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housebreaking, feeding, training, grooming PLEASE DON'T SEND ME MEDICAL OR BREEDING QUESTIONS. An internet forum is not the appropriate place for them. Even if I could tell what was wrong from a handful of symptoms, you would still need to get the medications from your local vet. Breeding should be left to those not needing to ask simple, basic questions. Books have been written about it. Rather than ask me a question, start reading. Those unwilling to do the work it takes to produce quality puppies should spay/neuter their pets at 6 months. I will not answer questions that sound like a poorly prepared breeder.
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I have been around the net a long time answering questions including the general dog area of All Experts. I recently discovered a lack of good experts under many specific breeds. I don't have as extensive experience with the GSD as Labs, but still can give good answers to most questions. I try to base my answers on carefully proven methods confirmed by my own experience. Much of what I know about dogs, I have learned raising a puppy every year since 1991 for a large dog guide school. I am familiar with several similar programs. Nobody is in a better position to know dogs, need ones with long, active life, and share what they know, than the service dog schools. In addition I have done extensive reading. My answers have much more to back them than the limited experience any one dog owner can have.
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Recent Answers from Labman
2012-02-07 bed time:
Take it out and walk around just before bed time. Exercise stimulates elimination. You want its bladder and bowel to be empty. Put it in a crate with nothing but a Nylabone or other sturdy toy. Puppies
2012-02-06 GSD puppy and Adult Rot:
I think it is more she sees him as more fun. You may want to spend more time drilling both in obedience. I think it is best done separately or sith somebody else working with one dog. It takes a lot
2012-01-24 weight of german shephard:
That could be smaller than average. Check the ends of the leg bones. If they are still much knobbier than an adult's, the growth plates are still open and it is still growing. If not, do not expect
2012-01-10 German Sherpherds:
They most certainly will if they get a chance. The offspring will be at risk for genetic problems because the parents are likely to carry the same recessive genes. If you have kept the pair intact, they
2012-01-01 german shepherd puppy:
Much of housebreaking is not training the puppy, but making it easier for your puppy, you, and your carpet while its body to catches up to its instincts. At around 8 weeks when the puppy goes to its new
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