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He does great within the family. He just does not like you if you arent family. If you come over, you have to be slowly introduced, otherwise he will herd you out of the house.

When my boyfriend and I went back to visit my mom we spent the week there, and I forgot how aggressive Brutus was. He sat ontop of him in the bed, his face in Weston's, glaring at him and growling softly all night long each night. Also followed him around suspiciously, glaring and growling, and wouldn't let my boyfriend within a foot of me for three days in a row before he finally accepted him.

But once he accepts you he turns into a complete doofus butterball. It's not as much aggressive as it is protective over his pack. sweatdrop But we still work on it, sent him for police training, and constantly practice the training with him.

I've never heard of rally... What is it?


Oh, our dogs, especially my dad's, don't just try to herd you out. lol

I've never heard of sending dogs to the police for training. There's no way there'd be the kind of funding for that sort of program around here; the police are way too busy. I'm not sure why the police would be the best choice to train a pet dog anyway.

Rally is like obedience lite. It's a lot of fun!


He learned commands (both voice and hand signals, and clicker), also how to properly defend our home in case someone breaks in. It costed a lot, but our neighbor was a NY city cop, and he pulled some strings for us. Brutus is mainly a home guard dog.

It sounds like fun! Brutus wouldn't go for it I don't think. He gets stubborn occasionally.

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He learned commands (both voice and hand signals, and clicker), also how to properly defend our home in case someone breaks in. It costed a lot, but our neighbor was a NY city cop, and he pulled some strings for us. Brutus is mainly a home guard dog.

It sounds like fun! Brutus wouldn't go for it I don't think. He gets stubborn occasionally.


How do you use the clicker as a command? I've never used it that way.

I sort of doubt it's the dog--most of the time it's a problem of motivators.

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He learned commands (both voice and hand signals, and clicker), also how to properly defend our home in case someone breaks in. It costed a lot, but our neighbor was a NY city cop, and he pulled some strings for us. Brutus is mainly a home guard dog.

It sounds like fun! Brutus wouldn't go for it I don't think. He gets stubborn occasionally.


How do you use the clicker as a command? I've never used it that way.

I sort of doubt it's the dog--most of the time it's a problem of motivators.

Oh, similar to morse code. Certain amounts of clicks at certain speeds in specific patterns mean different things. It's a b***h and a half to teach, but its a good challenge for him. We reinforce it with ahdn signals so he learns what they mean. Eventually we stop doing the hand signals and he recognizes the clicks.

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Oh, similar to morse code. Certain amounts of clicks at certain speeds in specific patterns mean different things. It's a b***h and a half to teach, but its a good challenge for him. We reinforce it with ahdn signals so he learns what they mean. Eventually we stop doing the hand signals and he recognizes the clicks.


That sounds like a ton of extra work with no real benefit. I'm glad he likes it!

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Oh, similar to morse code. Certain amounts of clicks at certain speeds in specific patterns mean different things. It's a b***h and a half to teach, but its a good challenge for him. We reinforce it with ahdn signals so he learns what they mean. Eventually we stop doing the hand signals and he recognizes the clicks.


That sounds like a ton of extra work with no real benefit. I'm glad he likes it!


Oh it really is.

But there is a bit of a benefit. It keeps him mentally stimulated, and that's not an easy thing to do with shepherds.

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Oh it really is.

But there is a bit of a benefit. It keeps him mentally stimulated, and that's not an easy thing to do with shepherds.


We never had a whole lot of trouble with it when I was growing up.

I mean obviously there's no harm in teaching complicated cues, but for me it's way more fun to teach and proof a variety of tricks
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You can watch his live stream here. Puppy Live Stream

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Oh it really is.

But there is a bit of a benefit. It keeps him mentally stimulated, and that's not an easy thing to do with shepherds.


We never had a whole lot of trouble with it when I was growing up.

I mean obviously there's no harm in teaching complicated cues, but for me it's way more fun to teach and proof a variety of tricks


We kinda ran out of tricks. He knows the basic sit, shake, lay, hi five, play dead, roll over, pray, statue (similar to beg but he holds it for ten seconds or more), point, bow, stand, stay, jump, spin, going to a place on command, walk backwards on command, fetch certain items on command, yawning on command, put his toys away on command, act ashamed on command, crawl, limp, bang bang, speak, cross paws, to go into the "elevator butt" stance. I think it's commonly known as hips up or something like that.

If you know any tricks we haven't taught him please tell me!

It's why we went to clicker training. When you run out of things to teach him, he then gets bored. I think my grandpa has been making huge puzzles for the backyard that dispense treats for him when he completes the puzzle, and some are pretty complicated...

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sooo cuteeeeeee

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Joey (rat-cha puppy) and Marley (torti kitten)
There's only 5 months between them, Marley being older

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We kinda ran out of tricks. He knows the basic sit, shake, lay, hi five, play dead, roll over, pray, statue (similar to beg but he holds it for ten seconds or more), point, bow, stand, stay, jump, spin, going to a place on command, walk backwards on command, fetch certain items on command, yawning on command, put his toys away on command, act ashamed on command, crawl, limp, bang bang, speak, cross paws, to go into the "elevator butt" stance. I think it's commonly known as hips up or something like that.

If you know any tricks we haven't taught him please tell me!

It's why we went to clicker training. When you run out of things to teach him, he then gets bored. I think my grandpa has been making huge puzzles for the backyard that dispense treats for him when he completes the puzzle, and some are pretty complicated...


That's all awesome! I would work on proofing them at higher levels of distraction, in different locations. I also love heeling, it's my favorite activity.

When I say clicker training I mean something totally different--isn't that funny?
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This is when we first brought him home. He's gotten SO much bigger and darker. He reminded me of a raccoon.
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Little Zelda
Her color is making me anxious. She's gray and white, but then she has pretty little places of tan throughout, then along her spine is a distinct black line that gets darker everyday. Wonder if she will end up sable, black, or stay mostly gray.

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I already posted pictures of my kitties in another thread, so I'll keep to pictures of my dog!
This is Jet, my English Cocker Spaniel~

In the park!
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His five month birthday, my cousin and I put some candles in a dog treat and pretended
it was a cake! He was pretty happy.
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I miss that puppy fluff! ;-;
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I love showing off my pretty pets.
This is peanut I have had her since I was little
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This one is zoey and she is around 6 years old
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This is ziggy he is either 5 or 6
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This is sprite I have had her for about 2 years now
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This is misty and I have had her for about a year now. This is an older picture of her.
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This is gray. I got him for Christmas
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This is my newest baby I got her a few days ago and her name is pepper
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Lonely Saint

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They're icky
The lab's a three years old airhead and the kitty a nine months old has-to-go donation from my friend's roommate; they couldn't find a place for him so I volunteered to take him, if he gets along with the wolfcreature and fits in my budget.

Let's just say they get along just fine.

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