My 7 month old OES
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| Continue to socialize Zeke. He should be out among more people and dogs. How about obedience classes and then agility? His growling may be he's guarding the property line. Personally I don't have a problem with this if 1. You can turn this growling off after one growl with a quick sound that stops his obsession and 2. He is not aggressive towards people who you tell him are OK....those coming to the door that you accept. I want a dog who will quickly quiet down but watchful until I give the signal that all is well. Then I want the happy puppy who is a perfect host. What signals you use are up to you, two different ones, two diffreent sounds would be ideal. |
| And I would attribute at least part of his problems with leaving his littermates at 5 weeks. That is actually illegal in many states (US) and countries. 8 weeks is considered minimum, and another few weeks or more is even better. Puppies learn many behavioral skills from their littermates - how to interact, getting picked on and do the picking - how to adjust and modify behaviors. Also mom disciplines and nurtures...makes them a more well rounded pup to grow into a better dog. Us as humans can work hard to make up the difference, but we will never be as good as what their dog family does. |
| Ditto to the above, 5 weeks and you have this lil man in your home, a bit of a set back. As said previously in this post, puts them behind the eight ball as they say having left there siblings and mother so early. Most countries around the world, 8 weeks bare minumum to leave the nest, longer preferred by most breeders as the babies learn manners from there mum and siblings. Keep socialising him as much as you can, also if you can join a local obedience group so he has that interaction with other dogs, he is coming up to the teenage stage which in normal circumstances can be challenging at times. He sounds great, you just need to get on top of of growling out the window, he sounds very house protective and I am sure if you get him out and about with also joining some sort of obedience club he is going to be a fabulous dog. I've had two over the years very house protective, anyone new had to pass there inspection or anyone outside bark bark bark as a warning to me someone is near our home turf. We worked on that and even though I did not need a door bell to tell me someone was close to the front of the house ready to knock we worked on the crazy behaviour not curbing it too much as it was a great early warning system and security as well. Just enough so it was not a frenzy with anyone out the front.  Out and about more for Zeke at this time as they say a tired sheepie is a pleasant sheepie.  He sounds like a lovable boy that takes Home Duties at the moment a little bit too far. Only still a baby and does not sound vicious, only giving off warning alarms to the family and his domain. It does have to be corrected because a fully grown male and he has not stopped developing yet in weight and size you really dont want that behaviour as possibly every chance he will crash through the window. If your home when this happens, pop a slip lead on him and take him away from growling out the window and distract him with a toy or when following you on a lead away from that window a good boy followed by a treat.Only still a bubba coming into the teenage years, work on it and I am sure you are going to have a wonderfull companion, dont leave that sort of behaviour go on into a fully mature male because as time goes by and it is not corrected it will get worse and esculate. I do see he loves his family and is very protective of his home domain as well but you cant let that continue into adulthood. |
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| Hi Donnajo, welcome from West Virginia! So glad to have you and Zeke here!! |
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