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Hi all, my 6 months pup dosnt bite at all, is there any thing can i do?

Yes! Stop trying to make it bite something and teach it something else. Dont abuse that dog.

Thanks Two Moons, any more advises?

do you allow your pup to have toys with them all the time, when your gone, in a crate or kennel? if so take them away. if a pup knows there will always be a toy later, why play with you. just a suggestion. more info on how your are raising the pup and what your plans are with the pup in the future would be helpful to give more info. john

well jletcher18, my plsns is to breed and show

oussama, Let me try again, I was a bit abrupt with my first reply. If you want to breed and show this dog whats so very important about biting? What training have you done so far? You didnt say you were training for shutzhund, you say you want to breed and show this dog. My first impression was the dog wouldnt bite and you were looking for ways to force this behavior on the dog. What kind of bloodlines does this dog come from? When I train the first thing I work on is obedience, getting them used to crates, house breaking, and alot of socializing. Getting them used to new sounds including gun fire, traffic, crowds of people. I start the dogs bite work with toys and tug O war, its also a way to socialize them with my other dogs, the tug O war, they love it. I dont let them bite me, hands or any other humans. Any protection work I dont do till much later. If you plan on showing the dog you need to get it used to being handled by strangers especially for a judge to be able to inspect teeth. Study your dog and figure out what its natural abilities are. By that I mean what is your dog doing that you observe while its on its own. Does it track, looking for scent, does it show any protective behavior? Is it causious of strangers, does it bark at certain things and not others? Does it respond to you or go its merry way oblivious of what you ask of it? Anyone can make a dog bite, and probably ruin a good dog in the process. I believe a GSD should be more than that. Its all about what you want this dog to be. And what the dog is going to excel at. The greatest thing a GSD does is serve its master, they do this out of love and a bond with you. You cant teach them that, they have it in they're blood. You have to do your part in return. How they serve is up to you.

Thank you very much Tow Moons for all you very usful info, i am new here so i always have a lot of questions

Thank you very much Tow Moons for all you very usful info, i am new here so i always have a lot of questions