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I just got a 5 month female show line GSD, but she is really lay back (lazy). Is there a way to train her to be more active or she will be just like that?
I'm looking to get a family protection dog, if she will not do the job, I may think to get other one.
Thanks

Oh, BTW, I'm at Houston TX

She may be teething , and more sleepy than usual. Most people want a more layed back dog. I would however have her heart checked if she is being overly sleepy or lazy.
You may want to consider getting a little more of a dog, but wait until your girl is much older and done with training.. its near impossible for most people to train two puppies at once.

As your girl gets older, should you support her personality ( even if she is soft) with no hard corrections and building her confidence, you may be able to do some protection training with her- teaching her to be suspicious of strangers and those that come to the house.. but be careful for what you wish for.

Whisper

I have her heart, hip, elbow checked yeaterday, everything is good, and yes she is teething now. So during the teething age, dogs are more sleepy tham usual? She is very soft, when we take walk outside she will never pulls like crazy, instead she always walks on my side, and she is under weight (30lb) from long travel, do you think I can put 40 more lb on her?
Thanks

Dogs sleep alot anyways, it takes a long time to digest meat. Puppies are growing , they go from 1 lb ( Shepherds) when born to around 60-90 lb at a year.. that is extream growing.. and they only grow when they are sleeping.
You said she is Skinny from Traveling ?? Did you just get her ?

My puppies are free feed, they are never fat looking, and they will choose to eat diffrent amounts every day. I personaly just feed a super premium food. Most people on this board rave how well there raw feed dogs are doing. I recently boarded a dog that was on a simi raw diet that comes in a package made by The Honest Kitchen. Its dehidrated, and you add water to it and it fluffs up like oatmeal. Seems pretty good.  I am certian you have heard " you are what you eat" , well another one is " you can only grow a puppy once" .. so make sure what you decide to put into her is the best you can afford.

Whisper Gray

I'm feed her "nature's Variety Instinct Raw Frozen Diet" (http://www.naturesvariety.com/InstinctRaw/dog/all) plus "Royal Canin German Shepherd Puppy 30".
Yes, I just got her. She is from breeder in NY, and she traveled 7 days to get here. She has been raw feed, she won't take any nibble at begaining but now she loves the raw formula with little nibbles.
The breeder has told me that she is a european show line at midium size, and expect to be 70lbs, but since she is only 30lbs now (maybe lost few lb during the travel, so let say she was 36lb before travel), I'm really worry about if she can be 70lbs in the future (isn't GSD can reach they target weight at 8-9 month old?)
Her appetite is good, I'm feeding her 2 meal a day, and each meal contain 1 raw patty (1/2 LB) and 1 cup puppy nibble.

What breeder did you get her from if you don't mind my asking. Just out of curiosity is all. :)

my dog is really lazy
by mkwellborn on 01 July 2010 - 17:07 mkwellborn

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What breeder did you get her from if you don't mind my asking. Just out of curiosity is all. :) 
  


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