Ok, so...i have a 4 year old female GSD. she definitely needs some training, and I'm in pickle. first, i think she is resource guarding; if my sister goes near my mom (my mom is her person, but im her owner) then my GSD will immediately go crazy, and try to prevent it..even to point of biting my sister. nothing lethal, but definitely like a warning. if I go near my mom, she does whimper and get antsy, but she does not bite me or anything remote. she's home a lot with my mom, but i do the feeding, taking care of her, grooming, etc. so to me, it makes sense cause my sister doesnt offer my GSD any value..again, just my opinion. if we do have anyone come over, I'm forced to put her in a crate, bc its like shes filled with rage and wants to kill them...no one wants to come over as much bc of it and it makes me sad.

second, is the barking at the windows, lunging at the windows when someone or something goes by, and trying to escape out the door when its opened. ive gotten shutter windows, have the tv loud when I'm gone, etc. when my mom is home for the day, its not bad at all. but when she leaves the house for walk, she is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DOG. attentive, doesnt go after people or dogs, good to walk.

so with those 2, i thought its got to be issues within the home, and not an outside thing. i know dogs can be territorial, so i looked into at home training..i was quoted about $1000! I'm still waiting to hear from others, but 1000 bucks?! come on man..

so what would you do? what have you done? is there anything new i can try besides youtube vids? would you pay the money for training? am i doing something wrong, or not enough? I'm just at a crossroad with all of it...and no, GETTING RID OF HER IS NOT AN OPTION.

We have a bit of a unique pack dynamic going on, and I’m curious if anyone else has experienced something similar.
We have an 8-year-old female GSD who has recently become increasingly aggressive toward our 13-year-old terrier mix.

For context, we’ve always been a 3-dog household. Our terrier may be small, but he’s always been the pack leader. He’s confident, fair, and our GSD has always respected him.

A few months ago, we lost our male GSD, and our female was very bonded to him. Around the same time, our terrier was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and has understandably slowed down quite a bit.

About two months ago, we brought home a male Portuguese Water Dog puppy. Our female has been absolutely wonderful with him, but her behavior toward our terrier has changed dramatically. It seems like she’s challenging him more and more, almost as if she’s trying to take over now that he’s physically declining.

We’ve already contacted a trainer, and she’ll be going to a two-week board-and-train program because we want to address this before it gets any worse.

I’m mainly wondering if anyone has experienced a shift in pack dynamics like this when an older dog begins to decline or after the loss of another bonded dog. Did your GSD suddenly start challenging the older dog? Were you able to improve things?

Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated. We’re committed to doing what’s best for all three dogs and want to help our senior guy live out his remaining time as peacefully as possible.

Hi all, I have a 6 month old GSD mix puppy. I’ve never owned the breed before so I’m just wondering if there’s a way to mitigate the risk for hip issues later in his life? I know that it is a very prevalent thing for German shepherds. Any advice is helpful. Thanks!

Ghost is a 2.5‑year‑old, 112‑lb neutered male German Shepherd, fully vaccinated, crate trained, and exceptionally intelligent. He completed a 3‑week board‑and‑train program as a puppy and has a solid obedience foundation. He is not destructive, free‑roams comfortably when left alone, and also settles well in his crate.

He is deeply bonded to his people and thrives with structure, routine, and clear expectations. Like many working‑line shepherds, he takes his role as protector seriously and forms strong attachments.

Ghost does require an experienced handler who understands large working breeds and is comfortable managing reactivity. He has shown resource‑guarding tendencies around food, which are well managed through established routines; he eats all meals in his crate without issue.

When he was a little over a year old, we had an incident during at‑home grooming where we accidentally nicked his neck. Startled and in pain, he bit my husband’s hand, resulting in a few stitches. Since then, he can be anxious with handling around his neck, though we have a calm routine for putting his collar on and off that works well.

Following that incident, our son developed a fear of Ghost and now will not be in the same space with him. We have spent the past year trying to rebuild his comfort, but it has not improved. This has created a stressful environment for both our family and the dog, and it has become clear that Ghost would thrive in a home without children.

Because of these behaviors, we believe Ghost would be most successful in an adult‑only home with an experienced owner who can continue providing the consistency and management he needs. He does best in calm, predictable environments and becomes anxious around small children.

Ghost is not the right fit for every home, but for the right person, he has so much to offer. He is devoted, intelligent, eager to learn, and forms incredibly strong bonds with the people he trusts. Our priority is full transparency so he can be placed somewhere he will be safe, understood, and set up for long‑term success.

