Hi everyone,I have an 9 week old german shepherd pup (who is gorgeous!!)and I've begun training her.She's taken to it brilliantly,responds to sit,come,her name (little bear)we're working on down...which she's getting,and she stops what she's doing when I say no.I only use "no" and praise and the occasional treat for training,I try to be firm but calm when disciplining her and it's working ok.
The trouble is that she will not do anything for my husband,mostly she ignores him when he calls her,she refuses to stop chewing or nipping when he says no,he's used the same methods as me with no effect at all.He's feeling a little frustrated and obviously that carries to the dog and makes it harder,no matter how calm he tries to be the pup must know.
It's harder for him as he's at work all day whilst I'm home with Bear and my children.
Any advice???
Thankyou

Don't think I can help, but it does ring a bell. ;)

I would suggest that the GSD is illustrating typical shepherd behaviour and bonding strongly with you as the person she is with all day. Hmm - difficult. One quick suggestion would be to let hubby feed her as much as possible, and try to get the pup to do little things for him - sits etc. It's difficult without seeing them to say why Little bear isn't responding so well to him; if you are training with rewards she should start to do things for him and then the treats can be gradually reduced or given occasionally.

Hth a little bit

Lindsay

dogs generally have one master which they obey, and you being at home with here all day she knows you better. maybe when shes had her jabs walking her could be your husbands job and that can be their bonding time. with perseverance she will listen to him, but you are training here relativly alone and she spends most of her time with you so she will obey your commands. dogs should really only have one true boss, to many cooks spoil the broth and all that! however she obviously cant go ignoring every one else. when your husband tells her to do something and she ignores him its really important that you dont jump in and tell her to do it. let your husband keep comanding her until she does it and then you can both reward her! good luck!!!!!

Hi
I would suggest that your husband becomes a very keen 'game person' in the pup's eyes. Have him instigate a lot of fun activities when he is around, and walk her on his own sometimes too.
My pup was a little bit like that with my husband, but he walks all 3 of our dogs a lot on his own, as well as with me, and he did her dog training at puppy class (I went too). He is also taking her to 'pre-agility' training, where they have a lot of fun. I go and watch. She is eight months old now and loves us both (probably me slightly more), but they are getting a really good bond going.

I'm sure it will be fine.

Katrina

Thanks for all the replies,My husband has taken over some of the feeds for little bear and has started to play with her more.I suggested that he use the same tone with her all the time when asking her to do something as he can sound impatient.I think I have more patience than he does and she knows that.We do use treats but not too often as she responds to praise and play equally as well.
My hubby has never had a dog from this age before,always older dogs wheras both my other dogs came to me at 7 or 8 weeks so I know what to expect of her.
Hopefully they will bond gradually.I also think hubby finds it strange as his dogs have always been "his" but Little Bear seems to respond better to me.
I'm sure all will be well.
Thanks again
Tracy