Just adopted a 5 year old German Shepard

[deedeearmstrong1961]

Hi , I am new , in May I adopted a 5 year old German Shepard.She was a police dog from Czechoslovakia and failed a test. A couple brought her to the states and bred her to their GSD. She had to have a C section, that was botched and she swallowed 2 balls before I got her. She has problems with her bowel movements. The vet and I are working on that, but the real problem is her fear aggression to other dogs. Big or small it doesn't matter, she goes ballistic when sees another dog and we were at the river and she was playing chuck it, there were no dogs there, all the sudden I heard a splash and my shepard went after the other dog getting his ball. Thankfully the dog was alright. I have 6 cats and she is fine with them. Zoya my GSD is all black, I looked up her AKC , when I got her the previous owners used a shock collar on her , so much and at a high level that she has a white collar of hair where the shock collar was, they said that they are dog trainers. I think that between them breeding her to their king sized shepard (I think that he did probably attacked her) and the shock collar, they damaged this poor girl. Even though I take her for walks and dogs bark at her and she goes nuts, she is much better then when I first got her 4 months ago.

I also notice that when we walk some where new, she is high alert and seems very nervous. I just want her to be a dog that can go to the river and dog park and play with other dogs. Before I got her My 12 year old Shepard mix died of Cushings Disease, Giselle and I went to dog park and the river where I made friends, that I can't see because they have dogs and I am afraid what she would do to their dogs. I am so hoping that Brain Train will help her to become the calm dog that she should be.

[Adrienne Farricelli]

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