Are all puppies naughty? Do they change when they grow up?

There's nothing like the exuberance of a puppy! Unencumbered by a sense of right and wrong, they just love the shoes with your scent, neat smells when they dig a hole and chewing on furniture. It is possible to train them, just takes patience. It's important to discipline the bad behavior and probably more important to reward good behavior. Doing the first without the second just makes them sneaky, but doesn't stop them from doing that behavior. They just wait until you aren't looking. Dogs, as you know are pack animals. The alpha female in training the pups will growl and cuff them. They learn that when they hear that particular growl that something worse will happen, and they learn to stop in their tracks. When I was training my dog, if she was doing something naughty I loudly said "HUT", followed by "NO" and a gentle tap on the nose. It didn't take long, and 10 years later to hear the "HUT" still stops her in her tracks. For good behavior I give her Rice Chex cereal. It's low in calories and sugar, has a nice crunch...and a lot cheaper than commercial dog treats. Good luck in your training efforts, give up progress reports, ok? Will you be posting any pictures?

Yes, that is part of being a puppy. Like small children, they don't yet know the rules of your house. However, you can break your puppy of this quite easily if you teach them the right things to do. I highly recommend "Before You Get Your Puppy" and "After You Get Your Puppy" from the following website, as well as all of Ian Dunbar's other articles: http://www.dogstardaily.com/free-downloads You have to catch your puppy doing something wrong, stop the behavior, typically with a sharp "No!" If the puppy is chewing on something she shouldn't be, take it away and replace it with a chew toy. The most important thing is that whenever the puppy is doing something right, like laying quietly on the floor, chewing her toy, praise her for it! "Good puppy!" and pet her. Whatever you do, do NOT scold her for something she has done wrong after the fact. Dogs don't understand why you are punishing them if you do it after the deed has already been done. I hope this helps! Good luck!

All puppies like to learn about the world around them, experiment and have fun. They adore chewing things up because they like to exercise their teeth. I bought my dog, Secret, a material basket when he was a puppy. He chewed it all up. By the time bought my dog, Magic, I learned to buy a stronger basket. One of my friends looks after friend's dogs when they go on vacation. He had a puppy to stay and she chewed up his slippers. I took both my dogs to training classes and before that to socialization at the vets parties for puppies. My dogs are now 4 years old and 3 years old. They bark when they are out for walks when they see other dogs. Magic pulls on her lead so she wears a harness. Secret's worst trait is rolling in fox mess. I say no thanks to that one and if he does he must have a bath with lots of doggy shampoo. Secret really hates the postman. I love my dogs but they are not perfect. I suggest you take your puppy for walks in quiet areas and see if you can find a training class to take her too. Then she will improve by the time she becomes an adult dog. Both my dogs are miniature poodles.

Ok puppy 101 LOL!!! When you catch her chewing your shoes. Say No! and Leave It.. that way she know it was a bad thing. Then make sure that you have something that she is allowed to chew. What I did is make sure that there was rawhide available to my dog at all times. The holes in the garden and destructiveness maybe because she has alot of energy that she needs to be burned. Shephards are used as working dogs so they might have the feeling of needing to do something. I would also recommend dog training classes. Poorly trained shephards can sometimes lead to a more aggressive dog. So what I would do in your case is enroll puppy into obiences classes and then if you have a fenced in yard take her out and play with her.. Get a ball and let her see it and then place her where she can't move or see the ball and then go hide it and then encourage her to find it when she does give her a treat... The more she does it continue the praise and lessen the treat aspect. This gives her a job/playtime and helps her to run her energy out. Now about the walking pick what side you want her to walk by you on and use that side only.. If she starts walking infront of you pull her back and say heel and shorten the length when she comes back to you. If she continues to not listen stop make her sit beside you and then wait until she is sitting and not jumping around. then make sure that she when she has calmed done to have her leash where she has not room to move infront of you. This way she is forced to walk beside you.. Now if while you have her on a very short lesh she is calm and beside you bit by bit give her a little more leash. If she then starts to walk in front then again pull her back say heel and shorten the leash. It takes time but this is all about consistancy. Good luck with you shepherd and have a nice one.

