We have a fenced paddock where we used to keep the cows in wintertime. After trying her with the leash, he has been trying to train her in the paddock. She is very nippy too, which is not acceptable. We have watched all sorts of training videos and suggestions. This dog just does not "get it", or doesn't want to. Or, yah, it could be us
but we are trying. I am ready to trade her in for another border collie. 
I’m sorryWe have a fenced paddock where we used to keep the cows in wintertime. After trying her with the leash, he has been trying to train her in the paddock. She is very nippy too, which is not acceptable. We have watched all sorts of training videos and suggestions. This dog just does not "get it", or doesn't want to. Or, yah, it could be us
it seems to me like she might just need it broken down further into more steps before the full off leash freedom. So maybe like a long line or e collar or something similar where she’s still technically under control and can learn and make mistakes safely. And lots of rewards for doing it right. It seems like she’s fine on leash but gets confused or defiant or whatever off leash? So I would try longer leashes and stuff first so she realizes she needs to listen all the time not just sometimes haha not sure about the nipping thing. How old is she? That might play a factor too. A lot of dogs aren’t like fully trained and “calm” till like 3 years old at least haha
She is just over 2 years.I’m sorry
Oh wow. It might be her then
have you had her since she was a puppy? I would try the long line thing if you haven’t already haha
Yes, she was a puppy. Here is a pic of her meeting our little dog. I think we will give the long line a try. She is definitely a good looking shepherd. Too bad she doesn't seem to have the brains too.Oh wow. It might be her then
Hopefully it works out for you! She sure is cute lolYes, she was a puppy. Here is a pic of her meeting our little dog. I think we will give the long line a try. She is definitely a good looking shepherd. Too bad she doesn't seem to have the brains too.
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but nope. Our road is super dangerous. Only managed to get her back by sprinting around in the front garden. She thought I was having fun and cane back. I don't know why she's so nervous. She didn't meet many people or dogs when she was younger, so that's probably a factor. She is a lovely girl though. If I pretend to drop a treat she sits by it and won't eat it.
Is she a German Shepherd too?Our dog has gone through some patches...
She is a very nervous dog, which just feeds into misbehaviour.
The majority of the time she misbehaves, I'm starting to realize it's just because she's afraid.
She's afraid of the hoover, flies, plates...just about everything. Yesterday I was trying to train her to run in and out of the sticks like in an agility course. I had her on the lead at first in our garden (3acres, no gate!) and told her to sit while I set it up.
My dad was clanging around in the back yard. The dog hated it. She was crouched to the ground and wouldn't stay still. So yes...I took her off the lead, thinking she'd be less nervous about it if she could move around. A few more crashes and she was off down the driveway, to the gate. I tried shouting 'dinner' which usually gets her right back
We have 6 people in our house, so we aren't very consistent. She also went through a phase of rolling over and biting (hard!) if she didn't want to come in or go in her crate. Unfortunately, while I would ignore her when she did this (no reward for bad behaviour) a couple of my family members would come up and either try to pick her up, or talk to her and stroke her.
By bashing a few heads together (brothers, not dogs) we finally managed to sort that out.
She's also terrible around other dogs and people. She runs away from any other dogs, be it a chihuahua or a great Dane, and we've also had some little problems of weeing on people. Yes...she isn't quite perfect yet
German shepherds are lovely. Probably one of my top five favourites.
