change of temperament - Page 1

I have a female German Shepherd from Ursus Batu lines. She has always had a very stable temperament and has always been on the somewhat agressive side and tends to be a very bossy female. My husband and I actually own 2 shepherds, but one is not at our house right now as she is being trained and bred in Germany. Our two girls were very attached to each other.

My female that I have at home now has become somewhat shy and needy and pees in the house for no reason. She has been housetrained since she was 3 months old, however, her peeing seems to be for other reasons because she only does this when my husband or I ask her to do something like to come.

She has never been abused in any way. She is probably more like down right spoiled.

As well, she has always had a lot of energy and now is content to lay around the house. Her favorite place is by the door. It somewhat seems to me like she is just waiting for our other female to come back and can't do anything until she does.

I don't know what to do with her. It has been 3 weeks already since our one girl left and she has been acting like this ever since. Does any one have any ideas or suggestions? Have you ever heard of this?

It has been my experience that when you have a strong bond between two dogs and one leaves it is not uncommon for the remaining one to grieve.  I lost a male a while back and my little female grieved for months.  Her behavior was totally different.  I may have some suggestions for you if you want to email me privately.  jmkavanauagh@comcast.net

Good luck

Judy

If you ever had plans to add to your family now might be the time,dog ,cat ,kid what ever ,as females are care givers to fill the lost,also put something from the other dog in her bed or were she doing her pouting.I used a training tape from my other dog .