You don't realize it but in these next few minutes you will learn how to train a German Shepherd, Training German Shepherds is relatively easy. Because this dog is highly intelligent and is usually very devoted to you, if you have given him the right attitudes towards you in the first place. Training German shepherds starts with letting him know who is the boss, or alpha or leader, if there is doubt in the dogs mind about that, you have failed in training your German Shepherd and this could lead to a nervous dog who always will challenge you, and when you speak to him he will not listen or only half listen to what you have to say.
If you then are tempted to use brutal techniques like choke collars, electric collars, then know that this it do not work. Why? because it do not solve the problem, the dog thinks he is the leader so he pulls and when he pulls it will hurt, do you for a moment think that he will stop pulling? Of cause not, believe me, because i have tried it with my German Shepherd. Stop…My advice to you is : if your dog is pulling and not paying much attention to you, and if the dog thinks that he is the leader of your house.
Take courses! get into a program for training German shepherds, if there isn't any live dog courses locally, then find other German Shepherd owners nearby, and make them learn you how to train your German Shepherd, most German Shepherd owners will gladly share their knowledge about German Shepherd training. A German Shepherd is a heavy and powerful dog, and can do great harm if not trained properly, do not become the one that takes lightly on training German shepherds. You can do it! the German Shepherd deserves a life with dignity and a place in the hierarchy that he feel he can be safe in, and that is what you give him with training German shepherds in the correct manner. One of the first easy steps you can take is getting into the: Dog Training Inner Circle
