On a website it said that training a german shepherd is hard because their so smart that they will try to weasel their way out of most the things you ask.
Is this True?
Here is the site:
http://www.puppydogweb.com/caninebreeds/grmanshpd.htm
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My German Shephard was a breeze to train. He is very intelligent and picked up very quickly. I did not have any trouble training him. Additionally I found that he enjoyed making me happy by obeying. All he wants to do is make me happy. I will admit that there are problem German Shephards but there are problems dogs in all breeds. Problems arise in training if you are not consistant with him/her. Training should be fun for you and your dog.
The same can be said of a lot of dogs!! There are smart and there are not so smart shepherds, it depends upon a lot of factors!
It also depends on the training that you do and what it is that you expect out of a dog. All dogs will try to “weasel” out of things if you ASK.. Try telling a dog what it is you want and if their training and brain capacity supports it, they will be happy to do it.
I have never owned a german shepard, but they are very easy to train. My friend owns one, and she said they learn a trick a day. So, i do not beileve, that they are hard to train. They are very clever, so they will do what their owner wants. They just want to be loved, so they will do anything to be loved.
no. that is soo wrong. my german shepherd was SOOO esasy to train. you just have to show them whose boss.
I do not think that that is true but I know that they need tasks to do. They need very much excercise. Coercive and angry training does not succeed well with these dogs.
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But it can be true that they will try to weasel their way out of most things you ask if they are not “respect-trained”. Their training should be firm and start at young age. As it may cause problems when started later.
There are different bloodlines of GSD’s. The working line dogs can be very fun to train! They can be hard headed so to say, but can be a real blast when working. I have never had a Shepherd that I could not train. They are very willing to please their owners. When training, you do not just go to one class and think that your dog is trained. Training is an ongoing thing. Now I do have a dog that I have stopped doing AKC obedience with. He has a title, yet he just is not as outgoing in the ring that I would like. I still work him almost every day. He has been my personal service dog for me as well. They are fairly easy to train and a lot of fun!
Any dog you ‘ Ask ‘ to do something will try to get out of it.. If you TELL them, and they know what you are talking about.. They are going to listen.. Smart dogs are easier to train… They learn quicker, and they remember what you taught them.. The problem can be, that they can figure things out, how to get out of things.. They sometimes need a different type of training.. They can get bored easily if you try the same old boring stuff that you can use with other breeds.. Some breeds will work on heeling all day long.. Some breeds need to go from one thing to another to keep things interesting.
But it’s not brains that make dogs weasel out of things.. It’s the fact that the owner hasn’t taught the dog properly and asks them to do things, rather than telling them to do things and enforcing the commands once they make them.
Not True False. you can train any dog and they don’t back out of training
Dogs are sometimes smarter than their owners and will do this if they are not in the mood.Any dog will not just gsds.
You have to show the dog some respect and consideration in all things and use some common sense.
If you take the dog for a 5 mile run on a warm day and when you get home you expect it to get a huge drink of cool water and then go run the agility course it won’t happen.The poor dog needs a rest so getting mad and forcing him to do your bidding is going a bit overboard.
I have a 5 yr.old gsd with bad hips and arthritis in one front leg and my husband gets so upset because the dog refuses to go with him in the truck.
The dog has to jump into the truck and ride around until dad feels he’s ready to let the dogs run for a few minutes.Then he has to jump out of the truck then back in then come home and do it again.It hurts him.Bottom line.So rather than hurt himself when he’s asked to go Bye-Bye he goes to his bed and lays down and who can blame him other than my fool husband.
Ha also has refused commands choosing instead to watch our younger gsd be put thru his paces.The first sign of misbehaving on the younger dogs part and he’s right there doling out punishment. I let him get by with this because it’s actually been a huge help.I have put very little effort into training the second dog as the first has done all the work while I give commands.And since the younger one is very hyper this has been very helpful.
He knows what’s expected of him and he can and will do as he’s told when he’s told but there’s always hesitation while he looks to make certain the younger dog does so too.