PurBee
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My gsd is half husky. Ive had her since a pup and i think that goes a long way to being able to train them to quieten down, be vocal for life or more quiet. Because they are eager and easily use their voice, its possible to encourage it or discourage it while a pup, and their intelligence, when growing, gets them to know what barking you allow and dont allow.
She’s only vocal barking when someone is on the property, comes to the door and she barks at the deer outside, because i told her that’s okay. Next farm dogs barking, she doesn’t respond, while outside or in the house. In the house she’s very quiet….not a peep.
She ’talks’ to me when i come home after a couple of hours leaving her, and sounds like kermit the frog, very funny voice she has!
She silently communicates to me with her eyes, tail and bodylanguage mostly. If she wants to go out she wont bark at the door, she looks at the door, looks at me, wags her tail, looks back at the door, then to me…
When out of familiar home boundaries she’s curious and takes in all the (unfamiliar and new) activity going on around her.
Im amazed how chilled-out she is out of home.
She looks to me to tell her how to behave mostly, so if im chilled and not bothered by other people/animals at the vets for instance, she sits beside me quiet. Her first vet visit i was curious how she’s be, different cats and dogs there, again she amazed me with being so good, curious about everything but quiet and doing as asked, not distracted.
Huskies are quite energetic dogs too with their voices, so i really dont know why mine is chilled-out as her genetics defy her attitude/behaviour.
The full gsd we had as a kid was also well-trained from a pup, very quiet. Barked at strangers approaching door only. We took her to very crowded public places/country fairs etc and she wasn’t bothered by anything.
The common denominator with my experiences of quiet gsd’s is (both females), getting them from a pup and not encourage/praise over-vocalisation.
Because puppy barks and voices are so cute its possible we unknowingly encourage them to be vocal without meaning to.
I’d hesitate getting any gsd that wasnt a pup, or if 1 was needing a home and young, id have it on a trial, to see it’s true behaviour and vocal behaviour. The initial training/behaviours are generally set, but can be re-trained, yet would take such firm persistence and dedication re-training by new owner.
With a sensitive ear condition, and many on this thread stating experience of vocal gsd’s, i’d suggest go the safer route with a known quiet breed, than roll the dice with a GSD.
She’s only vocal barking when someone is on the property, comes to the door and she barks at the deer outside, because i told her that’s okay. Next farm dogs barking, she doesn’t respond, while outside or in the house. In the house she’s very quiet….not a peep.
She ’talks’ to me when i come home after a couple of hours leaving her, and sounds like kermit the frog, very funny voice she has!
She silently communicates to me with her eyes, tail and bodylanguage mostly. If she wants to go out she wont bark at the door, she looks at the door, looks at me, wags her tail, looks back at the door, then to me…
When out of familiar home boundaries she’s curious and takes in all the (unfamiliar and new) activity going on around her.
Im amazed how chilled-out she is out of home.
She looks to me to tell her how to behave mostly, so if im chilled and not bothered by other people/animals at the vets for instance, she sits beside me quiet. Her first vet visit i was curious how she’s be, different cats and dogs there, again she amazed me with being so good, curious about everything but quiet and doing as asked, not distracted.
Huskies are quite energetic dogs too with their voices, so i really dont know why mine is chilled-out as her genetics defy her attitude/behaviour.
The full gsd we had as a kid was also well-trained from a pup, very quiet. Barked at strangers approaching door only. We took her to very crowded public places/country fairs etc and she wasn’t bothered by anything.
The common denominator with my experiences of quiet gsd’s is (both females), getting them from a pup and not encourage/praise over-vocalisation.
Because puppy barks and voices are so cute its possible we unknowingly encourage them to be vocal without meaning to.
I’d hesitate getting any gsd that wasnt a pup, or if 1 was needing a home and young, id have it on a trial, to see it’s true behaviour and vocal behaviour. The initial training/behaviours are generally set, but can be re-trained, yet would take such firm persistence and dedication re-training by new owner.
With a sensitive ear condition, and many on this thread stating experience of vocal gsd’s, i’d suggest go the safer route with a known quiet breed, than roll the dice with a GSD.
