May 12, 2020 10:04 PM
GiantSchnitzel
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ShadeWolf19
I find it interesting, that he's using both German and English comands
pariah76
Herman Shepherd need to be trained or they end up being assholes. Funny assholes, but assholes nonetheless
FlatPlutoSociety
My dog occasionally looks at me when I say her name.
Muhamummel
Bbbrrrrrrrrrriiiiiinnng
HankHell2400
German Shepherds are the best dogs. Makes me wish more people on Imgur trained their pets, at least minimally.
ChallengerDeep
German Shepherds have been destroyed by overbreeding/inbreeding
graehall
German Shepherds are amazing dogs. If you train them right, they're incredibly loyal and brave and smart companions. They're good anyway.
mratio
If not, they’re incredibly smart/stubborn derps. Case in point mine.
Folsee
My parents have one of each. It's staggering the difference.
joncarhoutx
dogs with jobs always seem so happy !
SteveTheEgg
My friend's German is too smart, he always looks like a waiter at a foreign restaurant trying to take your order.
applemnki
And he looks like he’s having a blast.
linguinepescatore
he rly does, enjoying it like a heckin' good boy
DozerPDX
This is why I'm a dog person. Try doing this with cats.
Randamnthoughts2
I'm an animal person. I didn't get cats so they would listen to me but I trained them to sit, speak, stand and high five
KillYourselfPirateHooker
Username checks out
I am Austrian but ok :)
hippiteehoppitee
G’day, mate!
TapToRetry
Lmfao
Okiegoon
Bro hit the BRAKES when told to stop, that was awesome.
briham86
He did an Akira slide v
HughGDildeaux
Fuck yeah!!!!
wheredthatcomefrom
3KnucklesDeep
Horski
Poopette
Where'd that come from?
JCBaggins
That could’ve ended badly for the rider. Good job to the horse regaining balance!
Naid1233
Is that what was supposed to happen? It looks like another animal abuse "sport"
MissAizea
GSD have been ruined by akc. Basically crippled.
cubicleinmate
Agreed. Makes no sense why they think spine and hip problems are desirable.
They can barely run now they've bred such a severe slope
BigKangDangaLangSlanga
And for some reason, the narrow skull is becoming quite popular, so now we're squishing their brains, too.
My girl would be halfway up that hill before I even had a chance to say a thing.
SomethingCOOOOOOOL
Omgggggg!!!! I LOVE HEEEERRRRRRR!!!!
FabulousFire
Aww what a cutie, what kind of breed is she?
Sayagain
Can she hear colors!?!? Adorable little thing!!!
ItsGeno
No, but she heard what you did last night.
LetMeTouchIt
The colors, Duke, the colors!
cutie :)
jmmoore6535772
Yeah those Germans......they love obedience all right.....
BerwynBrewyn
und scheisse
OngoGoblogianTheArtCollector
yeah, they always follow orders
therealFaison
Germans are the best at training dogs i swear
Inkninja
I love my Gsd, best dog I've ever had. Was a rescue and she hadn't had a great life. I wish she could outlive me coz I can't imagine being
Without her. I have a boxer too, he's a dickhead but OUR dickhead. We love him dearly too. The only fault of dogs is they leave too soon.
incubusiness
“He’s more machine than dog, now.”
Craftworks
https://imgur.com/VitAneQ
jeips
Schutzhund. or IPO. look it up. I do this with my mixed breed collie.
010100110110101101111001010011100110010101110100
So long as the rear legs are ok ? what if hurd is theres only 1 dog breeder in my country with good back hips still ☹ dog shows ☹ stupid
CanuckleheadCan
Now this is a dog fully enjoying his training. Unlike others training dogs to do stupid shit like pulling a puppy off a couch in an 1/2
2/2 act of jealousy. Training dogs to do anthropomorphic acts for internet points when they clearly don't enjoy it is sad, borders on abuse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kkkV-FjSDM
LoodGookin
Wow, I hate that so much. Screw that person and their viewers that enjoy that messed up shit.
floridahillbilly
See the guy in the coat. See the dog’s tongue hanging out. It’s not cause it’s hot, it’s because he is stressed.