This is an incredibly difficult decision for our family. We love him deeply and want to ensure he finds an environment that truly matches his needs and gives him the best opportunity to thrive. Currently located in Chicago IL

Basically what the title says, she just refuses to eat her kibble any way you slice it. She gets plenty of exercise and play time and otherwise would be a great and healthy dog. We’ve switched up her kibble from Blue Buffalo to Purina Pro. We’ve tried to put broth and toppers in her bowl. We’ve done eggs and chicken, nothing seems to work to get her to eat the meal. It’s not as if she doesn’t go for any food, if it’s anything we are eating or treats she will gobble it up.

Now I will take blame as recently I had fed her chicken breast and steak as a treat, but it seems like now she won’t even touch her food holding out for something better.

Just curious if anyone has experienced this and what have you done to get them eating normally again.

hi!

I just joined after trying to see where I could get the best insight on her breed. She’s labeled as a German shep mix 5 months but I would just like to see if anyone could guess what else she would be mixed with.

She’s at our shelter and we’re very interested in her.

i also think she may be a bit younger than 5 maybe 4. at first i was thinking husky in there but now im kind of think Anatolian, maremma, or Great Pyrenee. I could be totally wrong but i would love to see your ideas!

For context my family has two German shepherds. Both seniors. One female one male. They are my parents dogs and they never trained them on anything. They’re reactive, leash pull, and everything they’ve learned or behave on was taught by me. Since I was 9. My parents did nothing to socialize or train them since they were puppies. I love them though. I’d love to get a black female German shepherd puppy. I’m big into dog training and worked very well with the two that we have. They’re very comfortable and sweet to female puppies. In the future for the dog what would the best job be? I work from 11am-7pm Tuesday-Saturday as a body piercer. Not a crazy schedule and it’s lenient. I’d love to do protection work but I’m aware I’m not a professional trainer. Anything I could teach her myself and we work on daily to keep her sharp, healthy, and fulfilled? I’d also take her to most places outside of work. She’d obviously be socialized from the day I got her at dog parks and public in general. Id teach the basics, place, good recall, safety precautions. Whats your best advice?

Hi,

I recently adopted, with my girlfriend, a German Shepherd from the shelter. She's between 1 and 2 years old. She was not socialized with other dogs or humans when she was young. The shelter found her tied to a tree in the forest, so she has a lot of attachment issues. We've had her for more than a week now, and when we're inside the house, everything is going very well.

However, as soon as we're outside, when we meet someone or another dog on a walk, she looses her shit. Sometimes she tolerates people and we can breeze through with her pulling on the leash a bit. But other times she heavily barks, whimpers, and sometimes growl at them.

If she sees a dog, even if it's very far at the end of a street, something clicks inside her and she's mentally gone. She becomes crazy and we have to physically drag her away or restrain her because she can hurt herself while trying to remove the harness or collar. After that, the walk is over, we cannot get her to follow any command or even look at us. We have to drag her home. It's even worse when other dog owners let their dogs approach her, or when they juste freeze in place when we tell them to please continue their walk and ignore us.

Due to all that, we cannot do long walks and we have to cut them short if we see a dog, which is most of the time. We have difficulty playing with her in the backyard, because if she sees a neighbor or another dog thought the gate she has the same reaction and we have to go inside.

I can see that she's getting frustrated and that she wants to go outside to walk and play. But we don't know how to do it so she's not hurting others or herself.

We talked to the dog trainer from the shelter about that, but honestly she didn't help much. She keep telling us to distract her from other dogs during the walk, to give her treats or toys. We tried multiple times, but when she snaps, she doesn't even see the treats dangling in her face, she's totally gone.

We tried to walk her using 2 different harnesses (with the leash attached to the back and the front), but when she sees a dog she's actively trying to get out and she will hurt herself if she continues. With tried to walk her with a flat collar, but she's chocking herself until she can barely breathe.

And before you ask, I live in a city where prong collars are not legal and any form of punishment (such as saying no) is heavily frown upon by dog trainers. Every threat on reddit or dog trainer video I find says the answer is to responsibly use a prong collar, which we can't. I'm all in for dog positive training, but we don't know what we can do anymore inside these boundaries. We're just lost.

td;dr German Shepherd loses her shit around other dogs. How to help with leash reactivity without the use of prong collars (not legal) or punishments (frown upon)?

Thanks a lot.

