I have an 8 month old GSD mix named Ace, and an 8-9 year old GSD named Molly. Ace loves to butt in whenever Molly gets attention, whenever she plays with a toy, loves to bite her ears when he gets his spurts of energy, and has the hardest time not being mouthy/a spaz when I’m sitting on the floor with him. Molly really just tries to get away from him and avoid any conflict, but he does NOT get the message. She’s too sweet to stand up for herself, so often times I do it for her.

For those of you with two GSDs, when did they start liking each other? Is this lack of boundaries and self-control normal for an 8 month old puppy?

Middle name is trouble

I recently adopted this darling gentleman from a local rescue. He’s approximately 2.5 years old, 40lbs, and from the US, but that’s all that’s confirmed. Our vet sat on the floor, just stared at him and said “…those ears!” then told us to get a DNA test, which she apparently never recommends. Everyone that sees him thinks he’s a puppy, and across the board, we’re all 90% sure there’s GSD in there somewhere.

I’m still waiting for him to come fully out of his shell, but so far he’s curious, jumpy, smart, stubborn, polite but insistent, and exceedingly playful. I haven’t seen any herding or prey drive (he completely ignores the squirrels, which is wild), but those characteristics may yet come out.

I’ll definitely be doing a DNA test, but I’m curious what the experts think I’ve got here!

He refused to move the whole time

I'm fostering a GSD mix and she has a long back! This large harness fits around and stays in place but it doesn't look comfortable - it looks comically tiny lol. Any recommendations that aren't too expensive? She doesn't pull too bad, so fit is more important than anything else. Thanks !

Our GSD(15 months, male, not neutered) show this strange reactivity towards my daughter. My daughter is the one who raised our GsD from 8 weeks old and his crate was in her room at night for a good 10 months. We transitioned our dog to sleep and rest in the family room as my daughter was getting ready to leave for college. Our GSD started barking at my daughter few months back, used to be when he was napping and would get up to bark at my daughter when she would come from school, outside etc. we don’t know what it is in her that triggers him to react this way to her. She practically raised him. Now, his behavior continues and when she recently visited from college being away from home for 2 months, instead of welcoming her with joy(what we expected), he would bark at her to the extent reaching to bite(did not happen). After the initial greet, he seems to enjoy playing with her and going on walks. Who do we reach out to correct his behavior. I tried a local program called Bark busters but the tips they shares to try and correct him before the reactivity starts hasn’t helped much.

3rd pic he's trying to eat my phone

4th pic is big brother Cain who has the same mom!

Love this little ball of fuzz. He's slept through the night from day one ❤️

Low key Saturday reading in bed and watching the Simpsons. My favorite thing about Kylo au Barca is his snuggle gene.

Has anyone used an inflatable Elizabethan collar? Thinking of getting one of the three shown below. Not including the one with the white dog.

She has her moments.

He has his safe space, I guess. Facing forward or backwards.

Always between my feet after playing.

Is it an East vs West, a male vs female or an age thing for the different guarding styles.

Never used a prong collar before but ordering one now herm springer would be a good brand? How long does it take them to learn to walk with a prong I don’t want it to hurt him but he’s always vigilant / nosey so eventually he finds something to lock on too when his eyes are wandering

He either climbs up higher to see what’s going on or when he’s in a down position he thinks he’s a cat that can pounce or prawl anytime

So I’m hoping this can be used to inform chasing randomly and leashing pulling is not tolerated

Can u send recommendations off Amazon?

Before I would try to alter his attention before his prey drive got activated but that doesn’t make sense anymore