Urgent Urgent!!

[cattitude]

You really, really need to get her into obedience training and you need to work with her at home. Are you crating her when she cannot be supervised? PT's advice was very good. I've had many GSDs. You absolutely need to train them and socialize them. They are great dogs but they require proper training. Is she jumping over or digging under your fence?

Also sounds like she has a very strong prey drive. If you don't train her and get control of her, she's not going to be a very desirable pet.

 

[fttrsbeerwench]

Fttrs, where in the do you live? Honestly.

Go out and hose the dog off. Use some ppl shampoo right now if you have to. Towel the dog off and bring her inside. If your kids are anything like you, they'll be absolutely fine and no doggie chicken slaughter is going to traumatize them for life.

I'm broadcasting live from rural West Virginia!! I have several, very, very dysfunctional neighbors, the least worrysome of which is the chicken abandoning mouth breather who lied to my face when I confronted him about the chickens. He has also kept a few squirrels and now has gold pheasants in a big home made cage outside. My best friend gave his a pure bred Siberian Husky who was THE most beautiful dog I'd ever seen. She was dead in two weeks.


Why is Otter smacking me?

Catt, I've not had a dog in a long time. I see no need to crate her, she's great INSIDE the house besides the chewing which I attribute to her still being so young. I'm working on that and her trying to take food from the kids
She walks on a leash well and my yard is has enough room for her to run and play. She wants to scavenge and her hunting instinct is . I could not believe what I saw her do to that chicken. Once I get her fixed, I hope her need to roam will be diminished. She hates to be alone... When we left to take out trash and hit the store she practically lost her mind.. She whined so much when we got back that I started to feel bad for yelling at her and tying her to the deck rail so I could make sure she wouldn't get another chicken while I was gone.

How do you break a pup of her hunting instinct?

 

[cattitude]

I'm broadcasting live from rural West Virginia!! I have several, very, very dysfunctional neighbors, the least worrysome of which is the chicken abandoning mouth breather who lied to my face when I confronted him about the chickens. He has also kept a few squirrels and now has gold pheasants in a big home made cage outside. My best friend gave his a pure bred Siberian Husky who was THE most beautiful dog I'd ever seen. She was dead in two weeks.


Why is Otter smacking me?

Catt, I've not had a dog in a long time. I see no need to crate her, she's great INSIDE the house besides the chewing which I attribute to her still being so young. I'm working on that and her trying to take food from the kids
She walks on a leash well and my yard is has enough room for her to run and play. She wants to scavenge and her hunting instinct is . I could not believe what I saw her do to that chicken. Once I get her fixed, I hope her need to roam will be diminished. She hates to be alone... When we left to take out trash and hit the store she practically lost her mind.. She whined so much when we got back that I started to feel bad for yelling at her and tying her to the deck rail so I could make sure she wouldn't get another chicken while I was gone.

How do you break a pup of her hunting instinct?

You need to crate the dog and work on her separation anxiety. If I were you, I would call a reputable trainer and speak with them. It's not a hunting instinct, it's prey drive which is almost the same thing. You need to train her...basic obedience and spend time each day teaching what is expected of her and work her. GSD's are herding dogs and they really need to work. If you leave her to her own devices, you will end up pretty much with what you have now.

Spaying her isn't going to keep her close to home. She's leaving the yard because she has more fun out of the yard.

I fear you have your work cut out for you.

 

[fttrsbeerwench]

I think so too.

I'm really not sure I'm ready for this. when school starts and I'm trying to get in to some classes in the fall. There won't be anyone here for 8 hours or more a day and this looks like it's giong to take several months to straighten out.

:shakingheadruefully:

Poop. I've got her in the house again and my daughter is playing with her.. In about half an hour she will be sound sleep at my feet.

 

[Nickel]

I think so too.

I'm really not sure I'm ready for this. when school starts and I'm trying to get in to some classes in the fall. There won't be anyone here for 8 hours or more a day and this looks like it's giong to take several months to straighten out.

:shakingheadruefully:

Poop. I've got her in the house again and my daughter is playing with her.. In about half an hour she will be sound sleep at my feet.

Once you get the ball rolling with training and teaching her correct behavior, it really doesn't seem like a chore. It becomes second nature for you, and she'll have fun showing off her newly acquired manners for the family.

 

[cattitude]

I think so too.

I'm really not sure I'm ready for this. when school starts and I'm trying to get in to some classes in the fall. There won't be anyone here for 8 hours or more a day and this looks like it's giong to take several months to straighten out.

:shakingheadruefully:

Poop. I've got her in the house again and my daughter is playing with her.. In about half an hour she will be sound sleep at my feet.

Call a trainer. Talk with your vet, see if they recommend somebody. Talk with somebody at Petsmart. Try to contact www.magsr.org. Magsr is a great organization. Explain your problem, maybe they will help you or they may even take her if you feel you can't keep her. She sure sounds like a nice dog, it would be a shame to let her continue like this and then she won't be a good pet for anyone.

