GSDM:Maybe its Vinny!

Cayla is probably the best person to advise on integrating him, but crating the 2 little ones sounds a good idea, as long as they are used to the crates and won't see being put in there as some sort of punishment. I wouldn't go out and leave them together until you are absolutely sure they are all fine. Definitely keep him on a lead or long line for quite a while, sheps do take time to settle, have heard some horror stories of dogs being lost from a new home when the new owner lets them go too soon. Why don't you try and enrol in a training class, would help him to form a bond with you and I'm sure you would both enjoy it. They do need to use their brains.
 
Yeah they are crated every night anyway, never however with another dog loose. Hmm maybe I could think of crating him next to them?? So they feel like they are all going to sleep but not quite together.

One snap of those mighty jaws and my two JRTs will be glitterpuff!

A training class sounds fun! Maybe agility? He's old enough right, at 3years old? I know its like 18 months for a lot of dogs but as he's bigger..?
 
Spudlet said:
Has he forgotten or is he just Not Talking To You? :rolleyes: :D
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Not sure, he may indeed be giving me the cold shoulder :p
I will find out tomorrow.
He pegged it into thick undergrowth twice in one week after my hols last October so am going to be careful this time, he does like to punish me for my absence.......
 
Agree with MM a training class would be good, our class won't allow you to use agility equipment until the basics are under control, three is fine, as long as they are not being hammered and leaping up and down before 12 months it should be OK, you can certainly teach an old dog new tricks.

Captain Slow loves his agility but is a bit more adept at tracking :p
 
I think his training has been first rate, to date, so hopefully we'll be under control :) heh it will be soo odd walking a big dog again, I'm so use to my ankle biters :)
 
Good good, as long as he has sit, stay/wait, will stay to heel, recall etc he should be fine for agility.
With B it took a while before I could totally trust him not to tank off between obstacles to either flirt with his 'girlfriend' or face up to his nemesis the doberman :o
Vinny should be a delight in comparison :D

I get totally discombobulated when I walk smaller dogs, it is easier to pat, give praise, feed treats when a dog is almost level with my waist :p
 
Also dont let him out to wee without being on a lead for a while. They can jump big fences! We had one once who had come from loving home and he got out and bolted straight over the gates and off. He was found about a week later a about a mile from his old home. It was very distressing for both us and the old owners. But they decided to keep jim after all, as they realised how devoted he was to them. So a happy ending in the end.

They are very loyal dogs so you need to be aware he might decide to go home. I wouldnt want anyone else to go through what we went throuigh. I felt bad as it was my fault, I opened the back door and he just shot out and went. I guess I just didnt expect it.


We had a shepherd, George, who thought nothing of jumping 6ft fences when he was bored and wanted to play football with the boys up the road! Oh and he also jumped out of an upstairs window to chase a fox one night!

Anyway, I hope you like him and he comes home with you!
 
Very valid point dozzie. There is actually an article in last weeks Dog World commenting on the number of dogs on the Dog Lost website who have been lost either from new homes, or from dog minders. So definitely if he comes home with you keep him on that long line for a good few weeks.
 
Well if you look at the equipment our lot jump, for fun, you can tell!
1m hurdle at a bounce, scrabble board and A-frame no bother at all.

My friend who I met up with in the States last week has a wonderful working type GSD female, she had been at 'Happy Paws Holiday Camp' for just two hours when he got a call to say she had jumped the fence and could he please come back and get her because they couldn't keep her for the whole week? :o
 
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