I think puppies get bored at times and are trying to find something to do. A lot of the things that she is doing right now she'll stop when she gets older. My dog done everything that your dog is doing when she was a puppy also. Get you a bowl that she can't destroy, my dog used to pick hers up and tot it around the house. As far as the holes go, my dog still digs holes in the back yard, no matter what I do I can't break her from it.

I like to think of puppies as two year olds on speed. The only cure is working with them to teach them the rules of life at your house and age. The one advantage to having a puppy is that you become a better house keeper. Everything must be hidden or put away or it will be gone. With both of ours we had to take the food bowl up or loose it. along with the water hose, shoes, my phone charger, and anything that they thought they could reach. Just be consistant, and do not give up. The more you work with your little terror now the better she will be when she is older.

They grow out of this. That is why they are so cute when they are puppies, so we won't be as mad. ha ha! Just be persistent with your training and have patience. Good luck to you!

All puppies are naughty, like small children who wants to explore their surroundings. Best way to solve this problem is to train the puppy as soon as possible. It is hard to stop this kind of behavior if the puppy became accustomed with it. You have to caught your puppy in the act of doing something wrong, with a firm voice say no. You have to be consistent in saying no if she done something wrong. Never scold her for doing something wrong that you didn't caught in the act. Try to teach your puppy to "heel" and you could try to attend obedience training. She could meet other puppies. In that way she will be socialize with people and dogs.

Puppies are like children. They are energetic, exuberant and curious. They chew on everything when they're cutting teeth, they chew on things to taste them and see what they are. Just like a baby, your puppy must be consistently disciplined, things must be put where they can't get to them and little by little they do grow up, but remember, a german shepherd is a working dog. She will need lots of exercise and room to run and romp and play even when she has become pretty well disciplined.

i have never seen a puppy that wasn't naughty. mine always have been. when i first got my dog that i have she liked to chew on the electrical cords to anything. i was afraid she'd get electocuted but thank goodness she didn't. i think they all go through that stage of chewing up things. u may have to call the dog whisperer. lol

i think all of kind puppies are like that. always to try and do something. after they grow, they will understand what they do and of course as a mother should train 'em well

Hi Marguicha, your puppy is so cute. Once she grows up and no longer playful and naughty, you will miss her younger days. I haven't seen an old German Shepherd dog as playful as your puppy, have you? Can you imagine a 10 years old dog bites shoe? Puppies will grow up, so do us. Anyway, enjoy your puppy, she's so cute.

i think all puppy are naughty, my friend just bought a poodle, he like to bit people hands, it's so painful, bit her tissues in the night, sometime even urine on the floor

Aha,I think you should find some story to educate and move him... Otherwise,in my opinion...the naughty boy may be a clever boy in the future..

I dont have a dog but i remember when i had a dog he was just like your dog. I think you should buy her a toy she could play with and she can bite. and also caress her more. I think dogs likes the feeling of that. In that case she'll forget to play and she'll concentrate more on you. I always do that on my cats and she behaves sometimes.

I think it is their nature to be naughty just like a 1-year-old baby. My dog used to be very naughty when he was still a puppy. He used to mess around the backyard and often ate our slippers. But he did change a lot when he got older.

yeah now i have a labrador dog who once was such naughty and disgusting that even the neighbours asked to kill it or sent away.....she was really a pain that i can't even do my work alone...she will be always there chewing my assignments, books......now she changed a lot....she is really a good one now and i cant say it is becuse of my training or like that stuff...but she is now the best dog i had ever seen..... you can read more about puppies from http://dogtime.com/

Well i think almost all puppies are really naughty, they are young, small and cute and they love to get cuddle up by everyone. they are very mischeivious. but when some of them grow they are wuite silent and calm but still some dogs then try to be naughty which turns awfull, i remember once my neighbour gave her to me to take care of, but i was ben harrased by her[it was a female]..she use to jump all over the house, she use to just pounce on you at any moment when you were not paying attention to her, she use to jump on couches which made us all irritated and thats why i had to give her back i could not tolerate it at all, where as my dog is a real dude he knows how to behave where. lol.