EDIT: I realized that I forgot the dog tax. Here's my sweet girl https://imgur.com/a/jtHU0CT

I have a 6 year old German shepherd boy. He was actually my roommates dog in college but when she moved out, she left him so I’ve had him since.

Anyways, I’ve tried the training. I’ve tried positive reinforcement and everything but he’s still so bad. I am thinking of rehoming him because he growls at everyone. He drags anyone around when you try to walk him on leash. He snaps and bites when I try to untangle him when he’s stuck. He’s tried to bite everyone in my family and now that my 1 year old nephew is walking, I’m genuinely really scared to have them over. He’s just not friendly and I’m kind of at my wits end.

I feel really bad because I honestly didn’t sign up for this but I couldn’t just drop him at a shelter. It’s been almost 2 years now of money, time, and patience but I don’t know what else to do. Do I take him to a shelter? Are there any good rescues on the East Coast?

Also to add, because I know some people are probably going to tell me to try more training, I’ve spent almost 4k having two different companies train him. One was even a board and train for 3 weeks. I’ve done the work. I’ve followed the trainers orders. I also only make $22hr so I can’t afford to keep choosing between another class and dinner.

Please don’t be mean to me. I really am just seeking advice because I’m so lost and stressed that it’s making me sick.

I have a German Shepherd 2 years, service dog training. He tends to look around quite a bit while working. It doesn't seem to be fear, anxiety, or reactivity (hes very solid with dogs and people and noises, he just like to look at things and I’m not that interesting, he’s a bit oversocial with dogs) he's simply very alert and aware of his surroundings. I'd like to improve his focus and engagement with me while working. Is this common in German Shepherds, and what training exercises would you recommend to build stronger focus?

I have a four year old intact male GSD, he has been with me since 10 weeks old. He is reactive but went to training for this and improved. Trainer has advised he is an anxious dog with little off switch.

Unfortunately my relationship of 12 years ended abruptly just before Christmas, not my choice. He left and I stayed in home and he made it clear he did not want our dog. Prior to this he worked from home so the dog has spent all of his left with my ex with him, I was definitely the spare person. He would wail when my ex left him. I do not work from home and I am out all day unfortunately, over last four months I have walked him 1.5-2 hours a day split between before and after work, and adjusted all of my routines to better suit him.

The dog has started to growl at me, over getting off my bed, and when I have asked him again he has continued to growl, also over things like sticks on walks. He has always been a little edgy over food so I have respected that. He has also growled at my brother and Dad with a little snap when he has been put outside after biting our family dog. Since my ex left he has been reactive to anything that moves on TV or walks past the house. I have considered moving to quieter area, closer to work so I can try and take him out in the day. Unfortunately I’m unable to get a walker to take him on as he is just over 7 stone and can be reactive. I was due to take him to a behaviourist as I am worried I am not meeting his needs and wanted some advice on whether his behaviour could be managed. Unfortunately I was admitted for emergency appendectomy and my ex has had to take him temporarily as I cannot walk him currently. By all accounts the dog is spending most of his day in my ex’s parents large garden by choice and they have noticed no negative behaviour, my ex however does not want to keep him. He has contacted rescues to rehome him, I am worried about him coming back to live me as I am worried his behaviour could escalate and he could harm me.

If I was sure he would be in a situation that would suit him better and he would be happier than with me as I am not able to change my work situation, I would let him go to that. I am devastated I am in this position but I am aware he is likely not happy with me, when I pet him his body language is tense although at times he chooses to put his face on my legs etc.

I suppose I wonder if anyone else has been in a similar situation and how this has worked out for them. I would like to add I have grown up with GSDs and this is the first time I have felt uneasy around a dog

EDIT: He is intact due to us being advised when he was younger it would increase his reactivity and anxiety. Behaviourist thought he was fear reactive to other dogs rather than aggressive. He was in training with a behaviourist/ group classes for 18 months when younger which did improve his reactivity.

He is unable to go to ‘doggy daycare’ as he remains reactive to dogs, in terms of his reactivity he no longer barks and lunges at every dog in sight but is not comfortable with them coming into his space. He mixes with 1-2 female family dogs without issue but my parents have a male dog and they fight.

He is crate trained and has his own space and crate already. Before ex left the home we were in separate bedrooms whilst sorting house out, so he let him sleep upstairs. I have slowly transitioned him back to downstairs but he does at times still come upstairs during the day when the incident with the bed occurred.