Ummmm.......never mind.
Soufange
I would DIE FOR A MLEM FROM THAT DOGGO
Mexrose75
My dog runs into traffic
thisisjustadrill
God I love GSDs. Had one growing up, this dog is in heaven right now.
WB4DAD
Well Done DOGGO ..................
Anakindergarden
Had 2 Gsd growing up, and they were my best friends. I miss you, girls. I wish the hip and stomach problems never existed. I lost them.
btw is it true that the American Miltary talk German to their German Shepherds, because they think theyunderstand it better than English?
pinglis5
Perhaps if the dogs are from Europe. German is also used in Shutzhund training, which, I think this is.
theyear1500
Lol no
SafetyFirstThenTeamwork
Hey friend, military here. I work frequently with dog handlers. They speak native tongue as the dogs are typically raised in Belgium or 1/2
(2/2) Germany for 1-2 years before we go over and select ones to adopt into our channels. They know commands by then. Hope that helps!
gilgoman
They understand the language they are trained with.
funnman
We used to have a military gsd, was my dads dog. he was extremely obedient when it came to my dad. He only knew norwegian words, no german.
Aquilarden
Police do so perps won't be able to countermand. Why would they think that?
The dogs know who has command. No perp is going to command a K9
German commands are used by military because the words/language are so forceful. Also, dogs bred for the work are exposed to commands early
orangeyougladitsnotbanana
I taught mine a different language not English but it wasn't German (that was too obvious) He's learned some English ofc over the years 1/
but he knows his "commands" are not. He had no problems learning. Fact is you don't even need to use words with GSD they will learn \2
Hand motions. Down side, I have to leave the in laws a phonetic cheat sheet when he stays over. \3
IAmTheFarmer
My rottie mix does better with hand commands
I don't know much about that breed. I had one briefly for about 6 mos as a foster until he was rehomed. He was a sweet boy.
TheCrochetedSunflower
I saw that in a movie but don’t remember which, long story short bad guys were trying to get away from German Shepherd’s and they made it 1/
Seem like they were trapped because they didn’t know German but they mumbled some fake German out and got away... it was some bad kids movie
ChrisPinesface
I have no idea if that's true, but I want it to be
PostMoThoin
You can hear them say platzen
*Platz ;) It literally means "Spot" but is meant as "Sit here"
LollipopFromHell
i saws heep dogs perform in Ireland.Two of them responded to whistles and two of them only understood words in Irish language.IMPRESSIVE !!
My uncle is a Shepherd on the basket Islands!
EllieAltie
If heard it varies on the handler. Most use a number of different languages to reduce chances of culprits being able to issue commands.
So most American K-9 won't use English commands.
SanguineMyBrother
See it more in Belgian malinois IMO.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
I feel like if I ever had a malinois, I'd use "Frites!" as "Come".
Magnum3point141592654
They use English and hand signals/gestures.
Hahaha! No. They use English and hand signals/gestures. Where the fuck do y'all get this shit?
KismetCrew
My precinct bought dogs that were pretrained from European breeders, so the standard initial training was all in German, and carried through
druzjr
Work in a bunch of PDs locally... K9s use a bunch different languages... Have seen dogs trained with English, German, Dutch and French...
Dude said military K9. Pay attention.
Wow, look at that, a large pie in the wild.
Any dog can be taught this (except maybe Chihuahuas).No need to look specifically for German dogs.
micotyro
In principle yes, but some dogs are better breeds for jobs. Collies, labs, Shepard's, assuies, etc
Iloveweed13
Any animal can be trained to this level of obedience it’s the trainers abilities that limits what species and breeds the can work with
Leolol1
This is not true. Any dog can be trained, but only select breeds have this level of intelligence paired with such a strong drive to please.
disneyprincess
My Great Pyrenees begs to differ.
Luthierfer
Coco could do this. He was a... German shorthair.
