[nagdu] Protectiveness in shepherds

[Dan Weiner]

In other words, the shepherd needed more socillization?
Could he have not been sufficiently socilized as a pup and during training
or had this developed later?

Dan

 

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
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Subject: [nagdu] Protectiveness in shepherds

My trainer Sue had what I thought was an interesting idea on how to prevent
overprotectiveness in shepherds.  She had a student whose dog was developing
such tendencies, and she advised him to let people at his office or church
come up, say Hi, pat the dog once, and go on their way.  She thought, if I
understand it, that regular contact with relative strangers would help it to
not regard them as threatening.  She said it worked for that student.  She
also said it probably wouldn't work for a retriever, since they usually
regard the whole world as friends.  One of my classmates was having trouble
with an overprotective shepherd, and other instructors also advised this
method, although in her case it didn't work.  I'm just putting it out as an
interesting idea.
Tracy


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