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Is 1 golden retriever, 1 german shepherd and 1 yorkshire dog going to be a problem?

I want to get 1 golden retriever, 1 german shepherd and a yorkshire. I want to get them as puppies but i’m concerned about whether they’d fight when they got older or what. I want to know which dog should be which gender and what I can do to keep the dogs from fighting, especially keeping the bigger ones from attacking the yorkshire.

I can’t tell if this is what you are considering or not, but do NOT get three puppies at the same time! Two would overwhelm the vast majority of people, even those great with dogs. You should get one pup first, and wait until it’s at least six months old before introducing another, though waiting until a year old would be better.

I think the best situation would be for the German Shepherd to be male, the other two female based on the nature of the breeds. Just make sure all are spay/neutered as soon as possible or you will have issues with fighting.
Also, based on breed nature and to avoid the big ones harming the little one, the Yorkshire should be the last addition so it is introduced to a dog at least a year old and a dog at least six months old, reducing risk of fights and the little one being trampled.

Have you researched the breeds carefully? As puppies both Goldens and Shepherds will reek havoc on your house. German Shepherds especially are very good dogs(my personal favorite), but they need a strong leader and lots and lots of exercise and training – failure to exercise an hour DAILY or more as needed as well as not providing mental stimulation, especially as a puppy, will result likely result in a badly behaved, destructive dog.

Make sure you know what you’d be getting yourself into and are looking towards the future to be sure you can always manage and careful these dogs properly so they don’t end up euthanized or in a shelter somewhere, or you don’t have to rehome them somewhere down the road.

German Shepherds Working In Law Enforcement

German Shepherds are a breed popular for the high intellect and great strength. These qualities make the breed a fantastic working dog, capable of adapting to varied environments, tasks, and handlers. For these reasons, they are often chosen to work as service dogs. German Shepherds are used in therapy, rescue work, and, probably most often, law enforcement.

You have probably seen law enforcement dogs from time to time, and more often than not, that dog was most likely a German Shepherd. German Shepherds have been employed with the United States military and the police force for decades. In large cities, you will see these law enforcement shepherds patrolling streets, trains, and airports with their officer handlers. In smaller communities they are typically used for rescue missions or specific investigations, such as suspicion of narcotics possession.

German Shepherds are often seen at the side of their officer handler, obediently going where he or she goes and responding immediately to given commands. When docile and standing down, these German Shepherds seem like little more than household family pets who have been trained to obey their owners. When the time comes, however, the German Shepherd is an intelligent and effective police dog. They patrol with their officer handlers ready to fight the good fight alongside them. On command, one of these police dogs could chase a criminal on foot for miles farther than any human officer in the best of shape. These dogs are trained to subdue and hold any criminals caught in pursuit until their human partners arrive and they are release with a specific command.

German Shepherds also have an impeccable sense of smell. For this reason, they are frequently used as tracking dogs. Sometimes tracking dogs will be given a sent of a missing person to help search and recover clues or the person themselves. German Shepherds are also used to recover and rescue victims of natural disasters who may be caught deep inside architectural rubble and who would never have been found otherwise. They are also used as cadaver dogs, being easily trained to smell the decomposition of human flesh and recover decaying cadavers from wreckage.

The primary use of a German Shepherd’s sniffing abilities, however, is what they excel at. German Shepherds are frequently used as narcotics dogs, detecting drugs like marijuana or cocaine in an investigation or in airports. These dogs are so talented and well trained that they can smell things a human would not even dream of catching a whiff of. Upon catching a sent of drugs, the dogs will bark or otherwise alert their officer handlers, who will pursue the investigation further.

If you have ever encountered a law enforcement German Shepherd, you may have heard his or her officer handler giving commands in what seems like jibberish. This is not the case, in fact. Most dogs that work in law enforcement are trained in languages uncommon in the United States, such as German. This minimizes any risk of criminals understanding the commands used for a specific dog, and will prevent them from trying to issue commands of their own.

German Shepherds excel in law enforcement and are celebrated for the work that they do. The next time you see a K9 Unit officer, be proud to know that this pooch is defending your rights and your community along side the men and women of the law.

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Should My Dad Get Rid of His Dog?