NullUser20
My coonhound wouldn't be able to be taught to this level with voice commands. It takes a special breed and dog to be that obedient to voice
Yusill
My pointer wouldn’t he’s a asshole. My fav awesome amazing dickhead of a dog. He knows the commands. Just doesn’t care
RedOnTheHeadFireInTheBed
Working on similar with my rottie
bearsandbeers
Joke is, the germans as in the nation. their dogs as any any dog of theirs.
RalphsLauren
My English bulldogs are in no way shape or form capable of this I can assure you.
After they’re taught it’s up to them whether I’m or not they actually want to do it..
notascreativeasithought
There’s no way my greyhound would ever be able to consistently do this. Or sit, he’s physically incapable of sitting
DieselSpider
Yes, but it is definitely easier with some.
AnonymouslyGratifying
Dog trainer here and no. This is not true.
chetnixandflill
Do this with a basset hound and color me impressed.
SnossedAndLost
My dog is well trained but she would never be this obedient. She doesn't crave the attention or approval from me as a GSD would.
beaglefeatures
Laughs in beagle
GigiDundas
Good luck with that, some breeds are easy to teach and some are absolutely impossible
Hellstorm99
You can teach a Husky, they just more often than not decide to do whatever the hell they want.
OverlyOpinionated
They know they're smarter than you
tmetz9442
I have a husky border collie mix. And his want to please and wants to tell me to screw odd battle daily
bonessasan
One of my shih tzus is like this. I can hear her thinking, "But why? I don't wanna" when I tell her to do things.
oxpajama
So different breeds' temperament variation is fake news?
With 2 bulldogs I can tell you it’s definitely a thing. I can’t imagine the faces if I tried to get them to do this shit
SteepedGardenMrsChen
Just what Big Dog Wants you think! But if you're serious, no. That's why dogs can fail training school
samsoniteson2000
Even hotdogs
solitaryblaze
Real hot dogs, maybe. Dachshunds, no. It doesn’t matter how badly they want your approval, they’re wired for dumbassery. -Doxie owner
I was kidding.
My reply was also a joke...
My joke was a reply!
breothskin
Chihuahuas aren’t dogs. They’re tiny shards of fear, evil, and trembling from the beyond.
Dahlerbill
50% tremble, 50% hate.
keystotheairlock
Try breeding them with Jack Russel Terriers. Hairy little nightmares puppets.
dmay1210
It is the trembling that I can't take.
bigbabyjesusicantwait
My buddy’s jumps up on me, loves pets and sits in my lap. Loves me. But if I try pick him up he emits this awful teeth baring snarlgrowl.
DoNotKnowJack
Rats that learned how to bark
MonkeyMook
And mutant rats dont forget that part
quadropheniac
I’m the biggest advocate in the world for dogs and I can’t defend chihuahuas.
pc404
What's the issue with them, every single chihuahua I've ever seen is either possessed or is bat shit fucking crazy.
Best I can say is they are very fearful probably due to small size, and many owners who own chihuahuas don't give them the same type of
attention and training of a larger dog, leading to behavioral issues. Also I just think they are not very smart lol which compounds it all
KirkSteel
I know two very nice ones. It really seems to be how they get treated and if they understand the pecking order. Bad behaviour not acceptable
Exception that proves the rule ;)
sammbalam
Yeah it's that people don't bother to train them because "whatever if he's misbehaving I can just pick him up"
ciaran13
Imagine you're a wolf but everyone treats you like a mockery and toy, while not being taught manners cause you're easy to man handle. ANGER!
but if it's under 35 lb it's a cat and cats are useless.
mythsnlore
?2
You will have a tough time with any primitive breeds, not all dogs have a desire to please
jfitz
Can confirm, I have a shiba inu and it doesn’t give a fuuuuuuck about anything or anyone; it likes chihuahuas though (and me).
Tundra314
I own a husky and a Belgian Tervuren. My Turv- aims to please. My husky: LOL GOOD LUCK WITH THAT
waitwuh
I grew up with a jack russel.... A hella smart but stubborn little thing. Watched him use tools even. Intelligence does equate to obedience.
