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by RLHAR on 06 September 2010 - 17:09
Those damn "killer Czech" dogs are at it again.
Currently my young male weighs in at about 75lbs and we've been conditioning him so it's all muscle. I know this because when he lunges against his flat collar he about pulls me off my feet.
My son weighs all of about 45lbs.
This morning we were in the kitchen, were Erik's crate hangs out and I had one of the new kittens out investigating the area. My son opened the door, went outside and grabbed Erik by his collar, then brought him in through the doors to the kitchen.
Erik saw the kitten! He started to pull towards me and the kitten. However, even before I could react my son snapped off a firm (for a 6 year old) "Sit!"
Erik sat.
My son stepped to his side and continued "Fuss!" turning into his shoulder. Erik gave ground and politely fussed next to my son up to his crate at which point my son opened the door and firmly commanded, "Crate!" and in he went.
Now Erik and I have just started to really work obedience in the past month but despite the fact that he REAAAALLYY wanted to go to Mom and check out the kitten, despite the fact that he was simply on his flat collar and could have yanked my son off his feet like a kite, he obeyed the child's commands, even though they went counter to every fiber of his drive driven body.
This is why I personally have fallen in love with my Czech dogs. That clarity of the head. The West German Working line male I had would have taken all three of us out in his over the top drive but here is a young, intact male who despite having the 'upper hand' in all respects when it came to the situation, did not take advantage, respected and responded to his early training.
The other member of the household, my high drive Czech female has been desperately trying to mother the kittens. They are smaller than her muzzle, yet she gently tries to roll them over to lick their little butts, whimpers and fusses if they cry and will beat on the door to their room if she's locked out away from them. The kittens keep trying to insist that they're old enough to clean their own butts, thank you very much but she insists!
Currently my young male weighs in at about 75lbs and we've been conditioning him so it's all muscle. I know this because when he lunges against his flat collar he about pulls me off my feet.
My son weighs all of about 45lbs.
This morning we were in the kitchen, were Erik's crate hangs out and I had one of the new kittens out investigating the area. My son opened the door, went outside and grabbed Erik by his collar, then brought him in through the doors to the kitchen.
Erik saw the kitten! He started to pull towards me and the kitten. However, even before I could react my son snapped off a firm (for a 6 year old) "Sit!"
Erik sat.
My son stepped to his side and continued "Fuss!" turning into his shoulder. Erik gave ground and politely fussed next to my son up to his crate at which point my son opened the door and firmly commanded, "Crate!" and in he went.
Now Erik and I have just started to really work obedience in the past month but despite the fact that he REAAAALLYY wanted to go to Mom and check out the kitten, despite the fact that he was simply on his flat collar and could have yanked my son off his feet like a kite, he obeyed the child's commands, even though they went counter to every fiber of his drive driven body.
This is why I personally have fallen in love with my Czech dogs. That clarity of the head. The West German Working line male I had would have taken all three of us out in his over the top drive but here is a young, intact male who despite having the 'upper hand' in all respects when it came to the situation, did not take advantage, respected and responded to his early training.
The other member of the household, my high drive Czech female has been desperately trying to mother the kittens. They are smaller than her muzzle, yet she gently tries to roll them over to lick their little butts, whimpers and fusses if they cry and will beat on the door to their room if she's locked out away from them. The kittens keep trying to insist that they're old enough to clean their own butts, thank you very much but she insists!
by Nans gsd on 06 September 2010 - 18:09
Dogdom; isn't it beautiful.
by RLHAR on 06 September 2010 - 18:09
You'd think so, though so often reading on this board it seems as if all we ever hear is about problem dogs, aggressive dogs, aggressive people and about as much negativity as you could fit into one small space.
Hence why I enjoy being able to look at my dog and remember why I wanted to have a GSD.
Hence why I enjoy being able to look at my dog and remember why I wanted to have a GSD.
by LAVK-9 on 06 September 2010 - 19:09
RLHAR Erik sounds like an awesome dog....what a GSD should be in temperament. Dar (my killer Czech GSD) is a bit like that too. I was visiting my brother and took the kids to the park with him.My niece was 3 at the time.She wanted to walk the dogs.Dar and a female i had Kachina. I was telling Elizabeth how to make the dogs listen telling her the commands.(Dar is trained in Italian Kachina in German) So there was Elizabeth walking Dar that was face to face with her.She gave him a hard correction to heel when he tried to get in heel position next to me. A dog that isn't of stable mind could have taken her face off when she corrected him.He just looked at me as to say"mom that was a hard correction why is she being so mean?" lol Dar hasn't been raised with kids nor has he been around them much but still knew to be good and listen to a 3 year old. Gotta love a well bred GSD.
by Slamdunc on 06 September 2010 - 21:09
Lael,
Great story!
Jim
Great story!
Jim
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