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hi, have 2 german shepherd, came to us at 6 months, inseparable. they are now about 15 months and the both been "done". the sister, Elsa will not leave her brother alone!
She is continually wanting his attention, she is always wanting to play with him and can be quite rough with him. he sometimes doesn't want to know, sometimes tells her where to go and most of the time they gjust play and play and bark and bark..which annoys the neighbours and anyone about in the parks, etc, as it sounds loud and sometimes viscious. If someone comes in the house he will go and say hello, but she will go for his neck (gently) and they play fight. She is more bothered about seeing him than us in the morning (they are caged separately in the same room in the house as they chew) We have tried the gentle rewardind approach, tried training, tried telling her off, I am at my wits end..she has now started going mad in the car if she sees another dog. I feel like my heart is going to give way soon.. sorry for the long mail, but I don't really want to get a behaviour counsellor in, but I am considering giving them away as it causes so much stress. I do love her dearly, but she has gone psycho!!

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Raising two puppies, especially siblings - is a challenge for even the most experienced owners. It's normal that they pay more attention to each other than to you.

You need to keep these dogs apart for now and work on training them separately.

I highly suggest obedience school with a good trainer who can teach you what to do. They need to go to classes separately!

How much excercise are these dogs getting? Some GSDs have a working mentality and need a great deal of exercise and mental stimulation.

AS for rehoming your female - if you love her, and still cannot deal with her, no one else will either, trust me. She will either be dumped or abused.

YOU are her best chance.

Where exactly are you? Someone here may be able to suggest a good trainer.

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Well I know I was warned about this when I first bought my 2 border collies by you ladies, especially RDM. When I read this post my concern comes from the fact that this lady is having trouble now that they are 15months old. My 2 are 6 and a half months old. So far we really don't have to many problems with them wanting to ignore us and only be together. We do seperate them, but not that often. Maybe once a week or every two weeks for an hour or more. This is fine as long as one of us are with one of them. I do know we could never leave just one of them home alone..... that would spell disaster.
What else can we do so that when they are older we will not have problems?
Should we expect problems to arise, even though we aren't having any yet?

Sorry to jump in and not offer help, just ask more questions!!

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I also have 2 GSD's.

I have had them both since they were 3 months old.They are both males,and cousins.LOL..

I can't really say I have had a major problem with them as for the rough play.Yukon once or twice did get a bit out of hand.But what I did was say Yukon,"ENOUGH" in a stern voice.When he stopped,I praised him.I only had do that a few times and he got the hint.

And they are 8 years old today. .

You say you tried training.Did you do the training or was it a professional trainer?

I trained my guys.But I started when I got them.And kept the training up.

I have to agree with LR 100%

They need to go to obedience training.BOTH...And seperately...

Please don't give them up without trying this.It takes patience and time.And it will be highly rewarded.Trust me.

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