Maricarmn
Some dogs are cats
Fractoman
And some cats are dogs
HeyLookItsThatGuyAdam
Looking at you, Shiba Inu
sjester42
Absolutely, you need to find what your dog desires, but once that's done? I have a sh/wolf hybrid, cuddles and snuggles were his key...
But he isn't going to be as obedient as above, primitive breeds can be taught basic obedience, but they will not be competitive/trick dogs
As a side note, obedience in dogs is about understanding, so your simply talking about dogs that don't understand.... So so as smart as the
Goodest boys....
No offense, but why the f#$k would I want a "competitive" companion? I want them to trust me, and do as I request because it will keep bot
*both of us alive and undamaged. I want her to protect my daughter and keep me from freaking over the potential danger.
It's just in response to the post, the above dog is competitive. You can't compare a sh's training to the above dog. Not saying either is
Yep this is basic obedience training.
Lol all the down votes from people that do not know what obedience training is.
Basic obedience training would be teaching them to ask to go to the bathroom or calmly saying shake and they give you their paw. Not this
That is not obedience training. And explains why there are so many bad dog owners.
What would be your first steps in obedience training honestly. My parents owned a lot of dogs but as a teenager I never thought of them as1/
Great dog owners. I’m trying to ask honestly... they never mistreated our dogs and always made sure they were loved and fed, they were 2/
Sit, stay, down, heal, jog heal, distance down, distance stay, take it, leave it. No jumping unless on command, not teeth on people,
No pulling on a leash. All those commands should be done on or off leash. This is not even true obedience training just basic stuff.
netflixandwine
Sit stay heel come are usually the basic commands - my dad showed our GSD for obedience and she could do all silent commands
ShadeWolf19
I find it interesting, that he's using both German and English comands
pariah76
Herman Shepherd need to be trained or they end up being assholes. Funny assholes, but assholes nonetheless
FlatPlutoSociety
My dog occasionally looks at me when I say her name.
Muhamummel
Bbbrrrrrrrrrriiiiiinnng
HankHell2400
German Shepherds are the best dogs. Makes me wish more people on Imgur trained their pets, at least minimally.
ChallengerDeep
German Shepherds have been destroyed by overbreeding/inbreeding
graehall
German Shepherds are amazing dogs. If you train them right, they're incredibly loyal and brave and smart companions. They're good anyway.
mratio
If not, they’re incredibly smart/stubborn derps. Case in point mine.
Folsee
My parents have one of each. It's staggering the difference.
joncarhoutx
dogs with jobs always seem so happy !
SteveTheEgg
My friend's German is too smart, he always looks like a waiter at a foreign restaurant trying to take your order.
applemnki
And he looks like he’s having a blast.
linguinepescatore
he rly does, enjoying it like a heckin' good boy
DozerPDX
This is why I'm a dog person. Try doing this with cats.
Randamnthoughts2
I'm an animal person. I didn't get cats so they would listen to me but I trained them to sit, speak, stand and high five
KillYourselfPirateHooker
Username checks out
GiantSchnitzel
I am Austrian but ok :)
hippiteehoppitee
G’day, mate!
TapToRetry
Lmfao
Okiegoon
Bro hit the BRAKES when told to stop, that was awesome.
briham86
He did an Akira slide
v
HughGDildeaux
Fuck yeah!!!!
wheredthatcomefrom
Okiegoon
3KnucklesDeep
Horski
Poopette
Where'd that come from?
JCBaggins
That could’ve ended badly for the rider. Good job to the horse regaining balance!
Naid1233
Is that what was supposed to happen? It looks like another animal abuse "sport"
MissAizea
GSD have been ruined by akc. Basically crippled.
cubicleinmate
Agreed. Makes no sense why they think spine and hip problems are desirable.
MissAizea
They can barely run now they've bred such a severe slope
BigKangDangaLangSlanga
And for some reason, the narrow skull is becoming quite popular, so now we're squishing their brains, too.
applemnki
My girl would be halfway up that hill before I even had a chance to say a thing.
SomethingCOOOOOOOL
Omgggggg!!!! I LOVE HEEEERRRRRRR!!!!
FabulousFire
Aww what a cutie, what kind of breed is she?
