New Puppy.

[Elbe]

Hi.

Our family would like to introduce ourselves to you all. We are 2 adults, 2 children, 10 and 6, and just arrived last week is 'Elbe' our beautiful GSD of now 10 weeks old. My partner is an experienced GSD owner and had a long (13 years) and close relationship with Baghera his beloved GSD before she left us 2 years ago. We now welcome 'Elbe' and for myself, I am looking forward to all I can learn from the members of this site!

To start, Elbe is an amazing puppy and very well behaved so far. She had an amazing breeder who has strong, approachable, friendly, confident dogs. We have carried on her training at home and Elbe seems happy, loving and content. And here it comes......the one little problem, which could turn out to be big if not overcome, is that as much as my 6 year old tries to be in charge and tell Elbe 'OFF' when she nips him, it is not working. My 10 year old is successful and she leaves him alone for the most, but Elbe is adamant she wants to rip the little ones legs apart! I don't want to come down too hard on my son for not being stern enough as it will put him off her, and would love some extra advice? She knows who's boss with the rest of us and I know she is a puppy but she seems to know she can dominate him. ??

Thank you for reading. xx

Originally Posted by Elbe

Hi.

Our family would like to introduce ourselves to you all. We are 2 adults, 2 children, 10 and 6, and just arrived last week is 'Elbe' our beautiful GSD of now 10 weeks old. My partner is an experienced GSD owner and had a long (13 years) and close relationship with Baghera his beloved GSD before she left us 2 years ago. We now welcome 'Elbe' and for myself, I am looking forward to all I can learn from the members of this site!

To start, Elbe is an amazing puppy and very well behaved so far. She had an amazing breeder who has strong, approachable, friendly, confident dogs. We have carried on her training at home and Elbe seems happy, loving and content. And here it comes......the one little problem, which could turn out to be big if not overcome, is that as much as my 6 year old tries to be in charge and tell Elbe 'OFF' when she nips him, it is not working. My 10 year old is successful and she leaves him alone for the most, but Elbe is adamant she wants to rip the little ones legs apart! I don't want to come down too hard on my son for not being stern enough as it will put him off her, and would love some extra advice? She knows who's boss with the rest of us and I know she is a puppy but she seems to know she can dominate him. ??

Thank you for reading. xx

Hello and Welcome! Your situation is similar to mine when I got my boy Storm.
My youngest girl 7 when we got storm seemed to be nipped by Storm and as far as I could see treated asthough she was his littermate lol
The way we overcame this was getting my little girl involved more by feeding and most definately training , She commanded him well and he responded within a week and never nipped her again! She kept a toy near by and when he mouthed her she offered the toy and praised , this worked. If he nipped her again she would get up and walk away and remove her attention .I think the training worked the best as she made him sit for everything , nothing was for nothing ! Whether it was a stage or this worked I don't know but it all stopped and they are probably out of all the kids the closest , he keeps a very close eye on her out on walks and when we all play hide and seek she can,t hide as he has one eye on her at all times lol. Bet your puppy and child end up with this special bond!

Catriona xx

[Elbe]

Thank you Catriona. I think you are right. She is good with him during the day, he lifts her bowl at mealtimes to prevent food guarding and she lets him, she will walk with him on a lead in the afternoon, but first thing in the morning......playtime with his legs! We shall have to be persistent and hopefully she will get the message! Thanks for your advice. I'm sure i'll be on here asking for lots more! :-)

[Mazz]

Hello and welcome to you and your puppy.
I'm sure she will soon settle into her new home.
Good luck with everything.
Mazz

[LOVEGSD]

Hello and welcome

Hello and Welcome to our Friendly Forum
I dont think its domination I think its cos hes the littlest, she see's him as Prey and just needs to learn some manners around him.
If she is intent with being rough on your Son and he cannot cope with telling her off then you have to take over until she does.
Hope that makes sense and Good Luck
Love her name Elbe, very unusual and Pretty
Linda

[Zak]

Hi

Welcome to the forum. Our dog would always terrorise my daughter and I think its due to her being so small. She plays with him all the time and now after several months he does anything she asks, infact he will listen to her more than the wife.

I don't think its anything to worry about, as others have said I bet they end up with a very strong bond.

[Elbe]

Thank you everyone. She is a beautiful puppy and with the right love and training I'm sure she will be a credit to her predecessor Baghera who i'm sure is watching her every move from above! xx
PS: You have the most stunning Shepherds from your pictures!

[Elbe]

Originally Posted by Zak

Hi

Welcome to the forum. Our dog would always terrorise my daughter and I think its due to her being so small. She plays with him all the time and now after several months he does anything she asks, infact he will listen to her more than the wife.

I don't think its anything to worry about, as others have said I bet they end up with a very strong bond.

hee hee hee. I'll just be patient then. I don't mind her not doing as my partner says! lol!

[Elbe]

Originally Posted by LUTGARD

Hello and Welcome to our Friendly Forum
I dont think its domination I think its cos hes the littlest, she see's him as Prey and just needs to learn some manners around him.
If she is intent with being rough on your Son and he cannot cope with telling her off then you have to take over until she does.
Hope that makes sense and Good Luck
Love her name Elbe, very unusual and Pretty
Linda

Thank you Linda, wise advice and that we shall follow. The name is an abbreviation of 'Little Baghera', LB-'Elbe'... who was my partners GSD for 13 years.