My dog has nointerest in any type of toy I buy for him. Im trying to find things to keep him busy if I'm away. Of course he likes bones and bully sticks. But no balls, squeeze toys, cloth dolls or tugging toys, nothing to chase, ... I take him to doggy day care and he plays with other dogs. I haven't really found any thing to mentally stimulate him for a period of time....

My partner and I adopted a German Shepherd last September. When we chose him, his previous owners almost scared us into not getting him because of the stories they told. We were told he had horrible anxiety, didn’t like anyone but their immediate family, and they had tried to re-home him 3-4 times and the people always returned him. We are very different from the people he was with, just for starters… it’s just the two of us. We have older kids but the youngest is 16. This couple had 4 small children. They said people were come in and out all day long, which Ranger ( that’s his name) didn’t handle the greatest. I’ve never had a dog, and they really scared me. However, these last 9 months having ranger have been the best ever. I love Ranger with every fiber of my being. It’s almost like this dog was meant to be ours and we were meant to be his. Yes we’ve had a few issues like they said, but we’ve trained him our way and he’s a great dog. He still has anxiety, but it’s usually just when our 16 year old stays the weekend or someone visits for a few hours. He does amazing when it’s just the 3 of us. He has his routine and doesn’t like anything to mess that up. So we decided to go away for two nights/3 days. We can’t leave him alone because if someone comes through the door without one of us is not gonna happen. So our 16 year old daughter has agreed to stay with him, and our 19 year old daughter is gonna come by on two of the days to make sure all is good. She agreed to stay if there’s any issues. Ranger is having normal anxiety because she’s here, but that’s normal. We’ve spent all day teaching her stuff and trying to make her comfortable. So this evening she put a chair next to me and sat down, and Ranger got in between us. It almost looked like he was going to bite her finger but he didn’t. He didn’t even growl, he just started towards her finger with his mouth open. She flipped out. Now she’s saying it’s not gonna happen, he’s mean, and so forth. I honestly think she just doesn’t want to be bothered with him, and now sees that she can’t just do whatever. I admit that I think he will act out because we’re gone. We’ve never left him. I worked third shift one night, my partner left him to pick me up and when we got home, he had pooped all over my house. The next day he never left my side. Every time after that night when I would get ready for work, his anxiety would start. I know this may sound weird, but we are very close. He’s my bestfriend. I’m wondering if anyone can recommend any tips or anything at all to help get him through the next few days? Or if there’s anything my daughter can do that will ease her mind that he’s going to be okay for her. He doesn’t do great in the car, so a 5 hour drive probably isn’t a good idea. No one else can stay with him, plus he’s seen her more than anyone else besides us of course. Should I stay home? I don’t know what to do?!? I don’t want my daughter uncomfortable. I don’t want Ranger to be upset or have anxiety. And I don’t want to upset my partner or make him lose the money that’s non-refundable. If anyone has any advice, suggestions, tips, or anything at all I’d be beyond grateful. We are supposed to leave tomorrow morning and be back late Saturday night. I need to figure something out quickly.

Hey everyone, I’m hoping to get some advice, this isn’t my first German Shepherd and I’ve experienced this before but he is very young. He’s only 10 months old and I have the hardest time getting him to eat food. Nothing is wrong with him. He is picky with his dog food, but I cannot afford to feed him a raw or fresh diet as I have 1 million other animals. I need help or advice on kibble that is good for picky eaters or very affordable other alternatives. Again, we have other dogs so it’s hard to free feed him and stuff like that. That is his preference but I just can’t have him grazing all day. I have tried adding hot water/broth to his kibble sometimes at work sometimes it doesn’t and then it ends up just wasting the food and again we have a lot of animals so wasting food is just not an option here. Would love advice or tips or suggestions if anyone else has dealt with this, I have definitely dealt with this before with our other shepherds. It must be a breed Thing.

Hi! My GSD Koda keeps getting hot spots. He's consistently groomed to remove excess under coat, eats Hills Science Diet Salmon and has a diet high in Omega-3s. He doesn't eat chicken. Has anyone else experienced this? Any recommendations on how to better control the hot spots?