Sayagain
Can she hear colors!?!? Adorable little thing!!!
ItsGeno
No, but she heard what you did last night.
LetMeTouchIt
The colors, Duke, the colors!
GiantSchnitzel
cutie :)
jmmoore6535772
Yeah those Germans......they love obedience all right.....
BerwynBrewyn
und scheisse
OngoGoblogianTheArtCollector
yeah, they always follow orders
therealFaison
Germans are the best at training dogs i swear
Inkninja
I love my Gsd, best dog I've ever had. Was a rescue and she hadn't had a great life. I wish she could outlive me coz I can't imagine being
Inkninja
Without her. I have a boxer too, he's a dickhead but OUR dickhead. We love him dearly too. The only fault of dogs is they leave too soon.
incubusiness
“He’s more machine than dog, now.”
Craftworks
https://imgur.com/VitAneQ
jeips
Schutzhund. or IPO. look it up. I do this with my mixed breed collie.
010100110110101101111001010011100110010101110100
So long as the rear legs are ok ? what if hurd is theres only 1 dog breeder in my country with good back hips still ☹ dog shows ☹ stupid
CanuckleheadCan
Now this is a dog fully enjoying his training. Unlike others training dogs to do stupid shit like pulling a puppy off a couch in an 1/2
CanuckleheadCan
2/2 act of jealousy. Training dogs to do anthropomorphic acts for internet points when they clearly don't enjoy it is sad, borders on abuse.
CanuckleheadCan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kkkV-FjSDM
LoodGookin
Wow, I hate that so much. Screw that person and their viewers that enjoy that messed up shit.
floridahillbilly
See the guy in the coat. See the dog’s tongue hanging out. It’s not cause it’s hot, it’s because he is stressed.
CanuckleheadCan
Ummmm.......never mind.
Soufange
I would DIE FOR A MLEM FROM THAT DOGGO
Mexrose75
My dog runs into traffic
thisisjustadrill
God I love GSDs. Had one growing up, this dog is in heaven right now.
WB4DAD
Well Done DOGGO ..................
Anakindergarden
Had 2 Gsd growing up, and they were my best friends. I miss you, girls. I wish the hip and stomach problems never existed. I lost them.
GiantSchnitzel
btw is it true that the American Miltary talk German to their German Shepherds, because they think theyunderstand it better than English?
pinglis5
Perhaps if the dogs are from Europe. German is also used in Shutzhund training, which, I think this is.
theyear1500
Lol no
SafetyFirstThenTeamwork
Hey friend, military here. I work frequently with dog handlers. They speak native tongue as the dogs are typically raised in Belgium or 1/2
SafetyFirstThenTeamwork
(2/2) Germany for 1-2 years before we go over and select ones to adopt into our channels. They know commands by then. Hope that helps!
gilgoman
They understand the language they are trained with.
funnman
We used to have a military gsd, was my dads dog. he was extremely obedient when it came to my dad. He only knew norwegian words, no german.
Aquilarden
Police do so perps won't be able to countermand. Why would they think that?
theyear1500
The dogs know who has command. No perp is going to command a K9
floridahillbilly
German commands are used by military because the words/language are so forceful. Also, dogs bred for the work are exposed to commands early
orangeyougladitsnotbanana
I taught mine a different language not English but it wasn't German (that was too obvious) He's learned some English ofc over the years 1/
orangeyougladitsnotbanana
but he knows his "commands" are not. He had no problems learning. Fact is you don't even need to use words with GSD they will learn \2
orangeyougladitsnotbanana
Hand motions. Down side, I have to leave the in laws a phonetic cheat sheet when he stays over. \3
IAmTheFarmer
My rottie mix does better with hand commands
orangeyougladitsnotbanana
I don't know much about that breed. I had one briefly for about 6 mos as a foster until he was rehomed. He was a sweet boy.
