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To: WHATNEXT?; Flyer; technochick99; sinkspur; annyokie; Scott from the Left Coast; 88keys; ...
There are many here with experience in strong working dogs and some with shepherds. I hope you get some good advice.

A good schutzhund trainer, or any good, strong trainer familiar with real dogs, not some feel-good clicker trainer, ought to be the first you go to for remedial training. If you are to try to salvage this dog, ALL family members must be willing to go to the training as well, you need it as much as the dog does. You may still end up needing to euthanize him. Rescue adoption groups, unless you touch a special heart somewhere, generally can't take on aggression problems.

Ping!


25 posted on 01/08/2005 6:55:56 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: WHATNEXT?
Following up on my last post: ...And by recommending a Schutzhund trainer, I am certainly not recommending you do any protection work with him. But I recommend you take him to someone who works with and is not afraid of sharp, aggressive dogs, and can do real obedience training. You aren't going to be helped by an AKC obedience clicker trainer who usually works with golden retrievers and show dogs.

The guy I know well is here in Washington State, and is expensive probably, but he's a Dog God. He trains and competes worldwide with Schutzhund dogs and sells them to police departments. I'd FRMail you his contact info if you are willing to transport him to W WA.

29 posted on 01/08/2005 7:05:00 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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When we were still going to Schuntzhund and having trouble with nipping we asked a club member of long standing to help us. He said he would take him into his home (little children present) and work with him, for a price. We had walked around the track with him and he said he had seen nothing that would concern him.

We didn't do that (I really didn't think he should be around children, yet-- because he was a puppy with no sense) but did take him to a lesson with another club member that does training of Dobermans. She gave us the hand down the throat method and making sure we were dominate because our dog wanted to be very dominate.


39 posted on 01/08/2005 7:14:17 PM PST by WHATNEXT? (That's PRESIDENT BUSH (not Mr.)!!)
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