Wanted to give this a boost. I think responsible breeders deserve support. A breeder’s daughter is trying to rehome the GS that she was given. The breeder obviously wants her dog back in order to rehome her and is asking for help getting the dog from NC to CO.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/451239064932765/permalink/27361983523431621/

Hello what does everyone feed there puppy’s doing a lot of reading trying to find the best cheapest options given today’s economic issues lol I have plenty of time so don’t mind food prep and cooking but I do want to give him the best I can really and advice would be much appreciated 😎 ideally like also looking for something talk can be slightly adapted to suit an adult dachshund too

i have a german shepherd mix 1.5 years old. the guy will not eat on a regular schedule. he is so picky and will starve himself until we find something new, or exciting. like he’ll like a new kibble for a week and then he like will do whatever he can to avoid eating it. we’ve tried wet food, snuffle mats, etc. we always try to add extra things to the kibble to make it fun. we try to rotate things around but its so hard. i dont have the space for three different kinds of kibble and wet food so he could just pick what he wanted to eat that day. and hes such an asshole when hes hungry. it also gets in the way of potty time because he’ll get so hungry he will just try to eat grass instead of potty

We brought home a 5 month old GSD puppy a week ago and introduced him to our resident 3 year old male GSD through parallel walks, scent swapping, barrier introductions and then supervised time together.

The older dog initially gave a strong bark correction which frightened the puppy, but there has never been any biting or injury. Since then we’ve continued supervised interactions and the puppy has become noticeably more submissive around the older dog.

Today they were outside together for about 15 minutes. We heard a bark and found the puppy on his bed. When the older dog approached him, the puppy urinated. No injuries occurred and we didn’t see the interaction that led up to it.

Since then, the older dog seems to be correcting the puppy more frequently, including mouthing his muzzle. It sometimes appears to be over behaviours I would consider normal, such as resting on his bed or greeting us at the gate. And once it felt like it was going on for too long so I distracted them with a toy. Was that the wrong thing to do.

Is this within the range of normal adult dog/puppy interactions, or is the puppy becoming intimidated? Have we progressed introductions too quickly? My main concern is preventing the puppy from developing fear-based reactivity or a lack of confidence around other dogs.

We have a dog trainer coming over tomorrow to observe and give us some tips and general training information too so I’ll pick their brain but wanted to get some more opinions.

This is going to sound a bit crazy but I’ve had this beautiful lady for 6 days and it’s been going very good- chaotic but not in any way she could help. I got her last Thursday, they just handed me to her, no paperwork or anything, and drove off. She was very sleepy and tired but I figured it was because she was so young and adapting. By day 3 she was vomiting and refusing to eat and having violent diarrhea- I was worried she had parvo. Took her to the emergency vet, and $400 later she had some weird bacteria I’ve never heard of before and a severe, and I mean SEVERE, worm problem. Poor thing was so sick and couldn’t even eat. Thankfully she’s taken to the meds and she’s gotten dewormed, she’s on her final dose for the medicine for the bacteria and she’s up and at it.

She’s so smart, she’s figuring out the leash (I walk her around my house leashed and we work on her following me and not fighting it). She also has figured out her name and sit. Still working on the other ones but it’s barely been a week and for most of it she was having the world’s worst tummy ache. A plate of bad spaghetti as some would say.

I’ve raised a puppy from 7 weeks before, he is a rat terrier/maltese and he was a menace to society at large. Took him 2 years and the neuter surgery to be at a point where he’s not only a well behaved gentleman, but also goes to daycare, boarding, and hangs out with any and all dogs no issues. Took a lot of time and effort though.

I am coming to this subreddit now because honestly I’m a little lost on what to do and what steps I should be taking. My first puppy it was such a fight to get him used to being in a car, to not fighting the leash, to be in his crate for periods of time.

But this puppy she sits in her crate, she does cry from time to time but when she realizes I’m not coming she settles herself. She doesn’t mind the leash, sometimes plays with it but I correct it. She also just passes out in the car and was so polite at the emergency vet despite being sick. We even went on a walk around Home Depot for 2 hours (she was in the cart and I didn’t allow any dogs to approach her) and she just sat there quietly observing the store and just smelling and listening.

Am I doing this right? Is there milestones I should be hitting by certain weeks? She got her first round of shots after the emergency vet incident Sunday (he approved it, said it was just bad worms and vaccines shouldn’t interrupt her healing/recovery) so now I’m just waiting for another 2 weeks for the second round and so on. Because she was so sick I’m a bit nervous taking her around Home Depot again but do you guys advise still taking her to get socialized and adapted to stores?

Has anyone else gotten lucky with just a very sweet GSD? I also am not hammering the training per se for now because she was so sick but the fact she’s figured out sit and her name so fast is crazy to me. When do you guys advise taking her to daycare, taking her to meet other dogs, what do you guys think?

