storm

Originally Posted by thecheshirewolf

Hi all I have some fantastic news, my wife has given me and storm one last chance, I am going to get a baby gate at the weekend and give that ago, also from today when hes in the house I will keep his very long light training lead on him so I can hopefully deal with any issues sooner, my wife has started feeding him today so I will take a back seat on that one, allso shes coming with us on our walks, now I have him on his harness she can hold him better when he trys to pull, somehow he has not the same power with the harness that he has on the choke chain, just need to get a hard ball so we can try and play together when out, all I need now is some understanding dog owners so I can work on socialising him, you could have knocked me down with a feather on todays walk, we met several dogs he went hyper as normal, on the choke chain he would have kept on going nuts till I got past them, tonight lynn gave me the lead right away expecting him to pull her over, I then just pulled him back hard and very firmly shouted leave it, and he did, he did still pull a little but not going nuts, I know its early days but hopefully if we can stay consistant we might just turn a corner, so please keep your advise comming I am taking it all in, storm means the world to me so I will do what ever it takes to keep him, thankyou all very much.

Hi! I am so pleased your wife has given you another chance to show that Storm can be good for her and not just for you. These GSD's are such lovely company and so loyal. They don't ask you to change, they love you warts an all! I bet given half the chance and the right encouragement, Storm will look after your wife really well when you're not about. May I just say that one really really important thing (as I see it) is that you help your wife, watch how she tackles issues and HELP her to see a more positive way with whatever the situation is. Your wife can learn and quite quickly too, to stand tall, be proud, and expect Storm to behave in her house. With that approach and with you backing up what she says I am sure you will all come through it with flying colours. If something doesn't always go right, sit down and talk it through until you both understand what the aim was and how to achieve it. Huge amounts of moral support in these situations can work absolute wonders! Dogs read our body language before they read or listen to anything else!! Good luck and good on your wife!!! Julia

[Beki]

awwww im so pleased that you are able to give it another go! i know its hard but try and keep the idea it might not work out, out of your head as it could affect you attituded subconciencely. really pleased Lynn has started to get invloved witht he fun stuff in Storms eyes! hopefully it will help build a bond! little things like just playing a game of catch can make a massive difference!

everything crossed this end!

One thing on the nipping, when ellie does this we do a 'time out' before we would put her in a different room but this started to get into a game of chase so now we leave her! we have a 'huffy' moment and walk out the room and shut the door hard with closed body language leave her for 30 secs then come out as soon as she nips again we leave, we do this a few times and soon gets the idea. might be worth a try, i know that your boys behaviour is different to Ellies but its another possability

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[angeldon]

Fantastic news!!!! You have a great attitude and I'm sure you'll get there with Storm and well done Lynn for giving the boy another chance .

[Beki]

Hope things are still going well for you!

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[Sully Monster]

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[maxandskye]

Good luck all.

Storm looks a real handsome boy.

me and lynn had a good time with storm tonight on his walk we played ball, I kept him on a long training lead in case any dogs were about, he still grumbled at lynn when she tried to get the ball but not has bad as normal, we are really trying with him, put a baby gate up now on the kichen door way, to see how we go on when vissiters come round

[Beki]

Awwww im pleased! How is Lynn feeling about things now? is she a bit more possative?

x x xx

[maxandskye]

Oh thats lovely, I`m really pleased for all of you.

Originally Posted by Beki

Awwww im pleased! How is Lynn feeling about things now? is she a bit more possative?

x x xx

shes making a real effort and is more or less cool with things, he did grumble at her again at bed time when she came near me, which upsets her, we both just stood up with me behind her to back her up, and made him lie down in the corner of the room, I did not let him move untill she had left the room,
he does get worst at night after dark dont know why, he must have some mentle scars maybe to do with night time.