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hi, thanks everyone for replying, you've all been a big help! think now i'll increase the distance a bit. not too much though as i do think he's relaxed at this distance, he lays dnown on the grass and has a good sniff about after a while so thats telling me he's relaxed. i think the new plan will b...

thanks for replying. thats pretty much what i do. we're down to 3 or 4 meters and he's happy and relaxed with people and small dogs, with larger dogs its more like 10m. every time he looks at someone i click & treat him. i'm working on eye contact with him, he's not good enough at it yet with su...

hi, i just need a quick few questions answered - my 17month gsd Maximus is reactive on the lead. he's good with dogs off lead and people he doesn't bother too much with but has been known to bark and lunge, he's had an opportunity to bite once and didn't, so he's just vocal. on lead he's a little te...

thanks for getting back to me everyone! right daily routine. . .John'll get up n let him out for a wee in the morning then Max will come back to bed with me till about 10am as i do late nights. he's fed then and shut in the kitchen to eat his food so i can safley go and tend to our ferrets. he's fed...

hi, i need help with young Maximus! problem 1 - in the evenings when me and my partner are (trying) to relax it's playtime for little Max. this is fine, we'll throw his ball (making him sit between throws to try 2 calm him down). chasing his ball is pretty much our only game as he loves it so much. ...

thanks for the advice. he's back to eating normally now but when he does it again (that was the 3rd time he went off his fiid since november) we'll try cutting him way back for a bit.

thanks everyone! ill stop pushing him, i was just so focused on (finally) having a dog thats safe to have off the lead around people i never really thought about pushing him too far. my last boy was so nasty (as a result of being so ill in young life, everyone he ever met was a vet who wanted to put...

thanks for the advice. i don't let anyone pet Maximus. ever. and children aren't allowed near him after some woman let hers run up to him and try 2 cuddle him! he was much younger then and probably didn't help the situation. she was told all about my displeasure lol. i just ask anyone whos willing t...

thank you both for replying, you've given us alot to think about. we've had a pretty good day today. playing ball i wouldn't throw it for him without a sit / paw / down and it seemed to keep his excitment level down well. at one point he did try to put my hand in his mouth so we changed games to tug...

i have an 8 month old gsd called Maximus, we're really bgining to struggle with him. problem no.1 - our biggest problem is play biting, when he gets over excited he starts to bite out hands, arms and sleeves. we've adressed this (or tried to) from day one (we brought him home at 10 weeks old) we hav...

I've just been thinking. A few times I'd let him into the garden for a wee and he'd start. I'd leave him to get on with it for a few mins and go out of sight. When I came back to let him in he'd be lying by the back door, ignoring his tail, waiting for me. I'd then let him back in and get half way t...

Thanks for replying, Tbh we're expecting it to be behaviour, but we find it strange that (apparently) he stopped doing it when switched to a special diet in kennels. The people who have him at the moment are a good kennels, my trainer (independent) knows them and she says it's a good place. And they...

Hi, sorry about that, I've changed the permission on the video so it should work now.

Is ocd in dogs difficult to treat? Or will he be like it for the rest of his life? Poor boys only a 9month old

http://youtu.be/Kmpn3GTU0tE this is the video of Ollie, he pants so so heavily and drools like mad, to the point where as he turns u can see the drool flying off his tail, or if he stops for a second and wags his tail it flys everywhere. that part would be funny if it wasn't so distressing to watch....

hi, thanks for replying. no he has only a short tail, just a bit longer than what a normally docked tail would be. i know he can't stay on tripe his whole life, we were going to research low protien foods. we know about gsd ocd and we're praying it's something else. he went back to the shelter last ...