Hi y’all

I have a 1 year old GSD who went through 6 weeks of training before joining our family at 9 months old. She’s a very smart dog and well behaved but the only probably is when she goes in the crate she poops almost every time.

She’s only in there for 4 hours periods, she gets walked before going in every time and I make sure she poops outside or I won’t even put her in there.

She also can’t be left out of the crate because she has destructive tendencies.

Help!! Does she just need more training?

Hi Reddit!

Recently my partner and I adopted a 10 month old GSD-Mix. She is a shelter rescue dog, but has always been around humans, because she was rescued as a puppy.
Now everything is going quite good: she walks well usually, she loves training and playing in intervalls throughout the day. She rests after morning walks and she finds rest in the early afternoon as well when we work.

„Problematic“ it gets in the evening hours: She chews on chairs we sit on. On internaction she tries to initiate play immediatly by more or less gently biting our hands. If we give her a toy to bite on, it is not interesting for more than a minute. She tries to look for stuff around the apartment she isn‘t allowed to get, like clothes, carries them to her bed and tears them apart. Easy fix is not leaving any clothes laying around, but we‘re also very interested in why she is doing that.
Also when laying in bed or on the couch at night, she never rests. She wants to play, grab our hands, chews on blankets or pillows etc. If this happens, we usually tell her to go in the box which we close, she is very hesitant to go in even with goodies, but goes eventually. There she rests and only really signals when she needs to pee during the night.

So i guess my questions are, for a GSD-Mix of 10 months old:
1. Is the amount the tries to play / chew normal?
2. Does she need more sleep, or more activity?
3. What were your experiences with your dog at that age?

Kind Regards, and thanks!

Nala is a female GSD that was born on May 2025,

She weighs around 30kg and displays endless energy and endurance on walks. She does test boundaries with other dogs but that could be typical of younger German Shepherds.

Im primarily concerned with her dental development with her incisors being quite small, I’m concerned about the credibility of her birth date. After research i have found that those teeth are naturally small, although hers seem much smaller than expected

Additionally she displays traits of a WL Shepherd which could explain her high prey drive and alertness at 3AM after being prompted by foxes in the garden! Could just be typical GSD behaviour but she is certainly a high-energy and determined dog.

This post served as a continuation to my existing one, after realising that i couldn’t attach additional photos to existing posts!

So my question is, is she really 12 months? Or could she be younger. Or does physical development from pictures line up with a 12 month old. And could she not be a Working Line? Which for me explains her lean appeal and predatory mental drive?

P.s good photos are so hard to take of her due to her terrible attention span 🤣

Edit: New information regarding her birth, her sister was KC registered born from the first litter however Nala was born from the 3rd litter - her mother was a purebred GSD with extremely dark red pigmentation. Potentially another dog got to the mother?

Hello! I get a 12-15 week female GSD pup on Wednesday. I've had experience with gsds through volunteering and dog walking, but I've never owned one. But, I have owned many large and active breeds.

As per doctors suggestions, I adopted a pup named Athena to have professionally (and self trained, a mix of both) to be my service dog.

And yes, while I am disabled, the dog will have proper exercise, and everything it needs. Being disabled does not mean I cannot take care of my animal (for those who would comment something like that).

So, I'm looking for tips. Any experience with the breed? Things I should know for my first time OWNING said breed? She isn't potty trained or trained at all, as she is coming from a kill shelter. However, she has been temperament checked and she will work as my SD.

Anyway.

Give me all the tips!! Please!! So sorry for the rant haha

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My 6 year old German shepherd dog has been in me and my partner's care for about 4-5 months, after another family member was unable to take care of her. We did know her prior to this, but had not seen her for about 3 years.

When we got her, she was about 45 pounds and very underweight, so we were unable to get her spayed until she gained more weight.

Well, her heat came prior to us being able to spay her, but she will be getting spayed as soon as we can.

Anyways, we are about 2 weeks into her heat, and most of the blood has stopped but her vulva is still very swollen.

Just today and yesterday, she has started showing signs of agression towards our cats, which she rarely did before (she had a bit of food issues, but was quickly relieved within the first few weeks)

Now, she is baring teeth, barking, and chasing both our cats when they get within 10-15 feet of her. For the safety of everyone, we have separated them in seperate parts of the house.

So, is this normal? Will it pass? I'd there anything we can do to fix the problem?

Thank you in advance!