TheCrochetedSunflower
I saw that in a movie but don’t remember which, long story short bad guys were trying to get away from German Shepherd’s and they made it 1/
TheCrochetedSunflower
Seem like they were trapped because they didn’t know German but they mumbled some fake German out and got away... it was some bad kids movie
ChrisPinesface
I have no idea if that's true, but I want it to be
PostMoThoin
You can hear them say platzen
GiantSchnitzel
*Platz ;) It literally means "Spot" but is meant as "Sit here"
LollipopFromHell
i saws heep dogs perform in Ireland.Two of them responded to whistles and two of them only understood words in Irish language.IMPRESSIVE !!
PostMoThoin
My uncle is a Shepherd on the basket Islands!
EllieAltie
If heard it varies on the handler. Most use a number of different languages to reduce chances of culprits being able to issue commands.
EllieAltie
So most American K-9 won't use English commands.
SanguineMyBrother
See it more in Belgian malinois IMO.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
I feel like if I ever had a malinois, I'd use "Frites!" as "Come".
Magnum3point141592654
They use English and hand signals/gestures.
Magnum3point141592654
Hahaha! No. They use English and hand signals/gestures. Where the fuck do y'all get this shit?
KismetCrew
My precinct bought dogs that were pretrained from European breeders, so the standard initial training was all in German, and carried through
druzjr
Work in a bunch of PDs locally... K9s use a bunch different languages... Have seen dogs trained with English, German, Dutch and French...
Magnum3point141592654
Dude said military K9. Pay attention.
LoodGookin
Wow, look at that, a large pie in the wild.
LollipopFromHell
Any dog can be taught this (except maybe Chihuahuas).No need to look specifically for German dogs.
micotyro
In principle yes, but some dogs are better breeds for jobs. Collies, labs, Shepard's, assuies, etc
Iloveweed13
Any animal can be trained to this level of obedience it’s the trainers abilities that limits what species and breeds the can work with
Leolol1
This is not true. Any dog can be trained, but only select breeds have this level of intelligence paired with such a strong drive to please.
disneyprincess
My Great Pyrenees begs to differ.
Luthierfer
Coco could do this. He was a... German shorthair.
NullUser20
My coonhound wouldn't be able to be taught to this level with voice commands. It takes a special breed and dog to be that obedient to voice
Yusill
My pointer wouldn’t he’s a asshole. My fav awesome amazing dickhead of a dog. He knows the commands. Just doesn’t care
RedOnTheHeadFireInTheBed
Working on similar with my rottie
bearsandbeers
Joke is, the germans as in the nation. their dogs as any any dog of theirs.
RalphsLauren
My English bulldogs are in no way shape or form capable of this I can assure you.
TheCrochetedSunflower
After they’re taught it’s up to them whether I’m or not they actually want to do it..
notascreativeasithought
There’s no way my greyhound would ever be able to consistently do this. Or sit, he’s physically incapable of sitting
DieselSpider
Yes, but it is definitely easier with some.
AnonymouslyGratifying
Dog trainer here and no. This is not true.
chetnixandflill
Do this with a basset hound and color me impressed.
SnossedAndLost
My dog is well trained but she would never be this obedient. She doesn't crave the attention or approval from me as a GSD would.
beaglefeatures
Laughs in beagle
GigiDundas
Good luck with that, some breeds are easy to teach and some are absolutely impossible
Hellstorm99
You can teach a Husky, they just more often than not decide to do whatever the hell they want.
OverlyOpinionated
They know they're smarter than you
tmetz9442
I have a husky border collie mix. And his want to please and wants to tell me to screw odd battle daily
bonessasan
One of my shih tzus is like this. I can hear her thinking, "But why? I don't wanna" when I tell her to do things.
oxpajama
So different breeds' temperament variation is fake news?
RalphsLauren
With 2 bulldogs I can tell you it’s definitely a thing. I can’t imagine the faces if I tried to get them to do this shit
SteepedGardenMrsChen
Just what Big Dog Wants you think! But if you're serious, no. That's why dogs can fail training school
samsoniteson2000
Even hotdogs
solitaryblaze
Real hot dogs, maybe. Dachshunds, no. It doesn’t matter how badly they want your approval, they’re wired for dumbassery. -Doxie owner
samsoniteson2000
I was kidding.
solitaryblaze
My reply was also a joke...
samsoniteson2000
My joke was a reply!
breothskin
Chihuahuas aren’t dogs. They’re tiny shards of fear, evil, and trembling from the beyond.