My dad has a large German Shepherd/Pointer dog mix who 9 years old. He loves him very very much. However, recently his dog Goliath has become aggressive to his other German Shepherd 1 1/2 y/o male dog. Both dogs have been friends for 8 months. My dad heard a dog fight in his backyard and Goliath was attacking Lucky (his other GSD). He was growling at him and tried was playing a dominant game with him. When my dad went to walk away with Goliath he nearly bit him by snapping his teeth at him. I’m wondering if it was because my dad wouldn’t let him touch Lucky. Do dogs do this when they become older?

Sounds like the older dog is trying to maintain his dominance. At 1 1/2yrs, the other dog is likely trying to become the “alpha” and the old dog isn’t happy about it. As long as nobody is being injured, let them establish their roles on their own. Dogs need to establish pack roles if they’re going to get along. One needs to accept that the other is the alpha. Or better yet… that your DAD is the alpha, rather than either of the dogs. That takes dominance training.

If they both insist on being alpha dogs, there will continue to be problems until one either gives in, or gets injured. IF this becomes an ongoing thing and he has to get rid of a dog… the only ethical thing to do is to give up the younger dog. Trying to rehome an older dog is just cruel. For one, very few people want to adopt an old dog. (would you?). Second… the old dog has presumably been in the family longer. He will be much more affected, emotionally speaking, if he’s rehomed. The younger dog will be much easier to rehome and will adjust to his new surroundings much faster.

Good luck. Hope things work out.

Police Dogs

The foremost duty of the government of any country is to retain public security and peace throughout the country. And make sure the crime rate comes to zero. Criminals are clever people and they use tactics and strategies when they can break out and commit crimes. To fight crimes the governments have prepared forces of various types. The police forces operate within the city and it is their duty to maintain peace and fight crimes.

Pet dogs are known to serve man the most amongst animals. When they have been used in olden times as shepherd dogs and hunting dogs so they now serve today’s military forces to fight crimes. The platoons of these special dogs are famously known as k-9s. All over the world these dogs are specially trained for different kinds of operations. These dogs are much more ferocious, fierce and more trained. They work side by side with the police forces to secure people and secure areas.

German shepherds and other such dogs can be seen helping police forces in tracking down runaways. Some of them are used as the normal patrolling dogs. They give duties along with the police at night when they are giving duties at highways and roads etc. Then others are trained for many years to identify narcotics and detect bombs that may be installed in hidden areas. They have been known for capturing felony criminals and drug dealers etc since decades. That is why they are so reliable.

Police dogs are a great blessing because they are able to use their sense of smell and hearing that is much more powerful than human senses. What they simply do is they make the dogs inhale a scent of either a man or drugs whatever that has to be tracked down. Then the dogs are unleashed and they go off on their trail. And soon enough these criminals are tracked down easily. They make the police jobs and their investigations a lot easier than they actually are.

The FBI rely 50 percent on their dogs during investigations. There are fire dogs that help fire fighters with their jobs. They do not hesitate from jumping into a burning building and look for survivors. And they tend to reach places man cannot even think of reaching.

These dogs are able to work for hours and hours without rest and they dutifully defend the borders with the police throughout the year, in every sort of weather without complaining.

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how do I get a german shepherd and cocker spaniel to get along?

We have a 10 year old cocker spaniel that we have had about 5 years. We recently adopted a 5 year old german shepherd. Both are males and both seem to be alpha dogs. The cocker spaniel has been nuetered, the geman shepherd has not.. Help can we get them to stop fighting before my cocker spaniel gets killed. He has taken two nasty bites. It’s wierd they met on nuetral territory, and we walk them together and leave them together and they are usually fine. The first time they fought over food, this last time they seemed to fight over nothing. Can this be fixed or am I going to have to give one of them up?

This can happen when you introduce a new dog in the mix, even if both dogs are fixed, both are males, both females or one of each. Even if you leave and think they are okay I would separate them, it may help to get your shepherd fixed, but really only time will help. I know it only takes a few seconds for a dog he size of a shepherd to do some serious damage to another dog – I always watch my shepherds (male and female) around other dogs they don’t know well. They are not mean, but it is their yard, their toys, their person, etc, and only time and patience and constant watching the dogs interact will get them used to sharing with another dog. It will take some time for both dogs, I raise and breed shepherds and while it may take months, they always end up buddies or at least tolerating each other.