Seems as though her previous owners didn't really do anything with her so she's developed many bad habits and it could take a long time to correct them, but it can be done. She's just a baby, she just needs work.

 

[MysticalMom]

fttrs..I have one of the terrible dogs too. If he didn't love his people so much and if he just wasn't so darn cute I'd have killed him already. Hardly hardly listens and is just a mess.

But it's getting better as he gets older. I can almost control him now. And he has figured out that I'm the boss. Hang in there. Sammy's just a baby. Start now teaching him right from wrong.

 

[Railroad]

DOGGIE DISASTER!!

The feathers have flown.
I can't do this.

Dixie has now killed a chicken in front of my damn kids. It wasn't even my chicken, my :deedeedee: neighbor turned em loose in the woods thinking that they woudl wander off to chicken land but they've been hanging around and now my OTHER neightbor has feathers all over her GD yard.

Did you hear about the ghost in the henhouse? It was a Dixie Chicken....

 

[Suz]

fttrs..I have one of the terrible dogs too. If he didn't love his people so much and if he just wasn't so darn cute I'd have killed him already. Hardly hardly listens and is just a mess.

But it's getting better as he gets older. I can almost control him now. And he has figured out that I'm the boss. Hang in there. Sammy's just a baby. Start now teaching him right from wrong.

Hit that enter key 10 times too many there girly! what were you drinking??

 

[nomoney]

Hit that enter key 10 times too many there girly! what were you drinking??

 

[cattitude]

Scroll up.

 

[BS Gal]

Really, MM, we got the story the FIRST time you entered it.

 

[nomoney]

Holey sh!t. That's what I get for only reading the last few posts in a thread..

 

[MysticalMom]

Oops...

Oh and Suz...I'm blaming it on the cheap wine and the late hour.

Now to Delete.

 

[mainman]

Oops...

Oh and Suz...I'm blaming it on teh cheapwone and the late hour.

Now to Delete.

You should leave it, thats great...

 

[MysticalMom]

You should leave it, thats great...

too late.

 

[mainman]

or not...

 

[MysticalMom]

or not...

If I'd really thought I would have left it. I don't know how that happened. I THOUGHT it wouldn't post duplicate posts. Apparently I was wrong.

And yes suz, it was stuck and my impatient self hit submit over and over and over.

 

[fttrsbeerwench]

Well, after spending half the morning with the Bob(who handles tenants in my hood) and the animal warden, I'm afraid DixieChicken/Sammy has gone to the Well Pet Clinic. The animal warden can't do anything about the wild chickens and between Bob and the neighbors and my Mom, I think it's best she go.
Pup escaped as soon as I left after meeting them and my Mom was the one who had to go hunt down the dog who was bothering another neighbors dog.
My mother took her for me, and I have to deal with my daughter hating me for gettign rid of her. I just can't have anotehr chicken get killed of the dog get the taste for blood and start biting people.. She was soo bad this morning, nipping me repeatedly as she tried to wrestle from my grip .She even pee'd in the house... All over my white bedroom carpet in several places. I feel like she was punishing me for locking her on the deck after the chicken incident.

Thanks for all your advice guys. Obviously I am not ready for a dog that unruly. I'm terribly sad and I hope my kiddo forgives me. I hope she finds some humans who can give her what she needs.

(seriously)

 

[Ponytail]

Well, after spending half the morning with the Bob(who handles tenants in my hood) and the animal warden, I'm afraid DixieChicken/Sammy has gone to the Well Pet Clinic. The animal warden can't do anything about the wild chickens and between Bob and the neighbors and my Mom, I think it's best she go.
Pup escaped as soon as I left after meeting them and my Mom was the one who had to go hunt down the dog who was bothering another neighbors dog.
My mother took her for me, and I have to deal with my daughter hating me for gettign rid of her. I just can't have anotehr chicken get killed of the dog get the taste for blood and start biting people.. She was soo bad this morning, nipping me repeatedly as she tried to wrestle from my grip .She even pee'd in the house... All over my white bedroom carpet in several places. I feel like she was punishing me for locking her on the deck after the chicken incident.

Thanks for all your advice guys. Obviously I am not ready for a dog that unruly. I'm terribly sad and I hope my kiddo forgives me. I hope she finds some humans who can give her what she needs.

(seriously)

You made a tough decision, but all things considered, I think you made the right one. It's just not a good fit for you.

At 2am, I was pondering the fate of Samantha. Tho when i got up at 6 and walked her, she was MUCH more relaxed and easy to handle. Think she was reading my mind or know that she hurt me pretty badly? Me neither. It was a thought though.

Seriously though. I think you made the right decision. Dixie is going to need ALOT of attention and time for obedience alone.