Advice on diciplining a juvenile?? - Page 2

He sounds lovely!   This is pretty much my favorite age to work with,  the whole 4 to 6 months time.   They are usually house trained by then and just starting to really think for themselves at that age.  If my pup started getting bored and jumping around the house I'd probably grab a tug and run the other way,  engage her in a nice rowdy tug game,  take her out for a pee, and then bring her in and crate her for a nice nap while I finished my business without having to worry about the shenanigans.  Take her out again when I was ready to pay attention to her.   At that age I figured ANYTHING she could reach on the floor was fair game, including shoes.   We  worked with her nice natural retrieve and rewarded the hell out of her when she'd bring me the things she found,  trade her for a bully stick or pig ear, something she could really chew and bite.  Before long she was picking up anything I dropped and giving it to me..  keys, money, sunglasses (ok, so I lost a few pairs from too enthusiastic crunching) but she will retrieve anything now.   Enjoy him,  he sounds like a blast!!

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Just that simple.   Lead to prevent the behavior when you come into the room... HIS OWN BED... in the room.   Training. Rule of thumb... say it once and back it up,  or don't say it.

Gol darn these GSDs can be awefully smart and you've got likely yourself one towards the smart end of the spectrum.  If you can keep his interest up in activities and directed play you will be surprised at how advanced this boy is going to get and what he will be capable of.  My sisters GSD learned to count to five before he was a year old.  He was a quick learner and also a trickster too, like your dog. He demanded lots of attention and would bark repeatedly at her husband until he would play ball with him in the backyard. She could call out any number up to 5 and he would bark that many times.  Or if she put down five near identical balls, bones or objects in a pile then would say fetch and call out the desired number and he and he would retreive that number of objects to her.  And this was a Lance of Franjo grandson. 

gotta love good drive.  sounds like a pup that needs a job.   dont want the pup on the couch, tell him to get down and play with him on the floor.  that way he knows where he can and where he cannot play.   i would suggest that when he is calm dont allow him on the couch either.  this will cause conflict in a young dog as to what is allowed and what is not.

there are only 2 things i will get onto a puppy for.  dog aggresion and handler aggresion.   dont get nasty with the other dog and dont get nasty with me.  outside of that let the pup be a pup.

john

Thanks all for the good advice.  To answer your question snajper, I let him go freely in the house because he stays with me in every room.. except for very recently.  He does get crated when im gone or unable to keep eyes on him... but he can get verrrrrry sneaky. He is alot of fun. I dont laugh when he is up on the couch trying to play tag. And I never yell at him.  I speak firmly to him when i say no.

never give a comand you can not inforce.try  short lead to the collar and be there to give orders and grab lead at the same time. quick correction and release.remember on command if you can not address right then and ther do not try to correct the pup it's all in the timing..