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by Bfitz90 on 09 January 2016 - 18:01

Hey guys, so we brought home our 3 month old GSD, male, he has been amazing with our 3 year old Pitbull, both are fantastic dogs and have taken well to my German commands. The 3 month old was loving and awesome towards me since day one, but recently, he had some accidents in the house and I used a stern voice with him, when I went to pet him and that he started screaming as if he was being beaten. Since that day he has been shy with me, and this morning he was in the closet had peed and when I went to go try to gently get him out that scream came and he peed in fear. I do not abuse my dogs, we love them, play with them and run them quite a bit. My concern is he is going to be my PTSD service dog and he only acted this way towards myself, my girlfriend he latched onto now with no issues, we got him from a family where the father did not want the dog in the house and they only had him for a small amount of time. What could be the cause of this? How do I fix it and show him that I am not going hurt him and just love him? Need some help guys not a good feeling when it's switched up so suddenly and not he's tense around me. I appreciate it!!

by gsdstudent on 09 January 2016 - 18:01

find someone who trains dogs for your specific needs and get an evaluation. This person can give you pointers on what can be done or tell you if your dog can handle the situations you require. I hope someone on this chat room can help direct you. Where do you live?

by Bfitz90 on 09 January 2016 - 19:01

I'm out of Michigan have a program I am already signed up for locally for a PTSD dog, but I need help with what's going on with him now as far as being skidish all of a sudden, he has never done anything like it prior and now he sounded like I was hitting him when I just picked him up, never done anything to him and he doesn't do that for my girlfriend just myself thus far.

susie

by susie on 09 January 2016 - 19:01

Several possibilities -

He made bad experiences with the "father" and your stern voice rememberd him
He is a soft dog, and can´t deal with corrections
You have been too harsh without intention to do so ( happens all the time )

He needs to trust you - in case you and your girlfriend don´t change the roles, this little guy will become "her" dog, not yours. She needs to ignore him ( difficult, I know ), and you need to be the one playing with him, feeding him, walking him, socializing him.

Time will tell - good luck!

Sunsilver

by Sunsilver on 09 January 2016 - 19:01

Just a thought... is it possible he's got a urinary tract infection? That could explain a lot!

I was having a hard time training my young female to not pee in the house, then she peed in her cage, and it was GREEN! Yikes! Off to the vet for medication, and had no trouble housetraining her after t he infection was treated.

by gsdstudent on 09 January 2016 - 19:01

go to your trainer sooner rather than later. You might not recognize what you are doing or not doing to condition the dog for an important and specific role later in life.

Gigante

by Gigante on 09 January 2016 - 19:01

Thumbs Up Thats solid advice from gsdstudent get with your trainer pronto. If not, another. All kinds of things are going wrong right now from that paragraph for a ptsd dog.


dragonfry

by dragonfry on 10 January 2016 - 01:01

Vet first then trainer if not a medical issue. Something sounds seriously wrong here, but without being able to see what happening we are simply guessing.
Good luck with your new dog and hope all is well.
Fry

by Bfitz90 on 10 January 2016 - 03:01

He hasn't gone through the program just yet, he is still to young as of now, but they will accept him because it was all I needed was a dog from a puppy until around 1-1.5 years old in which we will start the training to become my service dog. It happened again just a few minutes ago, we had a great day took him out on an hour plus walk, he has been getting closer and closer to me today and then when he came by me acted like he wanted to be picked up, he cried and peed on me, I put him down and he made that cry again that sounds like someone was abusing him. He only goes to my girlfriend directly now, he came by me a few times I commanded and did so in a softer gentle tone, it's harder for me to be soft toned as I have a deep voice. It is very disheartening as I have been turned down for over 2 years from programs being to busy or not having a dog, we finally get one for me, things are going great and it turns for the worse. The peeing I believe is from him being scared, something had to have happened from previous owners that the father had done to him behind closed doors because he was amazing until the point I had to be stern with him and since then it's been all down hill. Appreciate all of the advice, I'm open for any options or opinions on how I can gain trust with him again before its to late and he's stuck to her and were back at square one again.

by hntrjmpr434 on 10 January 2016 - 04:01

At 3 months, he may be going into a bit of a fear period.
With new issues of accidents,as others have mentioned, check for UTI. If no UTI is present, reevaluate and adjust your potty schedule with him.
Susie may be right when she mentioned he is a soft dog and can't handle corrections.
Are you being fair in your corrections? Does he know the behavior in which you are correcting 100%?
If he is not understanding what you are correcting him for, I certainly can see some conflict and relationship issues coming up.





 


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