Oscar V. Ozzie – the Unwanted Fight at the Park

Pent up energy was likely to lead to frustration and aggression at the dog park and it did earlier today when Oscar bit Ozzie. Oscar, a 3 year old Brittany Spaniel, bit Ozzie on the cheek, opening up a single puncture wound that was successfully treated at the local veterinary clinic.

The other dog owners at the park are discussing a ban on Oscar and his owner Mike. The dog park is a place where pets should be safe. They argue that Oscar is clearly aggressive and should not be allowed back. Ozzie’s owner Sarah is a loud supporter of this idea. She is upset that her 4 year old Chihuahua was hurt.

Sam, owner of a gregarious chocolate Lab, is part of the group. While he’s opposed to allowing aggressive dogs at the park, he also wonders what caused the fight and questions whether Oscar is to blame.

It rained for the last three days. Sam asked both dog owners if they had taken their dogs for walks the last three days or before visiting the park. Both indicated that they had not. In addition to not preparing their dogs for the excitement of the dog park, Sam figured they’d also neglected other items on the doggy do list. Here’s what he found out.

Oscar is 3 years old. He is a purebred Brittany Spaniel. He attended a dog obedience class when he was 6 months old, but he didn’t learn much because the class was crowded and two other dogs – one a German Shepherd and the other an Akita – were constantly at each other’s throats, compelling the trainer to spend a lot of time working one on one with them while the rest of the class puttered along. Oscar has an older brother, a 5 year old Irish Setter whom he gets along well with. Mike takes the two dogs out for a walk in the morning and another in the evening.

Ozzie is a 4 year old Chihuahua. He is an only child. Sarah has lots of friends that visit her. Since she got Ozzie at 8 weeks of age her friends have loved Ozzie. They fussed over him back then and still do. He is the King of all the gatherings at her house. He knows a handful of tricks, though he’s stuck to an “if I feel like it” approach to heeding obedience commands. He loves people but has developed an issue with excessive barking at the fence.

Oscar and Ozzie were on a collision course. After 3 days of rain and no exercise, both dogs were ramped up for the dog park. Oscar is used to playing with his tolerant older brother. Irish Setters are playful and affectionate dogs that get along well with other dogs. Oscar is used to having fun with other dogs, but had never been snarled at or bitten.

Ozzie doesn’t play with other dogs much. He’s used to setting the rules and watching the humans fall in line. Oscar, accustomed to his brother’s friendliness, approached Ozzie too enthusiastically and jumped on him. This rude behavior is acceptable in Oscar’s house, but Ozzie took offense and snapped at him. Oscar reacted instinctively, snapping back and biting Ozzie on the cheek. Oscar didn’t tear, pull or strike again; he was scared by Ozzie’s response and defended himself.

Sam argued for both dogs to be allowed at the park. He spoke with Oscar’s owner and stressed the importance of taking the dog for a walk before going to the park. Eliminating pent-up energy enables the dog to behave more sensibly. He also explained the basics of proper dog greetings, letting Oscar and his owner know that running straight at another dog and jumping on him is a bad idea. He provided tips and suggestions for training proper greetings and suggested teaching a reliable “leave it” command to call Oscar off.

He also spoke with Ozzie’s owner. He explained that Ozzie has no tolerance for other dogs getting on his nerves. While it’s okay to be irritated, his me-first attitude contributed directly to getting bitten. Sam advised her that she should restructure Ozzie’s environment so that he has to follow a No Free Lunch policy that required him to do something before being rewarded with treats and affection. He also advised her to introduce him to more dogs. Although Ozzie is well socialized to humans, he is not comfortable or familiar with other dogs. Changing that will make future trips to the park more enjoyable for him.

In this story we met two dogs that were involved in a predictable dog fight. Both dog owners are committed to taking care of their dogs, but they made training errors along the way that led to the fight. Once they got the information they needed to train their dogs correctly, they were back on track.

Many people have dogs that are like Oscar and Ozzie. They are good dogs with a few quirks. Fixing these quirks is easy and relatively painless. If you have an Oscar or Ozzie – a dog that’s rough around the edges or claiming your house as his kingdom – check out Dog Academy. Offering a free assessment test and personalized program, http://students.dogacademy.com/assessment.aspx, Dog Academy can help you improve your dog’s obedience, behavior and attitude.

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