mush. Stuff a tablespoon up into the hollow bone. Make about 10 of them, put them in the freezer.
When the pup gets antsy or starts mouthing, call it over to the 'frig, make it sit, take out a cold bone, give it to the pup and give it the release command.
Hand out two maybe three a day. Seems to satisfy most of them and keep them from chewing things you don't want chewed. Incorporates a sit lesson without them realizing it.
If you do catch them chewing the "unchewables", say "no" take it a way, do the "call it over to the frig" drill.
Good luck.
Wouldn't this train the dog to chew on things it's not supposed to whenever it wants its snacks out of the fridge? Never trained a dog, so that doesn't seam far off to me.
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Most dogs make only immediate associations. For example he will associate sitting in front of the frig with the reward, not necessarily the actions that brought him to the frig.
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Originally posted by slimm50
She's beautiful. Shepherds are great dogs.
what he said.
here's mine smiling for the camera (she hates the camera actually)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/210_1089170403_img_0069.jpg)
here's another. I wanted to link this one cause it's a huge pic.
http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/210_1089170537_img_0086.jpg
EDIT: If there's a choice between me throwing a frisbee and dropping a pork chop for her..........the frisbee wins EVERY TIME!
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Originally posted by indy007
Wouldn't this train the dog to chew on things it's not supposed to whenever it wants its snacks out of the fridge? Never trained a dog, so that doesn't seam far off to me.
Well, what have we done?
We find him chewing the wrong thing and we take it away and firmly say "No".
He was "caught in the act" in an undesirable behavior and got "positive punishment", your sharp "No!".
That's the end of that lesson from our point of view and should be from the dog's.
You immediately shift gears and go into training mode, allowing the dog to do something "right".
Heel him to the kitchen, sit him in place while you walk a few steps to the freezer. He's properly doing "sit". (I don't teach "stay" because when I say "sit" it means "sit there until you get another command"; it's a steadiness thing for my retrievers.)
When you're at the freezer, you call him to you. You're teaching/reinforcing recall, another desirable behavior. You then sit him again, teaching reinforcing "sit".
You extract a frozen bone, which will feel good on his teeth and help you with the chewing/teething problem and give it to him, telling him "good boy" and "release" or whatever you use to release him to his own devices for a bit.
Now, the trick to keeping him from learning to manipulate you for a frozen bone is that you have to randomize this behavior somewhat.
If the ONLY time he gets a frozen bone is when he chews your shoe.... better lock up your shoes.
Run through this drill at least ONCE a day when he's NOT chewing something you don't want him to do. Start out your day with it maybe.
Remember there's a lot in play here. Giving him the frozen bone before he chews may well keep him from chewing up your loafers. He's already got a good chew toy. Later in the day give him another; in the evening, another. There, you got through the day with 3 bones, no valuables were chewed, you taught sit/recall/release and you helped him satisfy the need to chew during teething. Win/win.
An old truth in English style training: How do you teach a dog not to do things you don't want him to do?
Answer: Never let him do something you don't ever want him to do.
They go really slow, they anticpate, they control.
For example, odds are if you lose valuable leather goods to a chewing dog, you weren't watching the dog, right? Well, if you can't watch the dog closely, confine him where he can do no harm. Kennel him in an open wire crate in the kitchen if you're going to be wrapped up cooking a 7 course meal for you six guests. He'll see you, you can talk to him on breaks but he won't be able to do anything you don't ever want him to do.
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With the Anit-Tank/Attack dog, thats just gonna be a bark on command, and possibly carying fake grenades that don't do anything or dynamite into MG nests and barking...
I'm gonna contact my local Police K9 branch and ask them what they suggest for SAR training, and where to get it for as cheap as possible, or are they willing to train me and my dog for Volunteer SAR work...
I also wanna train her to bark when the Germans are about to attack our entrenchment at our WW2 Eastern front event..
:lol
Come this 4th of July she will be getting lots of treats and lots of play time, hopefully she will fall in love with explosive sounds and be able to tolerate the noise, and hopefully, it won't hurt her ears too much..
SAR training first..
Then maybe some fun stuff.. :D
So nirvana think he's gonna grow into his ears? :rofl
Well, mines not spayed yet.. wanna have some stud and ***** fun? ;)
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I don't know how they train combat dogs but mine gets freaked out from loud noises (fire works, sonic booms, ect)
one 4th of july in N. Texas we were having some firework fun in the driveway. My dog go so freaked she STRAITEND THE EYE BOLT THAT HELD HER CAIN INTO THE TREE.
then she proceded to rip the aluminum skirting off the double wide we were living in at the time to hide underneath.
it's amazing what these dogs can do when they are motivated.
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Hawklore-beautiful dog.
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He's pure bred we getting his castrated in a few weeks though:( OUCH, sorry. Older Shepard/Golden mix pierced his left ear but it amazingly stodd back up. He may grow into those ears never know. Seems like growth is daily though.:)
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Love Sheps....best dog in the world IMHO.
Hawklore...that collar looks a bit tight on her. Maybe it is just the picture tho.
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Originally posted by Curval
Love Sheps....best dog in the world IMHO.
Hawklore...that collar looks a bit tight on her. Maybe it is just the picture tho.
Yeah..
I measured her neck to where it was tight, 15inches, the collar is set at about 16/17 inches..
I can fit two fingers in and twist them around etc...
It's the hair, it want's to be on the out side of the collar.. :lol
It also wasn't broken in yet, still a bit stiff...
That may of been why she decided to hold her head like that to get used to it..
She was used to rope/chain collars b4 she came to me.
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Thats a nice looking *****.
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Yeah, thanks.. :)
I've had atleast 7 people come to me and say, WOW, nice looking dog, what's she mixed with?
She's full blood as far as I know.. :aok