For protection breeds we have found this to be a crucial time in their development. This is where most of them become an adult and now they know what their job is - to protect. From this age forward, they perfect their skills by practicing them as much as possible. So what can you do? The most important thing you can do for any protection breed is socialization. It needs to happen early and often and your efforts need to be intensified during adolescence.
It is almost impossible to train the protectiveness away from a protection breed. If your goal is to have a dog who will be protective around your property, that is fine, but you still need to socialize them. If you don't, your dog will protect you even from the people you want to invite over. Socialize them with new people, in new places and, if important to you, with new dogs as well. Make sure they are having a positive experience with these 'new' items. The second most important thing is to train your dog.
Your dog needs to defer to you when you tell them "This person is NOT a threat. The type of training is also crucial. We have had countless clients in our lobby crying because they went to an 'all positive' training facility and they were asked to leave because they had a protection dog who was barking or lunging.
The owners were made to feel that either they had a bad dog or that they were bad owners. Please do your research and find a Balanced Training facility or trainer who will help you give your dog clear boundaries and guidelines.
If you have a busy household with lots of kids or adults coming and going, please think twice about getting that protection breed puppy. It is a lot of work and a lot of hours to properly train and socialize your dog and doing all of this it is not an option!
If you already own a protection breed, you have a different level of responsibility to train your dog than other dog owners. But for the German Shepherd, adolescence is a time of growth, independence, and maturity. By six months old, your German Shepherd understands the rules of the house and is desperate to please.
If you exhibit fearful body language when talking to a stranger, your Shepherd will wait for your cue to step in. Some German Shepherds are late bloomers when it comes to guarding. Most German Shepherds will learn to scope out the perimeter or approach intruders by 18 months old. So, proper training to prevent aggression is a must. Other Shepherds might have a more lax personality and prefer playtime and cuddling over keeping watch at the window.
A German Shepherd might have protective and territorial instincts by nature. If you want your Shepherd to protect a flock or keep watch of your estate, you need to train him to do so.
The sheer size of this Shepherd can turn good intentions into a training miscommunication in a matter of seconds. Some GSDs pick up their protective traits more naturally than others. The video below will show what steps you can take to teach your young puppy to be a skilled protection dog:. If you adopt a German shepherd with a mind set up to make it a guarding dog, you must start its training from the very first day.
Before getting into dog training, know about the proper methods so that you will get effective results. In this way, your dog will understand the difference between regular and suspicious activity. To socialize your pup, take him along and allow him to meet different people for multiple experiences.
Make sure to have a firm grip over the leash of your German Shepherd to keep it safe from any bad experience. Enrolling your German Shepherd in a dog obedience class is always a good approach. In this way, you can make a German shepherd obedient and quick to respond to your commands.
If you are willing to put your dog under guarding training, control will be imperative. Positive enforcement or encouragement is crucial when your dog is learning to attack or bark at intruders.
Make sure to provide treatment to keep it motivated and dedicated towards the guarding training. Teaching your dogs about barking on command is also a crucial step within this training session.
If your dog is not aware of this command, it may bark on every stranger, even at the park. While on the other hand, if your German Shepherd is trained enough to bark on command, then a magical stick will be in your hand. In this way, you can order your German Shepherd to attack somebody suspicious. Install some sort of alarm in your home so that the pup will get to know when someone is trying to enter the home illegally.
Practice this situation by Turing on the alarm. Wait for your dog to bark at the Intruder. When your pup is doing it correctly, serve it with a treat. In this way, your German Shepherd will learn the behavior to bark at intruders even without the presence of an alarm. Make sure that your pup is not learning to chase while you are teaching it about guarding.
Chasing is not a good practice because it may harm any stranger who is not even suspicious. Teach your dog about the boundaries of your home.
For this purpose, make your dog walk on a leash without getting irritated. Your dog needs to identify the home boundaries to not bark at people outside that boundary. Guarding is the very first thing to come to mind when we see a German shepherd.
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