Dahlerbill
50% tremble, 50% hate.
keystotheairlock
Try breeding them with Jack Russel Terriers. Hairy little nightmares puppets.
dmay1210
It is the trembling that I can't take.
bigbabyjesusicantwait
My buddy’s jumps up on me, loves pets and sits in my lap. Loves me. But if I try pick him up he emits this awful teeth baring snarlgrowl.
DoNotKnowJack
Rats that learned how to bark
MonkeyMook
And mutant rats dont forget that part
quadropheniac
I’m the biggest advocate in the world for dogs and I can’t defend chihuahuas.
pc404
What's the issue with them, every single chihuahua I've ever seen is either possessed or is bat shit fucking crazy.
quadropheniac
Best I can say is they are very fearful probably due to small size, and many owners who own chihuahuas don't give them the same type of
quadropheniac
attention and training of a larger dog, leading to behavioral issues. Also I just think they are not very smart lol which compounds it all
KirkSteel
I know two very nice ones. It really seems to be how they get treated and if they understand the pecking order. Bad behaviour not acceptable
breothskin
Exception that proves the rule ;)
sammbalam
Yeah it's that people don't bother to train them because "whatever if he's misbehaving I can just pick him up"
ciaran13
Imagine you're a wolf but everyone treats you like a mockery and toy, while not being taught manners cause you're easy to man handle. ANGER!
ciaran13
but if it's under 35 lb it's a cat and cats are useless.
mythsnlore
MissAizea
You will have a tough time with any primitive breeds, not all dogs have a desire to please
jfitz
Can confirm, I have a shiba inu and it doesn’t give a fuuuuuuck about anything or anyone; it likes chihuahuas though (and me).
Tundra314
I own a husky and a Belgian Tervuren. My Turv- aims to please. My husky: LOL GOOD LUCK WITH THAT
waitwuh
I grew up with a jack russel.... A hella smart but stubborn little thing. Watched him use tools even. Intelligence does equate to obedience.
Maricarmn
Some dogs are cats
Fractoman
And some cats are dogs
HeyLookItsThatGuyAdam
Looking at you, Shiba Inu
sjester42
Absolutely, you need to find what your dog desires, but once that's done? I have a sh/wolf hybrid, cuddles and snuggles were his key...
MissAizea
But he isn't going to be as obedient as above, primitive breeds can be taught basic obedience, but they will not be competitive/trick dogs
sjester42
As a side note, obedience in dogs is about understanding, so your simply talking about dogs that don't understand.... So so as smart as the
sjester42
Goodest boys....
sjester42
No offense, but why the f#$k would I want a "competitive" companion? I want them to trust me, and do as I request because it will keep bot
sjester42
*both of us alive and undamaged. I want her to protect my daughter and keep me from freaking over the potential danger.
MissAizea
It's just in response to the post, the above dog is competitive. You can't compare a sh's training to the above dog. Not saying either is
theyear1500
Yep this is basic obedience training.
theyear1500
Lol all the down votes from people that do not know what obedience training is.
TheCrochetedSunflower
Basic obedience training would be teaching them to ask to go to the bathroom or calmly saying shake and they give you their paw. Not this
theyear1500
That is not obedience training. And explains why there are so many bad dog owners.
TheCrochetedSunflower
What would be your first steps in obedience training honestly. My parents owned a lot of dogs but as a teenager I never thought of them as1/
TheCrochetedSunflower
Great dog owners. I’m trying to ask honestly... they never mistreated our dogs and always made sure they were loved and fed, they were 2/
theyear1500
Sit, stay, down, heal, jog heal, distance down, distance stay, take it, leave it. No jumping unless on command, not teeth on people,
theyear1500
No pulling on a leash. All those commands should be done on or off leash. This is not even true obedience training just basic stuff.
netflixandwine
Sit stay heel come are usually the basic commands - my dad showed our GSD for obedience and she could do all silent commands